Box Inc. (NYSE: BOX) stock jumped 0.28% on Thursday to $25.30 against a previous-day closing price of $25.23. With 1.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.51 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $25.37 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $25.01. The 52-week range on BOX shows that it touched its highest point at $34.98 and its lowest point at $24.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $31.80. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.03.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BOX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.47%, but this was down by -16.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -15.10% while six-month performance fell -3.29%. The stock lost -6.30% in the past year, while it has lost -18.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BOX yields 0.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.76. For the next quarter, that number is 0.38. This implies an EPS growth rate of 116.50% for this year and 18.11% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.69% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 16.20%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 144.25 million BOX shares are outstanding with a float of 139.12 million shares on hand for trading. On Aug 30, 2023, short shares totaled 8.98 million, which was 6.24% higher than short shares on Jul 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Aaron Levie as the firm’s Co-Founder, CEO & Director, Mr. Dylan Smith serves as its Co-Founder & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 88.95% of BOX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 45.17% of BOX, in contrast to 45.05% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 10.65%. As the largest shareholder in BOX with 9.95% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 14,410,935 shares worth 14,410,935. A second-largest stockholder of BOX, BlackRock Fund Advisors, holds 10,456,667 shares, controlling over 7.22% of the firm’s shares. EARNEST Partners LLC is the third largest shareholder in BOX, holding 6,062,256 shares or 4.19% stake. With a 2.91% stake in BOX, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 4,209,505 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund, which owns about 2.46% of BOX stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 3,555,659 shares valued at 111.11 million. iShares Russell 2000 ETF holds 2.20% of the stake in BOX, owning 3,189,893 shares worth 99.68 million.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BOX since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BOX analysts setting a high price target of $36.00 and a low target of $21.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $32.10. Based on these targets, BOX could surge 42.29% to reach the target high and fall by -17.0% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 26.88% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded BOX stock several times over the past three months with 7 Buys and 7 Sells. In these transactions, 45,838 shares were bought while 89,297 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 29 while that of sell transactions has risen to 48 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 954,783 while 778,252 shares were sold.
