Company Analysis

Braze, Inc. (BRZE)

Nasdaq: BRZE · Services-Prepackaged Software · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade5.2
◀ Past 5.6● Present 5.5▶ Future 4.8
1 est.

The grade of Braze, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past5.625% of the headline
● Present5.535% of the headline
▶ Future4.840% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Braze, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+40.4% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Braze, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $96 million in fiscal 2020 to $738 million in fiscal 2026, up 40.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 6 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span40.4%top 16% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.5% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 44 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Braze, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 44 sales (42 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 41% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
4.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -21%: lost 21¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Braze, Inc. lost about 21 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 45 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 49% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 32% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 218 in its family; net margin -17.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Braze, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $738 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 40% by size; a net margin of -17.8% ranks in the bottom 32%; revenue growth of 27.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$738Mtop 40% of its family
  • net margin-17.8%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth27.6%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
6.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 6.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 167 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 36% of 167 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2021-11-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2021-11-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 167 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Braze, Inc.'s leadership is put at 6.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 36% of 167 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2021-11-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 47% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Braze, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $128 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.4% of revenue (bottom 41%); a gross margin of 67.1% (bottom 44%); research spending of 22.6% of revenue (top 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.5%bottom 46% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.4%bottom 41% of its family
  • gross margin67.1%bottom 44% of its family
  • research spending against revenue22.6%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Braze, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 27.6% a year over the last three filed years against 40.4% over all 7, slowing (bottom 31% of its family); the newest year grew 24.4% (top 24%); research spending grew 19.8% a year (top 18%); capital spending grew -14.7% a year (bottom 33%) (its annual reports). Braze, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Subscription Revenue at $702 million (95%), Professional Services Revenue at $36 million (5%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.8 points a yearbottom 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth24.4%top 24% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending19.8%top 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-14.7%bottom 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 39% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Braze, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $738 million in fiscal 2026 came in 3.7% below the $767 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of $131 million against a prior three-year average of $124 million (bottom 26%); a net margin of -17.8% against -28% before (top 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.7%bottom 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-6%bottom 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+10.2 pointstop 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BRZE · research, not advice