Braze Inc (NASDAQ: BRZE)’s stock price has gone decline by -9.70 in comparison to its previous close of 45.98, however, the company has experienced a -9.78% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-02-03 that NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced a record for customer bookings in the quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 and a leadership change for the new fiscal year. Braze President and Chief Commercial Officer, Myles Kleeger, will be stepping down from his position after 10 years of exceptional leadership in the role. Kleeger will remain available to the company as Preside.
Is It Worth Investing in Braze Inc (NASDAQ: BRZE) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.13. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 10 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for BRZE is 70.66M, and at present, short sellers hold a 5.57% of that float. On February 04, 2025, the average trading volume of BRZE was 1.30M shares.
BRZE’s Market Performance
The stock of Braze Inc (BRZE) has seen a -9.78% decrease in the past week, with a -0.86% drop in the past month, and a 29.75% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.87%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.95% for BRZE. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -6.77% for BRZE’s stock, with a simple moving average of 6.60% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of BRZE
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BRZE stocks, with Macquarie repeating the rating for BRZE by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for BRZE in the upcoming period, according to Macquarie is $30 based on the research report published on October 31, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Stifel, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see BRZE reach a price target of $37. The rating they have provided for BRZE stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 22nd, 2024.
Scotiabank gave a rating of “Sector Outperform” to BRZE, setting the target price at $56 in the report published on July 10th of the previous year.
BRZE Trading at -2.62% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BRZE to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -32.52% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.95%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.87%, as shares sank -4.31% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +20.31% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BRZE fell by -9.78%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +3.36% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $44.54. In addition, Braze Inc saw -0.86% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at BRZE starting from Wiseman Susan, who sale 10,000 shares at the price of $47.22 back on Jan 27 ’25. After this action, Wiseman Susan now owns 189,520 shares of Braze Inc, valued at $472,200 using the latest closing price.
FERNANDEZ PHILLIP M, the Director of Braze Inc, sale 1,500 shares at $43.13 during a trade that took place back on Jan 15 ’25, which means that FERNANDEZ PHILLIP M is holding 15,269 shares at $64,695 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BRZE
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.23 for the present operating margin
- 0.69 for the gross margin
The net margin for Braze Inc stands at -0.2. The total capital return value is set at -0.25. Equity return is now at value -25.62, with -14.26 for asset returns.
Based on Braze Inc (BRZE), the company’s capital structure generated 0.17 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.25.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -137.73 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.25. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.67. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.25for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.67. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.99.
Conclusion
To sum up, Braze Inc (BRZE) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
