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A $5.66 billion cash buyout offer from cloud giant Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) sent customer engagement software maker Braze (BRZE -0.09%) soaring 56.3% this week.

Braze stock changed hands at $45.86 as of the close on Thursday, Oct. 22, up 56.3% from Friday, Oct. 16's close through Thursday, Oct. 22's close. Across those five sessions, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was flat, and the Nasdaq-100 was down 0.8%.

BRZE Braze$45.82-$0.04 (-0.09%)

NASDAQ · As of 10:48 AM ET 10/23/26

Salesforce strikes a $5.66 billion deal for BrazeAnnounced Tuesday, Oct. 20, the definitive agreement gives Braze Class A shareholders $47.50 per share in cash, representing a 58% premium over its $30.04 closing price on Oct. 19. The $5.66 billion enterprise valuation delivers an immediate cash outcome for shareholders following a prolonged period of industrywide valuation compression in software. Under the terms, Salesforce will absorb the entire business, while Braze's chief executive officer, Bill Magnuson, and the core leadership team will transition to Salesforce post-closing.

Braze sells cloud-based customer engagement software, allowing consumer brands to automate personalized messaging across mobile apps, email, and text to enterprise marketers. Its technology coordinates real-time communications for high-profile clients like Canva, Instacart, Urban Outfitters, and Venmo. In its last reported quarter ended July 31, 2026, the company generated $227.2 million in revenue, up 26.2% year over year, demonstrating steady expansion across enterprise accounts.

Because this is an all-cash takeover at a fixed price, traditional valuation multiples like price-to-sales no longer govern the stock's daily movements. Instead, Braze now trades on merger-arbitrage dynamics, at $45.86 per share -- slightly below the $47.50 buyout offer to reflect transaction timing and regulatory closing conditions. This week's definitive buyout agreement flips the investment case from a long-term growth play into a short-term merger arbitrage bet.

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What's next for BrazeThe acquisition is expected to close during Salesforce's fiscal year 2028, which spans February 2027 through January 2028. Completion remains subject to customary closing conditions, including required regulatory clearances and a vote by Braze shareholders. The merger disclosure also specifies financial protections, including a $300 million regulatory failure fee payable by Salesforce and a $191 million breakup fee if Braze accepts a superior proposal.

For current investors, attention shifts entirely from quarterly operational execution to deal completion mechanics. If the acquisition closes as planned, shareholders will receive the $47.50 cash payout per share. However, if regulatory bodies or unforeseen obstacles break the deal, the stock faces downside risk back toward its pre-announcement trading level near $30.

Is Braze Stock a Buy?Generally speaking, buyout targets are not great investments anymore. The takeover price is the final destination, and arbitrage mechanics usually leave little room for gains before the deal's anticipated closing date.

Braze is no exception. As long as you expect the company's shareholders to vote in favor of Salesforce's bid, and you don't see insurmountable stumbling blocks in the regulatory reviews, you should expect to sell your Braze stock for $47.50 per share in (roughly) calendar year 2027. That's less than 4% above today's stock price, comparable to the annual interest rates on money market accounts nowadays. And you'd shoulder the risk of a potential failure to close the deal, so it's an extra risk with no reward.

And if you expect regulators or Braze holders to block the buyout, you've probably already cashed in your Braze gains and moved on to other investment ideas. That's for the best.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amparo Law Firm PLLC, through its Amparo Investor Rights practice, is investigating whether the sale process for Braze, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRZE) was fair to public shareholders and whether they will receive complete and accurate information before they vote.

On October 20, 2026, Salesforce announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BRZE, with holders of Braze Class A common stock to receive $47.50 in cash per share. The transaction is expected to close in Salesforce's fiscal year 2028, subject to conditions, including approval by Braze's shareholders and receipt of required regulatory approvals.

When a company agrees to be sold, public shareholders depend on the sale process and the proxy statement to judge the price. Our investigation focuses on how the board ran the sale process, the financial advisors' work and relationships, the financial projections behind the board's recommendation, and whether shareholders will have complete information before they vote.

The practice is led by Bob Amirian, Esq., Founding Partner of Amparo Law Firm. He served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Sharon Prost of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and practiced at Venable LLP. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California.

