Braze, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRZE – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,690,000 shares, a decline of 7.7% from the July 31st total of 5,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Currently, 7.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
BRZE has been the topic of a number of research reports. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $60.00 price objective on shares of Braze in a report on Wednesday, June 12th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $70.00 price objective on shares of Braze in a report on Monday, June 17th. BTIG Research dropped their price objective on shares of Braze from $68.00 to $62.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 31st. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $68.00 price objective on shares of Braze in a report on Friday, June 7th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price objective on shares of Braze from $65.00 to $52.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 31st. Seventeen investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $60.50.
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Insider Transactions at Braze
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Braze
Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in Braze in the second quarter worth $10,166,000. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Braze in the second quarter worth $50,000. Creative Planning increased its position in Braze by 1.7% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 23,121 shares of the company’s stock worth $898,000 after purchasing an additional 384 shares during the last quarter. Algert Global LLC bought a new stake in Braze in the second quarter worth $2,376,000. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp bought a new stake in Braze in the second quarter worth $971,000. Institutional investors own 90.47% of the company’s stock.
Braze Price Performance
Shares of BRZE stock traded down $0.16 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $44.78. The company had a trading volume of 1,145,400 shares, compared to its average volume of 921,805. Braze has a 52-week low of $33.93 and a 52-week high of $61.53. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $40.64 and its 200-day moving average price is $43.37. The company has a market capitalization of $4.55 billion, a P/E ratio of -34.98 and a beta of 1.07.
Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, June 6th. The company reported ($0.35) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.36) by $0.01. Braze had a negative net margin of 25.06% and a negative return on equity of 27.85%. The firm had revenue of $135.46 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $131.56 million. On average, equities research analysts expect that Braze will post -1.21 earnings per share for the current year.
About Braze
Braze, Inc operates a customer engagement platform that provides interactions between consumers and brands worldwide. The company offers Braze software development kits that automatically manage data ingestion and deliver mobile and web notifications, in-application/in-browser interstitial messages, and content cards; REST API that can be used to import or export data or to trigger workflows between Braze and brands' existing technology stacks; Partner Data Integrations, which allow brands to sync user cohorts from partners; Data Transformation, in which brands can programmatically sync and transform user data; and Braze Cloud Data Ingestion that enables brands to harness their customer data.
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