Earnings Results: Box’s earnings and forecast beat across the board

Earnings Results: Box’s earnings and forecast beat across the board
By: market watch Posted On: May 31, 2023 View: 26

A heading on a previous version of this article included an incorrect figure for Box’s annual revenue forecast reduction. It has been updated.

Box Inc.’s earnings and forecasts beat expectations across the board Tuesday, with the exception of a slight shaving of executives’ annual revenue guidance, and shares recaptured some value that was lost after a disappointing forecast three months ago.

Box BOX, +0.54% reported a fiscal first-quarter profit of $3.7 million, or 2 cents a share, on revenue of $251.9 million, up from $238.4 million a year ago. After adjusting for stock compensation and other effects, the cloud-software company reported earnings of 32 cents a share, up from 23 cents a share in the same period last year. Billings, which reflect business under contract but not yet realized, totaled $191.9 million, up from $172.2 million a year ago.

Analysts on average had projected adjusted earnings of 27 cents a share on revenue of $250 million and billings of $180 million, according to FactSet. Shares jumped almost 8% in after-hours trading immediately following the release of the report, but ended Wednesday’s session with a 0.5% gain.

For the fiscal second quarter, Box executives guided for adjusted earnings of 34 cents to 35 cents a share on sales of $260 million to $262 million, topping analysts’ estimates. Analysts on average were projecting second-quarter adjusted earnings of 32 cents a share on sales of $260 million, according to FactSet.

Box executives also increased their full-year earnings target, while slightly decreasing their annual guidance for revenue. They now expect adjusted earnings of $1.44 to $1.50 a share, after previously stating $1.42 to $1.48 a share, on revenue of $1.045 billion to $1.055 billion, down from a previous range of $1.05 billion to $1.06 billion.

Box shares dove nearly 13% after its previous quarterly earnings report, as its fiscal first-quarter revenue guidance came in roughly $10 million lower than analysts expected. That decline brought the stock closer to the S&P 500 index’s SPX, -0.61% performance in the past year — Box shares have gained 4.3% in the past 12 months, as the S&P 500 has gained 1.1%

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