Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Acquires Shares of 12,465 Box, Inc. $BOX

Key Points

• Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC has acquired 12,465 shares of Box, Inc. valued at approximately $426,000, reflecting its growing investment interest in the company.
• Box, Inc. reported a quarterly earnings per share of $0.33, beating analysts' estimates, and showing a revenue increase of 8.9% year-over-year.
• Insider trading activity included significant sales by CFO Dylan C. Smith and CEO Aaron Levie, with a total of 102,737 shares sold over the last 90 days.

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 12,465 shares of the software maker's stock, valued at approximately $426,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. TCTC Holdings LLC boosted its position in BOX by 115.4% during the 1st quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 825 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 442 shares during the period. MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in BOX during the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in BOX during the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in BOX during the 2nd quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its stake in BOX by 692.8% during the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 1,316 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $45,000 after acquiring an additional 1,150 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.74% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on BOX. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on BOX from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 27th. Citigroup lifted their price target on BOX from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 27th. Wall Street Zen cut BOX from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, June 29th. UBS Group downgraded BOX from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and reduced their target price for the company from $42.00 to $36.00 in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of BOX in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $38.25.

BOX Stock Down 0.1%

BOX stock opened at $33.49 on Thursday. The business's fifty day moving average is $32.44 and its 200-day moving average is $32.60. The company has a market cap of $4.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.01 and a beta of 0.90. Box, Inc. has a twelve month low of $28.00 and a twelve month high of $38.80.

BOX (NYSE:BOX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 26th. The software maker reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $294.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $290.19 million. BOX had a negative return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 20.30%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.44 EPS. BOX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.260-1.28 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.310-0.32 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Box, Inc. will post 0.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other BOX news, CFO Dylan C. Smith sold 17,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.05, for a total transaction of $561,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,454,013 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,055,129.65. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Aaron Levie sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.81, for a total value of $492,150.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,937,030 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $96,363,954.30. This trade represents a 0.51% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 102,737 shares of company stock worth $3,373,709 over the last 90 days. 3.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

BOX Company Profile

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.

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