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$45.57+$15.53 (+51.70%)

NASDAQ · As of 4:00 PM ET 10/20/26

Braze (BRZE +51.70%), a customer engagement and personalized marketing software provider, closed at $45.57, up 51.70%. Salesforce's takeover agreement drove the move, and investors will be watching for the deal's completion over the coming year with a $47.50 cash payout. Trading volume reached 64.6M shares, coming in about 1,799% above its three-month average of 3.4M shares. Braze IPO'd in 2021 and has fallen 51% since going public.

How the markets moved todayThe S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.28%) closed at 7,711, up 0.26%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.02%) finished at 26,425, down 0.02%. Among software application platform peers, Klaviyo (KVYO +11.93%) closed at $19.59, up 11.82%, while Salesforce (CRM -0.01%) closed at $242.44, essentially flat, after its Braze acquisition announcement drew attention across customer-engagement software.

What this means for investorsSalesforce is back to its acquisitive ways, agreeing to acquire real-time messaging and AI marketing specialist Braze for $47.50 per share in cash, or $5.66 billion altogether. This deal follows Salesforce's acquisition of AI customer service upstart Fin for $3.6 billion in June.

Now partnered with Anthropic, CRM behemoth Salesforce has highlighted its desire to put AI at the core of its offerings, and Braze should add to that nicely. Salesforce is buying BRZE stock for roughly 7 times trailing sales -- and the young marketing company was yet to reach profitability -- so it may take a few quarters, if not years, to see if the deal pays off.

BRZE shares now trade within 4% of CRM's offering price, so barring a competing bid or an unforeseen regulatory hurdle popping up between now and the deal's 2027 close, the stock may not move too much from here.

Josh Kohn-Lindquist has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Braze and Salesforce. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

BRZE shareholders will receive just $47.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valuing BRZE approximately $5.66 billion; Ademi LLP is investigating the deal price, benefits to company insiders, and restrictions on competing offers

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Braze (BRZE) shares exploded higher on October 20 after Salesforce (CRM) agreed to acquire the customer-engagement software company, handing existing investors a major windfall. As investors cheered the announcement, BRZE ripped through its major moving averages (MAs), and its RSI climbed into the early 80s, indicating intense buying pressure.

Salesforce just agreed to spend billions in cash on a customer engagement platform, and the market is not applauding. Find out why rivals are rising while Salesforce takes the hit and whether the strategic bet on Marketing Cloud justifies the…

A large all-cash acquisition is weighing on one of the biggest names in enterprise software. Salesforce (NYSE:CRM | CRM Price Prediction) stock is down 2% to $238.57 in morning trading after the company agreed to buy a customer engagement platform.

Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE) is the Salesforce target, a company that helps consumer brands send personalized messages across channels in real time. Under the terms Salesforce announced, the agreement carries an enterprise value of $5.66 billion, with the full amount payable in cash. Approval from Braze shareholders and regulators is still required, and Salesforce made no change to its current fiscal-year guidance.

That cash spending is the core of the trade-off for Salesforce, set against the boost Braze could give Marketing Cloud, while rival software stocks are mostly holding up, which points to a selloff aimed at Salesforce stock.

Braze Deal Targets Marketing Cloud Personalization
Salesforce expects Braze to strengthen cross-channel personalization inside Marketing Cloud. The company also sees the platform complementing its data and Agentforce products, which anchor its push to build AI agents into every part of its software. Marketing Cloud is the piece of Salesforce’s lineup that stands to change most directly.

Patrick Stokes, Salesforce’s president of applications and marketing, stated that Braze was built to turn live customer behavior into personalized engagement at scale. That description lines up with Salesforce’s customer relationship management software, which gains real-time messaging tools built for consumer brands through the deal.

Braze runs its own BrazeAI suite for AI-powered decisioning and customer journey orchestration. Its technology partnerships with AWS, Snowflake and Databricks could give Salesforce more ways to connect with the data systems its customers already use. Those links matter because Salesforce has framed data as the foundation for its AI products.

Customers on the Braze platform span media and entertainment, financial services, retail and technology. This consumer-facing mix gives Salesforce a deeper foothold with brands that need to reach shoppers and subscribers the moment they engage.

Cash Outlay Weighs on Salesforce
Funding a deal of this scale entirely in cash ties up resources Salesforce could otherwise direct elsewhere, and folding a separate platform into Marketing Cloud adds execution risk that typically extends well past closing.

Supporters of the deal can point to the strategic fit for Salesforce. Braze gives Marketing Cloud a purpose-built engine for real-time engagement, and the same guidance means the purchase doesn’t alter management’s current fiscal-year outlook.

