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BOX
61
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Also trades as: 0HP1.L GBP 0.43 (+1.00%)
Price
$43.16
+0.39 (+0.90%)
Market Cap
$5.92B
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 31, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
24/30
Growth
Mixed
5/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
10/10
Stability
Strong
8/10
Valuation
Good
5/10
Ownership
Mixed
6/15
Dividends
Not counted
n/a

58 of 95 counted points = Winston Score 61. Pillars marked n/a do not apply to this company and are left out of the total.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−5.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 155.6M (2022) → 146.4M (2026)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Box, Inc. makes software that lets businesses store, share, and manage files in the cloud. Its main product is an online platform where employees can upload documents, collaborate on them, and control who has access — similar to a shared digital filing cabinet. Box focuses on large companies and government agencies, competing in the cloud content management industry against rivals like Microsoft and Google.

Box makes money by charging businesses a recurring subscription fee based on the number of users and the level of features they need. The company operates globally but earns most of its revenue in the United States, and it generates strong gross margins near 80%, which reflects the efficiency of selling software at scale. Its main competitive advantage is its focus on security and compliance features that highly regulated industries — like healthcare, finance, and government — require, but its biggest risk is pressure from larger tech companies that bundle similar file-sharing tools into products businesses already pay for.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

Reported EPS Growth

+61.0% YoY

Quarterly reporting periods ended:

31 Jul 2025: $0.0559

31 Jul 2026: $0.09

Reported/statutory EPS, not adjusted or underlying earnings. One-off items can affect this figure. Provider rounding can affect the growth rate.

YoY Growth Rate

Reported EPS increased year over year

R&D Spend

$295M/ year

↑ Rising (+11% vs prior year)

25.0% of revenue

1.7x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

3.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$444M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Box is putting 25% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 1.7x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
79.1%
Premium pricing power — 79.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
10.2%
Modest — 10.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
53.0%
Exceptional — 53.0% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+9.6%
Steady sales growth (+9.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-45.5%
Earnings shrinking (-45.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
338%
Turns 338% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
30.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (30.8%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.50
Conservative — low debt load (0.50)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.49x
Comfortably covers interest (11.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
61.0x
Expensive — P/E 61.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+27.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (61.0 → 33.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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