EarningsQ2 2027 Earnings Report
DE:3BX Q2 2027 EPS Results
Actual EPS€0.35
Consensus EPS€0.34
Beat/MissBeat by +<€0.01
One Year Ago EPS€0.28
DE:3BX Q2 2027 Revenue Results
Actual Revenue€277.05M
Expected Revenue€275.49M
Beat/MissBeat by +€1.57M
YoY Revenue Growth+9.23%
Earnings Announcement Details
QuarterQ2 2027
Date08/25/2026
TimeAfter Close
Conference CallTuesday, August 25, 2026
DE:3BX Upcoming Earnings
Box's next earnings date is estimated for December 8, 2026, based on past reporting schedules.
Q2 2027 Earnings Call Audio
DE:3BX Q2 2027 Earnings Call
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Q2 2027 Earnings Slide Deck
Q2 2027 Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call was broadly positive: Box reported revenue, billings, RPO and net retention improvements, beat guidance on top- and bottom-line results, raised full-year revenue guidance, generated strong cash flow, and highlighted accelerating Enterprise Advanced and AI adoption with meaningful product and partnership momentum. Headwinds include FX impacts, cloud capacity-driven margin pressure, early-stage AI consumption monetization, and quarter-to-quarter billings lumpiness, but management outlined clear product, go-to-market and governance investments to address these risks.Company Guidance
Revenue Growth Above Guidance
Q2 revenue of $321M, up 9% year-over-year (11% in constant currency), exceeded guidance and marked the fifth consecutive quarter of accelerating revenue growth in constant currency.
Strong Bookings, RPO and Billings Momentum
Q2 billings were $310M, up 17% year-over-year (16% in constant currency). Remaining performance obligations (RPO) ended at $1.7B, up 15% year-over-year (17% in constant currency); short-term RPO grew 11% year-over-year (14% CC). Management expects ~55% of RPO to be recognized in the next 12 months.
Improving Customer Metrics and Mix
Net retention rate improved to 106% (above guidance of 105% and up from 103% a year ago). Customers paying at least $100K annually grew 10% year-over-year. Suites customers represent 69% of revenue, up from 63% a year ago, indicating increased enterprise adoption and account expansion.
Profitability and Margins
Q2 non-GAAP operating income was $95M with an operating margin of 29.4% (90bps expansion year-over-year despite FX headwinds). Q2 gross margin was 81.2%, and Q2 EPS was $0.40, above guidance of $0.39.
Cash Generation and Capital Return
Q2 free cash flow of $60M (up 67% year-over-year) and operating cash flow of $71M (up 54% year-over-year). Ended Q2 with $446M in cash and equivalents. Repurchased 2.6M shares for ~$66M; ~$378M remaining buyback capacity.
Raised Full-Year Revenue Guidance
Full FY2027 revenue guidance raised by $10M to ~$1.29B, representing ~10% year-over-year growth (11% in constant currency); FY gross margin expected ~80.5% and FY operating margin ~28%.
Product & Partnership Momentum (AI, Security, Integrations)
Notable enterprise wins for Enterprise Advanced, expanded AI unit adoption, and multiple integrations/partnerships (Anthropic/Claude, Databricks, Salesforce, NVIDIA mention). New security and agent governance features introduced (agent guardrails, prompt injection detection, agent oversight) and MCP integrations to support headless/agentic use cases.
Strategic GTM Investments and Execution
Expanded Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) and system integrator partnerships to accelerate complex agentic workflow deployments and legacy migrations; management highlighted multiple wall-to-wall migrations and platform modernization deals in regulated/government verticals.
DE:3BX Earnings History
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