Company Analysis

Blackbaud, Inc. (BLKB)

Nasdaq: BLKB · Services-Prepackaged Software · Charleston, SC · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade5.2
◀ Past 5.9● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.2

The grade of Blackbaud, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past5.925% of the headline
● Present5.835% of the headline
▶ Future4.240% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-10-14.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-10-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $788 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 7 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.6%bottom 20% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.3%bottom 42% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.0% a year. 86% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Blackbaud, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 86% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 12% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 15% 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?

5.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 135%: 135¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 96%: owes 96¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Blackbaud, Inc. earned about 135 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 96 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 11% of its family
  • return on equitytop 2% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 218 in its family; net margin 10.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 27% by size; a net margin of 10.2% ranks in the top 26%; revenue growth of 2.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.13Btop 27% of its family
  • net margin10.2%top 26% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.2%bottom 23% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 42% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Gianoni, Michael P (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-01-16, 12.8 years (top 6% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.1 years (bottom 40%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.1 yearsbottom 40% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.8 yearstop 6% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 33% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $39 million against debt of $1.1 billion leaves -43.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22.8% of revenue (top 29%); a gross margin of 58.8% (bottom 34%); research spending of 12.2% of revenue (bottom 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-43.8%bottom 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.8%top 29% of its family
  • gross margin58.8%bottom 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue12.2%bottom 22% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.2% a year over the last three filed years against 4.6% over all 9, slowing (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew -2.3% (bottom 15%); research spending grew -4.2% a year (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -14.2% a year (bottom 34%) (its annual reports). Blackbaud, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Contractual Recurring at $722 million (64%), Transactional Recurring at $384 million (34%), One Time Services and Other at $22 million (2%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.4 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.3%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-4.2%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-14.2%bottom 34% 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
6.2/10

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

top 38% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Blackbaud, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.4% below the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 26% of its family); net income of $115 million against a prior three-year average of $114 million (top 10%); a net margin of 10.2% against -10% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-6.4%bottom 26% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+201%top 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+20.2 pointstop 29% 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 BLKB · research, not advice