“Financing Cash Flow During the six months ended June 30, 2026, we had a net increase in borrowings of $28.6 million, primarily due to our stock repurchase program and to satisfy tax obligations of employees upon settlement of equity awards (see discussion bel…”10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
Blackbaud, Inc.
BLKB
Market read
Blackbaud, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 21 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 4.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- BLKB's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if BLKB's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 21 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 4.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 11.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 620.3% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- BLKB's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +40.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +36.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.31x in the latest annual period.
- Latest annual revenue changed -2.3% year over year.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- P/E is 65% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 26% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
44.30Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Cost of revenue is primarily comprised of compensation costs for customer support, production IT, professional services and onsite training personnel, hosting and data center costs, third-party contractor expenses, third-party royalty and data expenses, alloc…”10-Q · Jul 30, 2025 ↗
“Over the long term, we expect stock repurchases to remain an important component of our capital allocation strategy, subject to market conditions, business performance, leverage considerations, U.S.”10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
“Financial Summary Total revenue ($M) Income from operations ($M) YoY Growth (%) YoY Growth (%) Revenue increased by $11.2 million, during the three months ended March 31, 2026, when compared to the same period in 2025, driven largely by the following: + Incre…”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.9× · EV/sales 2.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 10:00 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for BLKB. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-30.
What improved
- Revenue increased 4.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 11.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 620.3% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“Cost of revenue decreased by $0.2 million, or 0.2%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026, when compared to the same period in 2025, driven primarily by the following: - Decrease in third-party contractor costs of $1.7 million primarily related to transition of work to employees in our GCC, decreased use of outside contractors and completion of prior year investments - Decrease in compensation costs of $1.5 million primarily due to a shift in resources from supporting cost of revenue to research and development + Increase in direct costs of revenue of $2.3 million primarily due to an increase in the volume of transactions for which we process payments and data center costs Gross marg...”
“The increases in dollars and as a percentage of revenue were primarily driven by the following: + Increase in compensation costs of $3.7 million primarily due to a shift in resources from supporting cost of revenue to research and development, merit-based salary increases and increased engineering headcount to support our innovation focus - Decrease in third-party contractor costs of $1.9 million primarily related to transition of work to employees in our GCC and prior year investments ramping down, partially offset by an increase in investment in AI innovation Not included in research and development expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were $12.2 million and $12.4 mi...”
“costs of revenue of $2.3 million primarily due to an increase in the volume of transactions for which we process payments and data center costs Gross margin increased by 180 basis points for the three months ended March 31, 2026, when compared to the same period in 2025, due to the increase in revenue combined with the decrease in cost of revenue.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind BLKB
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.partnerApr 29, 2026 ▾
“We have entered into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge a portion of the foreign currency exposure that arises on translation of our investments denominated in British Pounds into U.S.”
MSFTMicrosoft CorporationcompetitorFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“General business software vendors , such as Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce.com, compete with us in certain areas of our business.”
ORCLOracle CorporationcompetitorFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“General business software vendors , such as Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce.com, compete with us in certain areas of our business.”
Filing peers
No filing peers are available for this name yet.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
BLKB is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Information Technology Services. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.