Braze, Inc. BRZE
Braze, Inc. (BRZE) earns a Piotroski F-score of 3/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2026 revenue was $738.2M at a -17.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.66 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | Citigroup | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-28 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-28 | Mizuho | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-05-28 | Citizens | Market Outperform (reit) |
| 2026-05-28 | DA Davidson | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-28 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight (reit) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 3/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.132 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.645 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.13 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.274 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRZE | Braze, Inc. | 3/9 | -0.77 | — | +24.4% |
| CWAN | Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | 2/9 | 2.68 | — | +61.9% |
| DSGX | DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC | 5/9 | 8.69 | 49.4 | +12% |
| VERX | Vertex, Inc. | 7/9 | 0.09 | 267.9 | +12.2% |
| APPN | APPIAN CORP | 6/9 | -2.3 | 1308.1 | +17.8% |
| SPSC | SPS COMMERCE INC | 6/9 | 8.11 | 23.2 | +17.8% |
| BAND | Bandwidth Inc. | 5/9 | 0.7 | — | +0.7% |
About Braze, Inc.
Braze, Inc. operates a customer engagement platform that provides interactions between consumers and brands worldwide. It 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 to import or export data or to trigger workflows between Braze and brands' existing technology stacks; Partner Data Integrations, that allow brands to sync user cohorts from partners; Data Transformation, in which brands can programmatically sync and transform user data; Braze Cloud Data Ingestion that offers direct connections to cloud services and data warehouses, marketing, product, and growth teams; Braze Currents to stream data in real time; and Snowflake Data Sharing to track and store data. It also provides segmentation that 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 offers Canvas, an orchestration tool; campaigns, which allows customers; event and API triggering; marketing pressure management; and reporting and analytics, as well as content generation and quality assurance platform, content management, catalogs, templating language, connected content, and intelligent timing and channel products. Further, it provides decisioning studio; agent console; liquid assistant and AI copywriter; personalized variant; AI item recommendations; and MCP Servers. 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.
FAQ
Is BRZE financially healthy?
Braze, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 3/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does BRZE pay a dividend?
No, Braze, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is BRZE?
In FY2026, Braze, Inc. had a net margin of -17.8% and a return on equity of -21.0%.
What is the analyst price target for BRZE?
The average Wall-Street price target for Braze, Inc. is $34.35, about 24.1% above the recent price, from 20 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is BRZE a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Braze, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 3/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2026-01-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.