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Braze, Inc.

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 30% YoYStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesQuiet on X (31 mentions/wk)
$BRZE·$3.0B·Software - Application·Technology
$34.53+1.3%YTD-23.1%1Y+26.0%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-08-19: 9 posts2026-08-20: 2 posts2026-08-21: 5 posts2026-08-22: 0 posts2026-08-23: 3 posts31-15%
Price updated 11h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
BRBRZE
$BRZEBraze, Inc.
$34.53+1.29%31 posts-15%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $BRZE, 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 numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-29

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Customer-engagement SaaS at 87% 52w range into Sep 8 print; +30% revenue growth intact but material insider selling complicates the run.

Braze is a $3B customer-engagement SaaS platform (email/mobile/web messaging orchestration) at $34.53 — -23% YTD but +26% t12m, sitting at 87% of its 52w range and +40% vs 200d; the stock recovered 15%+ recently after a -22% after-hours drop on the prior earnings ("solid earnings but bear thesis initially took hold").

  • Q1 FY27 revenue $211M (+30.2% YoY), gross margin 65.7%, op-margin -13% (loss-making but improving), EPS -$0.24, FCF $28M. Growth rate steady, path to profitability visible.
  • Analyst path FY27 EPS $0.63 → FY28 $0.96 (~52% growth), implying ~55x FY27 EPS at $34 — the multiple is a growth SaaS multiple, and it needs the sequential accel to hold.
  • Insider signal is decisively negative: 14 events including Chief Business Officer Hyman's $1.36M + $310K sales, McDonnell $933K, Malik $465K — a material distributional cluster right into a Sep 8 print. The Aug 26+28 timing right before earnings is what makes it notable.
  • Q2 FY27 print is Sep 8 — that's the immediate catalyst, and the recent 40% run has already priced in a good print.
  • Sentiment (9 posts): bullish, framing the initial post-earnings drop as a "rigged-market" opportunity and citing the rebound as validation. A high-confidence $30C 6/18 trade at $1.10 targeting 500%+ is the specific position mentioned.

Read as a customer-engagement SaaS whose Q1 growth cadence is intact but whose insider-distribution cluster into the Sep 8 print complicates the momentum-bull narrative; the debated question is whether Sep 8 delivers the expected beat + guide raise or reveals the reason insiders are trimming.

Agrees with X sentimentX frames the recent rebound as bullish confirmation; verdict aligns on the growth cadence while flagging the insider cluster as the underweighted counter into Sep 8.

What to watch: Sep 8 Q2 FY27 print (revenue growth, path to profitability, FY guide) and any additional insider transactions.

On the calendar: 2026-09-08 Q2 FY27 earnings

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X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-08

Braze tanked -22% after-hours on solid earnings last week, then ran nearly 40% in three days — bulls cite the rigged-market framing as the buy signal, with a high-confidence 30C 6/18 trade at $1.10 targeting 500%+. The bear voice is essentially the initial post-earnings panic, but the rebound has resolved direction.

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What it does

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

Customer engagement platform automating multi-channel marketing (push, email, in-app) for consumer-facing brands.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Software - Application · Technology

No material change from last week — platforms where agents expand contract value (ServiceNow, Snowflake) are re-rated upward, while tools where agents substitute human users (Adobe Creative..

What this means for $BRZE

Neutral — Customer engagement platform automating multi-channel marketing (push, email, in-app) for consumer-facing brands; limited read-through from software - application macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
+0.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-20.8How 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
-19.7%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
-16.8%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
2.6%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
3.3Same 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
-20.3%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
66.5%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
0.1Total 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
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$0.10$0.10-3.9%
Q4 2025Mar 24, 2026$0.10$0.14-28.6%
Q3 2025Dec 9, 2025$0.06$0.06-3.6%
Q2 2025Sep 4, 2025$0.15$0.03+400.0%
Next earningsTue, Sep 8·consensus EPS $0.15

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$211.0M+30.2%65.7%-13.0%$-0.24$28.0M
Q4 FY26$205.2M+27.9%65.5%-13.8%$-0.29$13.5M
Q3 FY26$190.8M+25.5%67.2%-19.7%$-0.33$19.0M
Q2 FY26$180.1M+23.8%67.7%-21.5%$-0.26$5.4M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 16 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$898.5M$897.5M – $899.9M$0.63$0.62 – $0.6516
FY28$1.0B$1.0B – $1.1B$0.96$0.80 – $1.1315
FY29$1.2B$960.6M – $1.3B$1.23$0.96 – $1.428
FY30$1.3B$1.3B – $1.4B$0.00$0.00 – $0.004
FY31$1.5B$1.4B – $1.5B$0.00$0.00 – $0.003

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.0.8×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.87%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.+34.0%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.+40.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β0.835-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 27Jonathan HymanCTO42.0K sh$1.4MSellAug 24Edward M. McdonnellChief Revenue Officer29.7K sh$933KSellAug 24Jonathan HymanCTO10.0K sh$310KSellAug 19Astha MalikChief Business Officer15.7K sh$465KSellAug 19Jonathan HymanCTO9.4K sh$282KSellAug 13Jonathan HymanCTO35.0K sh$1.1MSellAug 10Astha MalikChief Business Officer33.7K sh$931KSellAug 10Jonathan HymanCTO10.1K sh$277KSellAug 7Jonathan HymanCTO17.9K sh$484KSellJul 15Astha MalikChief Business Officer51.4K sh$1.4M
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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-KCharter amendmentJul 28-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Braze filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on July 1, 2026, removing retired Class B Common Stock provisions and adding Article VIII prospectively eliminating officer monetary liability for duty-of-care breaches per Delaware law, as approved by stockholders. Routine governance cleanup and officer liability limitation update.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 293
AI summary

A new insider filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of BRZE securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at BRZE.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 278-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Braze, Inc. (BRZE) reported financial results for a recent fiscal period in an 8-K filed under Item 2.02. The filing includes key financial metrics including revenue, operating income, and per-share results. Results of operations disclosures under Item 2.02 typically accompany an earnings press release furnished as an exhibit, making them available concurrently with the earnings call. These filings provide the market with transparent, timely financial performance data for investment analysis.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 288-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Braze, Inc. (BRZE) filed an 8-K under Item 5.02 disclosing a change in its executive leadership or board composition. The filing reports both a departure and an appointment in Chief Financial Officer. Individuals named in the filing include The Securities, Other Jurisdiction. Leadership changes at the C-suite and board level are material events requiring 8-K disclosure within four business days, as they can affect company strategy, investor confidence, and operational continuity.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 78-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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Recent news

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

Braze To Participate In Upcoming Investor Conferencesbusinesswire.com·10d agoBraze to Report Fiscal Second Quarter 2027 Resultsbusinesswire.com·11d agoCetera Investment Advisers Acquires 31,856 Shares of Braze, Inc. $BRZEdefenseworld.net·13d agoChief Business Officer Sells 51,440 Shares of Braze for $1.4 Million. With the Stock Down 2%, Is It Time to Sell?fool.com·28d agoWhy Braze Stock Recovered 15% This Weekfool.com·29d ago

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