Rival Software Names Hold Steady
Even as CRM stock slips, ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) stock is up 2% to $148.10. Furthermore, Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) stock is up 2% to $252.47.

The business overlap with Salesforce differs for Adobe and ServiceNow. Marketing software is where Adobe competes with Salesforce, putting it closest to the territory Braze covers. Workflow automation software is ServiceNow’s business, which sits further from the marketing fight.

For a sector read against Salesforce, the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (CBOE:IGV) is down 0.3% to $105.65. Large-cap tech is a touch softer as well, with a NASDAQ 100 tracking fund down 0.5% to $715.16. A modest dip in the software fund next to the sharper drop in Salesforce stock marks the selloff as specific to the company.

Braze Approval Is the Next Hurdle
Investors are now watching whether regulators clear the Braze deal on schedule. Braze shareholders must also approve the agreement before it can close, and any delay in either review could keep pressure on Salesforce stock.

Until the deal closes and integration progress is visible, Salesforce stock investors should keep their positions moderate. Steady rival software stocks point to deal-specific risk rather than a sector problem, which supports a conservative approach to adding shares.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the sale of Braze, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRZE) to Salesforce for $47.50 in cash per share.

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SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world's #1 AI CRM, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Braze (NASDAQ: BRZE), a leading customer engagement platform, for approximately $5.66 billion in enterprise value. Under the terms of the agreement, holders of Braze Class A common stock will receive $47.50 in cash per share. Braze helps marketers build deeper customer relationships by responding to customer behavior in real time, coordi.

On October 16, 2026, Braze Inc
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shares fell 3.4% to a current price of $29.34. The stock has fluctuated significantly over the past year, reaching a 52-week high of $37.33 and a low of $15.26.

GF Value™ verdict: Current price of $29.34 vs GF Value of $46.99 indicates a 37.6% undervaluation.GF Score™ is 79/100, suggesting an above-average investment quality.Most notable signal: Insiders sold $12.7 million worth of shares over the past 12 months, with no buying activity.Is BRZE Overvalued or Undervalued?The current price of Braze Inc
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at $29.34 is significantly lower than the GF Value™ estimate of $46.99, indicating a potential undervaluation of approximately 37.6%. GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary intrinsic value estimate that incorporates historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance projections. This suggests that the stock may offer a margin of safety for potential investors, although caution is warranted because GF Value™ can be less reliable for companies that are unprofitable or cash-flow-negative, like Braze.

While the GF Valuation label categorizes the stock as significantly undervalued, it is essential to recognize that this extreme reading does not guarantee a price rebound. The current valuation reflects market sentiment and performance uncertainties, thus presenting both opportunity and risk for investors considering an entry point.

How Does BRZE's Valuation Compare to Its History?MetricCurrentHistoricalForward P/E30.1xN/ASince Braze Inc is currently unprofitable, comparing its Forward P/E ratio of 30.1x to its historical metrics is relevant primarily for context rather than a definitive valuation. As such, Braze appears to be trading at a higher valuation multiple than would be expected based on its historical data, reinforcing the need for careful scrutiny regarding its current GF Value™ assessment.

What Does BRZE's GF Score™ Tell Us?The GF Score™ evaluates a stock's investment potential through multiple dimensions, providing insights into financial strength, profitability, growth, valuation, and momentum. Braze Inc boasts a GF Score™ of 79/100, indicating that it is above average when compared to its peers.

MetricRatingGF Score™79/100Financial Strength7/10Profitability3/10Growth10/10Valuation4/10Momentum8/10The scores reflect a strong growth rank of 10/10, indicating that Braze Inc has significant growth potential. However, its profitability rank of 3/10 highlights weaknesses in its current earnings performance. The valuation rank of 4/10 further suggests that while the stock may be undervalued based on GF Value™, it lacks the financial robustness typically associated with more stable investments.

What Are Gurus and Insiders Doing with BRZE?Currently, two gurus hold positions in Braze Inc, with one adding to their stake and another trimming theirs in recent quarters. This mixed activity among expert investors indicates a divergence of opinions on the stock's future prospects. In contrast, insider activity raises concerns, as insiders have sold $12.7 million worth of shares over the past year without any buying activity. This pattern may signal a lack of confidence from those closest to the company, which could be a red flag for potential investors.

What This Means for InvestorsThe analysis suggests that Braze Inc
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is currently undervalued based on its GF Value™ estimate, which points to a potential opportunity for investors. However, the company's unprofitable status and concerning insider selling create a nuanced picture that warrants careful consideration. As with any investment, understanding the underlying risks and market sentiment is crucial. For additional insights, visit the Braze Inc (BRZE) stock page.

Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is BRZE's GF Score™?

BRZE's GF Score™ is 79/100, indicating that the stock is above average in terms of investment quality.

Is BRZE overvalued or undervalued?

BRZE is considered undervalued based on the GF Value™ estimate, which suggests a 37.6% upside from the current price.

What is BRZE's P/E ratio?

BRZE has a Forward P/E ratio of 30.1x, which is higher compared to its historical valuation metrics, reflecting its unprofitable status.

This stock alert was generated using automated technology and GuruFocus financial data to provide readers with timely and accurate market reporting. This content was reviewed by GuruFocus editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to [email protected].

Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT – Get Free Report) and Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Volatility and Risk Hut 8 has a beta of 4.62, indicating that its stock price is 362% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braze has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership 31.8% of Hut 8 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Braze shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Hut 8 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Braze shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation This table compares Hut 8 and Braze”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation. Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Hut 8 $235.12 million 46.99 -$226.15 million ($5.45) -16.45 Braze $738.18 million 3.91 -$131.29 million ($1.03) -24.68 Braze has higher revenue and earnings than Hut 8. Braze is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hut 8, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability This table compares Hut 8 and Braze’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Hut 8 -188.59% -0.97% -0.36% Braze -13.55% -16.11% -8.86% Analyst Ratings This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Hut 8 and Braze, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Hut 8 1 1 19 3 3.00 Braze 1 1 19 0 2.86 Hut 8 currently has a consensus price target of $143.95, suggesting a potential upside of 60.61%. Braze has a consensus price target of $38.21, suggesting a potential upside of 50.32%. Given Hut 8’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hut 8 is more favorable than Braze.

Summary Hut 8 beats Braze on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Hut 8 Corp., together with its subsidiaries, acquires, builds, manages, and operates data centers for digital assets mining, computing, and artificial intelligence in the United States. It operates in four segments: Digital Assets Mining, Managed Services, High Performance Computing Colocation and Cloud, and Other. The company mines Bitcoin. It also offers managed services for energy infrastructure development, such as site design, procurement, and construction management; software automation, process design, personnel hiring, and team training; utilities contracts, hosting operations, and customer management; energy portfolio optimization and strategic initiatives; and finance, accounting, and safety services for digital asset mining site owners, governments, and data center developers. In addition, the company provides colocation, cloud, and connectivity services; hosting services, which include the provision of mining equipment and space, as well as monitors, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains customer mining equipment; and equipment sales and repair services. Hut 8 Corp. was founded in 2017 and is based in Miami, Florida.

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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. It also offers classification products, including segmentation that can define reusable segments of consumers based upon attributes, events, or predictive propensity scores; segment insights, which allows customers to analyze how segments are performing relative to each other across a set of pre-selected key performance indicators; and predictive suite that allows customers to identify groups of consumers that are of critical business value. In addition, the company provides Canvas, an orchestration tool that allows customers to create journeys, mapping out multi-steps, and cross-channel messaging experiences; campaigns, which allows customers to send one set of single-channel or multi-channel messages to be delivered to customers in a particular user segment; event and API triggering; marketing pressure management; and reporting and analytics. Further, it offers personalization products, such as liquid templating platform, connected content platform, content blocks, intelligent timing and channel, personalized variant, and AI item recommendations, and catalogs; and action products. The company was formerly known as Appboy, Inc. and changed its name to Braze, Inc. in November 2017. Braze, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Shares of Braze, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRZE – Get Free Report) gapped up prior to trading on Thursday. The stock had previously closed at $25.10, but opened at $26.29. Braze shares last traded at $25.70, with a volume of 253,820 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of research firms have recently weighed in on BRZE. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Braze from $35.00 to $34.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Braze from $31.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 2nd. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $35.00 price target on shares of Braze in a report on Thursday. TD Cowen increased their price target on shares of Braze from $30.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Braze from $28.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Nineteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $38.21.

