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Financial distress

Box

NYQ:BOX · US10316T1043
SoftwareLarge

360

60
EV / EBIT64
Price / Owner Earnings29
Owner Earnings Yield55
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales53
EV / Gross Profit73
Price/Book100
Return on Capital65
Cash Return on Capital94
Return on Equity98
EBIT Margin46
Gross Profitability91
Cash Conversion76
Accruals80
Owner Earnings Margin43
Sales growth32
Profit Growth60
Long-Term EPS Growth24
Owner Earnings Growth8
Reinvestment15
Price momentum47
Debt load11
Refinancing26
Debt Payback31
Liquidity74
Analyst ratings27
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside32
Market mood59
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Box clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustrySoftware
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2005
Employees3,140
Websitebox.com
ISINUS10316T1043
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
Authorization and Access ControlCloud Data ServicesCloud StorageProcess AutomationFile SharingTeam CollaborationSoftware DevelopmentData ProtectionCloud ManagementCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFlash StorageSaaSWeb Hosting

Description

Box, Inc. (Box) provides an intelligent content management (ICM) platform that enables organizations of all sizes to securely manage cloud content, while allowing easy, secure access, and sharing of this content from anywhere, on any device. The com…

Analysis

Quality compounder

Box, Inc. earns the quality_compounder label: good underlying economics priced fairly, with no obvious bargain or excess.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 29.0×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
49
2023202420252026

All-time high

99

Jan 2023

All-time low

38

Mar 2026

Average rank

67

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
53
48
58
71
Price/Earnings
45
70
84
80
Price/Book
100
94
97
100
Dividend Yield
1
1
86
87
Value (overall)
69
71
100
100

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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