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Blackbaud Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Blackbaud Inc had return on equity of 108.5% and a net margin of 10.2%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin8.9%8.9%9.0%1.5%6.0%5.0%4.0%6.2%9.3%5.3%1.3%0.8%0.6%−4.3%0.3%−25.9%10.2%12.9%
Return on equity25.0%25.7%25.9%4.6%19.7%16.3%12.9%18.9%24.3%12.6%3.1%1.9%1.0%−6.2%0.4%−64.0%108.5%145.9%
Return on assets9.0%9.3%9.3%1.2%4.3%3.4%2.4%3.6%4.7%2.6%0.7%0.4%0.2%−1.5%0.1%−11.1%4.7%6.6%
Effective tax rate38.9%36.5%35.2%50.6%32.8%27.9%30.6%20.8%−26.2%−0.5%−12.5%64.3%19.6%—84.4%—12.8%15.4%
R&D as % of revenue14.7%13.9%12.9%14.5%13.0%13.7%13.3%12.3%11.4%11.6%11.8%11.0%13.4%14.8%13.3%13.3%12.2%12.2%
Dividends ÷ net income64.2%66.8%64.5%330.1%72.5%78.1%87.8%50.2%31.3%52.0%198.2%77.2%0.0%—————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.1bn
Short-term assets $630mLonger-term assets $1.5bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.1bn
Short-term liabilities $924mLonger-term liabilities $1.1bnShareholders' equity $119m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $630m of assets due within a year against $924m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $630m short-term assets against $1.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $36m of cash against $1.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 874% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 137% to 874% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $342m of operating cash flow against $1.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $233m against $66m of interest.

From Blackbaud Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

33 /100

Weak moat

How hard Blackbaud's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 1.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 18 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 54.2%, moving by 2.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.5%; its worst year was -20.8%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 21.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 4.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 8.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (48 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Blackbaud Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Blackbaud Inc.