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Braze Trading Down 0.9% The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 1.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.89 billion, a P/E ratio of -24.68 and a beta of 0.91. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $27.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.27. Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, September 8th. The company reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.03. Braze had a negative return on equity of 16.11% and a negative net margin of 13.55%.The company had revenue of $227.23 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $220.27 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.15 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.2% on a year-over-year basis. Braze has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.640-0.650 EPS and its Q3 2027 guidance at 0.130-0.140 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Braze, Inc. will post -0.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Braze In other Braze news, CTO Jonathan Hyman sold 42,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.47, for a total value of $1,363,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 1,143,219 shares in the company, valued at $37,120,320.93. This trade represents a 3.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Astha Malik sold 15,724 shares of Braze stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.57, for a total value of $464,958.68. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 326,233 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,646,709.81. The trade was a 4.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 203,568 shares of company stock valued at $6,096,461. Company insiders own 12.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Braze Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BRZE. Fifth Third Bancorp purchased a new stake in shares of Braze in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd boosted its position in shares of Braze by 3,650.0% in the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 825 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 803 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Braze in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $36,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Braze in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $50,000. Finally, Essential Partners LLC increased its position in Braze by 109.8% during the 1st quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 2,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 1,138 shares in the last quarter. 90.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Braze (Get Free Report)

Braze, Inc is a customer engagement software company that helps businesses build and manage personalized interactions with consumers. Its cloud-based platform enables organizations to collect and analyze customer data, create audience segments, and deliver marketing messages across multiple channels.

The Braze platform supports communication through mobile and web applications, email, SMS, messaging services, and other digital channels. Its offerings include campaign orchestration, customer journey management, in-app and browser messaging, personalization, analytics, experimentation, and artificial intelligence tools designed to help companies improve customer retention and engagement.

The company was founded in 2011 as Appboy by Bill Magnuson, Mark Ghermezian, and Jon Hyman, and later adopted the Braze name.

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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today unveiled three major additions to its AI portfolio, alongside new conversational AI capabilities across messaging channels. Together, they help marketers bring 1:1 decisioning to more customer journeys, automate critical campaign quality assurance, and work with Braze directly from the AI tools they already use, all while engaging customers with inter.

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced the winners of its 2026 Torchie Awards, recognizing brands and marketers setting a new standard for customer engagement through creativity, collaboration, AI, and measurable business impact. The winners were unveiled Monday evening at Forge, Braze's annual customer engagement conference in Las Vegas. This year's winners bring the Forge theme.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Multichannel Marketing Hubs for the fourth consecutive year. Braze was positioned highest among multiple evaluated vendors in Ability to Execute and furthest in Completeness of Vision.Braze was also ranked first in both the Multichannel Engagement and Omnichannel Workflow.

Customer engagement software can help businesses gather and track critical data to strengthen client relationships, potentially driving higher revenue and better retention. At a time when customers are increasingly picky about how they spend their money, the customer engagement platform space may be consolidating around a handful of names that have been particularly successful and are growing quickly.

The latest firm in this industry to make headlines for its notable performance is Braze Inc. NASDAQ: BRZE, which reported strong fiscal Q2 results earlier in September. Braze's performance last quarter came on the heels of similar earnings wins from firms like Snowflake Inc. NYSE: SNOW, signaling that enterprise software firms may be on a hot streak thanks to accelerating demand.

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Two other companies in similarly data-focused spaces—Klaviyo Inc. NYSE: KVYO and Similarweb Ltd. NYSE: SMWB—may be worth watching because they share some of the two firms above's qualities.

Braze Builds Its Large-Customer BaseBraze's latest earnings results demonstrate growth across multiple categories and are an important sign for the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry. Its mobile-first customer engagement platform has built a solid base of more than 1,000 large enterprise customers, many of whom are expanding their engagement with the company's tools, thereby generating crucial recurring income.

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At 26% year over year (YOY) revenue growth, Braze reported $227 million in sales for the latest quarter. The more important figure, however, may be its 112% in large-customer net retention. This foundation gives the company plenty of room to continue growing its free cash flow, which was already a record $22 million last quarter.

About a third of large Braze customers use its paid BrazeAI tools, a reflection of the company's increasingly strong positioning with its emerging AI offerings.

This has helped the company to raise forward guidance for revenue, operating income, and margin. On this last point, however, there may be near-term struggles; management expects the current quarter to pressure operating margin due to unique one-time costs.

No matter, though, as this has not prevented analysts from viewing BRZE shares very favorably. Only two out of the 22 analysts rating the stock call it anything other than a Buy. Shares are down 27% year to date (YTD) but could rise by about 53%, according to consensus price estimates.

