BOX (NYSE:BOX) Issues Q1 2026 Earnings Guidance

BOX (NYSE:BOX) issued an update on its first quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.250-0.260 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.430. The company issued revenue guidance of $274.0 million-$275.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $278.9 million. BOX also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.130-1.170 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BOX has been the topic of several research analyst reports. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of BOX in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. DA Davidson began coverage on shares of BOX in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $45.00 price objective on the stock. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of BOX from $34.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Bank of America initiated coverage on shares of BOX in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $40.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “underperform” rating and issued a $21.00 price target on shares of BOX in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $35.89.

BOX Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of NYSE BOX traded up $0.87 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $33.63. 4,653,528 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,957,141. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $32.58. The stock has a market cap of $4.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.03, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.88. BOX has a 1 year low of $24.63 and a 1 year high of $35.74.

BOX (NYSE:BOX) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The software maker reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.41 by ($0.37). BOX had a net margin of 13.96% and a negative return on equity of 17.20%. As a group, analysts forecast that BOX will post 0.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at BOX

In other BOX news, CEO Aaron Levie sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.54, for a total transaction of $325,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,999,155 shares in the company, valued at approximately $97,592,503.70. The trade was a 0.33 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Dylan C. Smith sold 13,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.33, for a total value of $420,290.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 1,448,509 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,830,295.97. This represents a 0.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 89,041 shares of company stock valued at $2,889,758. 4.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About BOX

Box, Inc engages in the provision of an enterprise content platform that enables organizations to securely manage enterprise content while allowing easy, secure access and sharing of this content from anywhere, on any device. Its products include cloud content management, IT and admin controls, Box Governance, Box Zones, Box Relay, Box Shuttle, and Box KeySafe.