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Box, Inc.

Rising onWhy it's trendingMoving on elevated volumeBacked by solid revenue growth
$BOX·$4.6B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$35.29+1.6%1Y+7.0%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $BOX, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-28

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Billings up 17% after years of mid-single digits — the AI tier is working, and the stock is at 98% of its range.

Box sells cloud content management to roughly 100,000 paying organisations, with security, compliance and workflow automation layered on top of file storage. Growth has been steady rather than spectacular — revenue of $321.1M in fiscal Q2 grew 9.2% YoY, following 10.7%, 9.4% and 9.1% — but the leading indicator moved sharply: billings grew 17% year over year, well above the recent mid-single-digit trend, with remaining performance obligations of $1.7B up 15%. That gap between billings and reported revenue is what matters for a subscription business, since billings lead revenue by several quarters. Management raised full-year revenue guidance to $1.290B. Economics are solid: 79.5% gross margin, 9.4% GAAP operating margin with adjusted operating income of $94.5M, and an 8.3% FCF yield with free cash flow of $70-129M per quarter. The 2.17x ROE reflects a small equity base from years of buybacks, not exceptional returns. Valuation at 46.5x trailing earnings and 3.7x sales is full for 9% revenue growth, so the multiple depends on Enterprise Advanced — the higher-priced AI tier — converting the billings surge into sustained revenue acceleration. Seven analysts model revenue rising from $1.18B to $1.50B by fiscal 2029. The stock is up 7.0% over twelve months but sits at 98% of its 52-week range after the print, on volume twice normal.

Agrees with X sentimentX posts accurately describe the quarter — the revenue beat, 17% billings growth breaking the mid-single-digit trend, $1.7B remaining performance obligations, $94.5M adjusted operating income and the raised guidance — and correctly identify Enterprise Advanced as the AI monetisation vehicle. The only caveat noted is an adjusted-EPS basis change, which is fair.

What to watch: Whether billings growth holds near 17% or reverts — that is the single number that decides whether the AI tier is a durable re-acceleration or a one-quarter renewal effect. Fiscal Q3 on 2026-12-01 against a $0.40 estimate. Net revenue retention and Enterprise Advanced seat adoption are the underlying metrics.

On the calendar: Fiscal Q3 earnings, 2026-12-01

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-27

Box sentiment is confidently bullish after Q2. Revenue $321.1M vs $319.3M est (+9% YoY, +11% constant currency) beat, billings +17% YoY (shattering the recent mid-single-digit trend), RPO $1.7B (+15%), adjusted operating income $94.5M, and FY revenue guide raised to $1.290B vs $1.281B est. Enterprise Advanced tier is 'clearly working' as the primary vehicle to expand AI-platform monetization. Bulls flag BOX among 3%+ ATR, above-21EMA, sufficient 20D-RVOL and <4xATR-from-50SMA compressed charts. Skepticism is essentially absent (only the fair-value adj-EPS $0.09 basis-change footnote); the modal stance is 'billings surge validates the AI platform strategy'.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Box provides cloud-based content management and AI-powered document workflows for enterprise collaboration and compliance.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Infrastructure sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $BOX.

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

No material change from last week — Enterprise software infrastructure is in a multiple compression phase (-16.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
+2.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
46.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
16.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
9.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
8.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
217%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
79.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 25, 2026$0.40$0.40+0.5%
Q1 2026May 26, 2026$0.37$0.36+2.1%
Q4 2025Mar 3, 2026$0.49$0.33+48.5%
Q3 2025Dec 2, 2025$0.31$0.32-2.2%
Next earningsTue, Dec 1·consensus EPS $0.40

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY27$321.1M+9.2%79.1%10.2%$0.09$70.7M
Q1 FY27$305.9M+10.7%79.5%9.0%$0.09$129.1M
Q4 FY26$305.9M+9.4%80.1%10.2%$0.48$108.5M
Q3 FY26$301.1M+9.1%79.6%8.3%$0.05$71.3M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$1.29$1.26 – $1.306
FY27$1.3B$1.3B – $1.3B$1.58$1.57 – $1.617
FY28$1.4B$1.4B – $1.4B$1.80$1.73 – $1.967
FY29$1.5B$1.4B – $1.5B$2.19-$4.38 – $8.764

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.98%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+15.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+27.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 133.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.415-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 7Olivia NottebohmCOO5.8K sh$189KSellJul 21Olivia NottebohmCOO5.8K sh$176KSellJul 10Dylan C SmithCFO17.0K sh$494KSellJul 8Eli BerkovitchVP Chief Acct Ofr & Controller1.8K sh$52KSellJun 26Bethany MayerDirector4.1K sh$106KSellJun 25Olivia NottebohmCOO5.8K sh$146KSellJun 22Aaron LevieCEO15.0K sh$365KSellJun 17Eli BerkovitchVP Chief Acct Ofr & Controller2.7K sh$68KSellJun 10Dylan C SmithCFO17.0K sh$442KSellJun 10Olivia NottebohmCOO6.5K sh$171K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 18-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Box, Inc. (BOX, Redwood City CA) filed a current report on June 25, 2026 (filed July 1) covering a change in executive officers or directors (Item 5.02), shareholder vote results from its annual meeting (Item 5.07), and exhibits. Box is reporting both its annual meeting vote outcomes and a leadership change in the same filing. This is a routine annual governance disclosure combined with a management change for the enterprise content cloud company.

+ 14 other (3 earnings 8-Ks · 3 proxys · 3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

A Look at Box Inc (BOX) After 4.0% Gain -- GF Value $34.44 vs Price $34.74gurufocus.com·19h agoBOX Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsdefenseworld.net·1d agoWhy Box Stock Ticked Higher on Wednesdayfool.com·2d agoBox to Present at Investor Conferencebusinesswire.com·2d agoAMC's $10.4B Box-Office Threshold: Is Annual FCF Within Reach?zacks.com·2d ago

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