A Complementary Offering to Braze Facing Many of the Same Challenges and OpportunitiesKlaviyo is a competitor to Braze as a customer engagement platform provider, but it targets a different customer base and offers a unique set of features and tools. Klaviyo's marketing services are catered toward e-commerce companies rather than Braze's enterprise clientele. The result is that the two firms can both thrive under similar conditions and don't necessarily hinder one another's performance.

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With this in mind, it's no surprise that KVYO shares have also struggled so far this year, dropping by an even wider 51% YTD.

This is despite the fact that the company also reported many strengths in its latest earnings, including 26% YOY top-line growth driven by its text, WhatsApp, analytics, and other programs. The firm also raised full-year guidance, anticipating broad gains across multiple sections of its business.

Like Braze, Klaviyo has seen early success with its AI products, with Customer Agent adoption surging by 40% on a sequential basis and generating noteworthy return on investment for customers. At the same time, margins are under pressure in the near term, which may be part of the reason for the recent share sell-off. Regardless, KVYO stock enjoys a similar level of enthusiasm from analysts to BRZE.

Similarweb's Unique Angle May Set Its Share Price Performance ApartThe SaaS landscape is large and only getting bigger, and Similarweb offers a different angle from either of the firms above.

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As a digital intelligence platform, it provides crucial data and analytics services for companies looking to better understand their customers and competitors—meaning that it doesn't engage directly with customers in the same way as Braze, for instance. This makes Similarweb a compelling complement to both of the firms above while also serving yet another unique customer base.

Similarweb has experienced a very different trajectory this year, with shares climbing 11% YTD. The latest quarterly report shows that revenue and profitability are improving, although the company is operating at a much smaller scale in these areas than the firms above. Sales climbed by 9% YOY but reached just $77 million, for instance. Still, it also enjoys many of the same tailwinds, including a growing AI business, major improvements to recurring revenue and customer retention, and improved guidance.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced that tennis champion and entrepreneur Venus Williams will headline Forge 2026, taking place September 28–30 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Williams will join chef and humanitarian José Andrés, actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang, and marketing visionaries from some of the world's biggest brands for three days of conversations, insights and practical.

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U.S. stock futures were mixed this morning, with the Dow futures falling around 0.1% on Wednesday.

Shares of ServiceTitan Inc (NASDAQ:TTAN) fell sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported second-quarter financial results and issued third-quarter sales guidance with its midpoint below estimates.

ServiceTitan reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2027, which ended July 31, 2026. Revenue rose 21% year over year to $292.8 million, while gross transaction volume increased 17% to $26.8 billion.

For the third quarter of fiscal 2027, ServiceTitan expects revenue of $285 million to $287 million, versus market estimates of $287.874 million.

ServiceTitan shares dipped 16.7% to $67.99 in pre-market trading.

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Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE | BRZE Price Prediction) delivered a beat and a raise on Tuesday afternoon, and its stock is tumbling anyway. The gap tells you the market is pricing the next quarter’s earnings line rather than the full-year trajectory management is trying to build.

Braze stock is down 12% to $26.58 early Wednesday after the company guided fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings below what analysts had modeled. The move erases much of the summer bounce and puts the shares back into the $27 range on heavy volume.

Meanwhile, Klaviyo (NYSE:KVYO) stock is up 3% to $18.42, notably refusing to sell off in sympathy with its closest-sized peer. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (CBOE:IGV) is nearly unchanged at $102.90. At the same time, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) is down 0.36% to $715.80, so large-cap tech weakness isn’t the driver of Braze’s move.

Guidance Line Behind the Selloff Braze’s second-quarter fiscal 2027 print looked strong on the surface. The company’s revenue reached $227.23 million, up 26.2% year over year (YoY), and its non-GAAP EPS of $0.19 beat the $0.16 consensus. Dollar-based net retention at Braze improved to 110% and its free cash flow jumped to $21.7 million.

CEO Bill Magnuson said Braze delivered 26% year-over-year revenue growth alongside improving operating leverage and record second-quarter free cash flow. The company’s non-GAAP operating margin expanded to 9.7% from 3.4% a year earlier, and its large-customer cohort (spending at least $500,000 annually) grew to 361 from 282.

The selloff traces to one line. Braze guided its third-quarter fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS to a range of $0.13 to $0.14, below Street models, even as its Q3 revenue guidance of $229 million to $230 million came in above consensus. Analysts at Raymond James told investors to buy the dip, calling Braze a secular winner and pointing to management’s plan to accelerate investments ahead of next fiscal year.

Peers Sit Out the Move Klaviyo already reported its own Q2 on August 5, with revenue growth of 26.4% YoY and a raised full-year revenue outlook of $1.526 billion to $1.534 billion. That report is still doing the work today, keeping Klaviyo stock steady while Braze absorbs the guidance repricing.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS), and Monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY) round out the customer engagement and CRM peer group, and none is trading down in sympathy this morning. The flat move in the software fund confirms this is a single-name repricing, not a sector verdict on growth software.

The bull and bear cases are reading the same fact in opposite directions. The bulls point to Braze’s $1.1 billion in remaining performance obligations, up 27% YoY, plus a completed $50 million repurchase and a fresh authorization of the same size. The bears see softer near-term margins landing at a moment when the market wants proof of AI leverage now.

What to Watch Next Braze hosts its Forge 2026 flagship conference September 28-30 in Las Vegas, with an investor reception on Tuesday, September 29. Investors can watch for management’s commentary on AI Decisioning Studio, Agent Console adoption, and the newly signed three-year AWS strategic collaboration that expands Marketplace procurement and joint go-to-market.

Braze also flagged Q3 margin pressure tied to Forge, global customer events, and new sales capacity added ahead of next year, which is exactly the spending pattern reflected in the softer earnings guide. Traders can stay tuned for the first sell-side revisions on out-year estimates, which will decide whether today’s move gets bought back into the print.

Investors weighing their exposure should calibrate their holdings carefully given management’s decision to spend ahead of next year’s growth. Share positions should reflect the fact that Braze’s near-term margin dip is planned rather than accidental, and that the software fund held firm while a single name absorbed the guidance shock.

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Braze, Inc. (BRZE - Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.19 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.16 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.15 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +18.75%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.1 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.1, delivering no surprise.

Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once.

Braze, which belongs to the Zacks Internet - Software industry, posted revenues of $227.23 million for the quarter ended July 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.19%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $180.11 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.

The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.

Braze shares have lost about 6.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 12.8%.

What's Next for Braze?While Braze has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?

There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.

Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.

Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Braze was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.16 on $227.39 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $0.63 on $897.63 million in revenues for the current fiscal year.

Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Internet - Software is currently in the top 35% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.

Penguin Solutions, Inc. (PENG - Free Report) , another stock in the same industry, has yet to report results for the quarter ended August 2026.

This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.75 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +74.4%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.

Penguin Solutions, Inc.'s revenues are expected to be $512.5 million, up 51.7% from the year-ago quarter.

3 Unique AI Software Plays With Strong Analyst SupportBraze NASDAQ: BRZE reported fiscal second-quarter 2027 revenue of $227 million, up 26% from a year earlier and 8% sequentially, as the customer-engagement software company cited contract expansions, renewals and new business. The company also raised its revenue outlook for the third quarter and full fiscal year and increased its full-year operating income guidance.

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bill Magnuson said the quarter featured strong bookings, competitive wins against legacy marketing clouds and point solutions, and continued vendor-consolidation activity. He also pointed to rising customer adoption of the company’s artificial intelligence products and an expanding channel-partner strategy.

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Braze Blazes Ahead on Q1 2027 Earnings Beat, Raised Guidance“Brands are adopting ever more sophisticated strategies and racing to deploy AI-driven solutions to leverage their first-party data and direct-to-consumer relationships,” Magnuson said.

Customer growth and retention Total customer count rose 15% year over year to 2,789 as of July 31, 2026, an increase of 367 customers from the prior-year period and 76 from the preceding quarter. The number of customers spending at least $500,000 annually increased 28% year over year to 361. Those larger customers accounted for 65% of annual recurring revenue, compared with 62% a year earlier.

Braze Stock Rallies as Revenue Beats, Buybacks Begin, and Outlook JumpsTrailing 12-month dollar-based net retention was 110% across all customers. For customers spending at least $500,000 annually, net retention rose to 112% from 111% in the prior quarter.

Magnuson said new business and expansions during the quarter included Boots Thailand, Chime, David Jones, Foxtel Group, Insurify, Omaze UK, Property Finder and Wilson Sporting Goods. He said the company also won customers moving from legacy platforms, including a global quick-service restaurant, an Asia-Pacific bank, a European retailer and a U.S. challenger bank.

Remaining performance obligations totaled $1.1 billion, up 27% year over year, while current remaining performance obligations increased 24% to $691 million. Magnuson told analysts that the company’s fourth and first fiscal quarters are typically its largest renewal periods and that current RPO comparisons also reflected lapping the OfferFit acquisition.

AI adoption and product strategy Braze said paid adoption of its AI tools—including Decisioning Studio, Agent Console, AI Item Recommendations and its Predictive Suite—reached roughly one-third of its large-customer cohort during the quarter. That represented an increase of about 900 basis points from the first quarter.

Magnuson said AI monetization remains early, but enterprise customers are seeing returns from the tools. He highlighted Operator, an AI product designed to help marketers create and manage campaigns and workflows, as a driver of adoption of other Braze features.

During the past 90 days, nearly 80% of Braze accounts engaged with Operator more than 10 times, according to Magnuson. More than half of those accounts used it more than 100 times over the same period. He said the product has also reduced customer-support tickets, allowing support staff to focus on more complex issues.

The company said its AI products can support more sophisticated multichannel campaigns, experimentation and personalization. Magnuson said customers that use three, four or five channels and adopt more advanced Braze features historically have shown higher dollar-based net retention than other cohorts.

Braze also introduced Agentic Standards in beta, which allows teams to encode brand guidelines, compliance rules, tracking requirements and content standards for automated checks. The company said it expects to discuss additional developments involving Operator, Content Optimizer, Agent Console and Decisioning Studio at its Forge customer conference.

Magnuson said Decisioning Studio maintained the pricing power discussed when Braze acquired OfferFit, with use-case pricing in the roughly $250,000 to $300,000 range. The company is also developing Decisioning Studio Go, a more self-service offering that will be paid for through Action Credits and have a lower upfront cost than Decisioning Studio Pro.

Profitability, cash flow and capital returns Subscription revenue represented 91% of total second-quarter revenue, while the remaining 9% came from recurring professional services and one-time configuration and onboarding fees. Interim Chief Financial Officer Pankaj Malik said approximately 90% of professional-services revenue is recurring and recognized ratably over the related contract term.

Malik said the company has been shifting some customer-success entitlements that were previously bundled in subscription fees into professional-services arrangements under its newer pricing and packaging structure. Braze has migrated about half of its customer base and expects about 80% of the remaining customers to transition over the next six quarters. He said professional services are expected to represent about 9% to 10% of revenue going forward.

Non-GAAP gross profit was $156 million, with a 68.6% gross margin, compared with 69.3% a year earlier. Non-GAAP operating income was $22 million, or 9.7% of revenue, compared with $6 million, or 3.4% of revenue, in the prior-year quarter. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Braze shareholders was $21 million, or $0.19 per share, compared with $17 million, or $0.15 per share, a year earlier. Cash provided by operations was $24 million, and free cash flow was $22 million, compared with $4 million in the prior-year quarter. Braze ended the quarter with approximately $414 million in cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities. In August, it completed a $50 million accelerated share repurchase program, buying back approximately 2.1 million shares. Another $50 million remains under the board’s authorization.

Raised outlook and AWS partnership For the fiscal third quarter, Braze expects revenue of $229 million to $230 million, representing roughly 20% year-over-year growth at the midpoint. It forecast non-GAAP operating income of $16 million to $17 million, or about a 7% operating margin, and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.13 to $0.14.

For fiscal 2027, the company now expects revenue of $910 million to $913 million, representing approximately 23% growth at the midpoint. It projected non-GAAP operating income of $75.5 million to $76.5 million, implying an 8% operating margin, and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.64 to $0.65.

Malik said third-quarter operating income will be affected by the costs of Forge and other global customer events, while Magnuson said the company is also beginning to add sales capacity ahead of the next fiscal year.

Braze additionally announced a three-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services. Magnuson said the agreement establishes a dedicated co-selling motion, joint go-to-market commitments and incentives for AWS sellers to bring Braze into customer accounts. He said the arrangement builds on rising procurement through AWS Marketplace and could extend Braze’s international and industry reach.

About Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE)Braze, Inc is a publicly traded software company NASDAQ: BRZE that offers a customer engagement platform designed to help brands build personalized relationships with their users. Founded in 2011 as Appboy by Bill Magnuson, Jon Hyman and Mark Ghermezian, the company adopted the Braze name in 2017 to underscore its focus on fostering strong connections between businesses and consumers. Its cloud-based platform consolidates messaging channels including push notifications, in-app messages, email and SMS, enabling companies to deliver timely, context-driven communications at scale.

The core functionality of Braze's platform centers on data-driven segmentation, customer journey orchestration and real-time analytics.

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