BLKB vs CRM vs RNG Stock Comparison

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BLKB Blackbaud Inc
$54.21 +29.8% 1M -15.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.48B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
1 win
CRM Salesforce, Inc.
$222.18 -5.3% 1M -15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$185.98B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$43.94B
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
5 wins
RNG RingCentral, Inc.
$78.12 -0.2% 1M +160.9% 1Y
Market cap
$6.47B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.62B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Salesforce leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Salesforce 5, RingCentral 5, Blackbaud 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKBCRMRNGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.48B $185.98B $6.47B CRM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.6x 19.2x 9.8x RNG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.0x 12.6x 14.8x BLKB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.2% +11.2% +5.5% CRM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.9% 22.0% 25.3% RNG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.5% 9.0% 26.1% RNG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 1.9x 1.5x RNG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.1% -15.0% +160.9% RNG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.3%/yr -6.3%/yr -20.2%/yr CRM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.9% 47.0% 67.8% CRM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 71/100 62/100 CRM

Percentile Scorecard

BLKBCRMRNG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLKBCRMRNG
Valuation 86 #15 of 100 78 #23 of 100 75 #8 of 29
Growth 70 #30 of 99 72 #28 of 99 82 #6 of 28
Profitability 84 #16 of 96 87 #13 of 96 73 #8 of 27
Financial Health 15 #95 of 112 44 #63 of 112 20 #25 of 31
Shareholder Returns 83 #12 of 67 74 #18 of 67 62 #9 of 22
Overall 68 71 62
  • BLKB ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • CRM ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • RNG ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLKBCRMRNGSPY
1 month +29.8%-5.3%-0.2% -2.0%
3 months +19.1%+16.3%+28.9% -2.2%
6 months +47.5%+18.8%+63.6% +4.2%
Year to date -14.4%-16.1%+170.5% +10.6%
1 year -15.1%-15.0%+160.9% +10.4%
3 years -25.9%+7.1%+175.8% +73.6%
3 years, per year -9.5%+2.3%+40.3% +20.2%
5 years -35.1%-27.9%-67.5% +61.6%
5 years, per year -8.3%-6.3%-20.2% +10.1%
10 years -7.8%+199.7%+294.5% +261.3%
10 years, per year -0.8%+11.6%+14.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLKBCRMRNGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.9%47.0%67.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.1%41.9%56.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.220.421.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.31-0.322.37 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.8%-59.2%-92.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.7%-16.5%-9.5% -3.2%
52-week high $64.30$266.23$86.35 $779.14
52-week low $26.54$150.12$24.82 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLKBCRMRNG
P/E now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 27.1x 18.9xmedian 27.1x 9.9xmedian 33.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.8x 4.2xmedian 2.8x 2.5xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.8xmedian 16.6x 14.1xmedian 16.6x 12.9xmedian 12.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 15.7x 12.1xmedian 15.7x 9.9xmedian 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 2.8x 4.8xmedian 2.8x -532.7xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 0.87 0.20median 0.87 0.18median 0.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLKBCRMRNG
Revenue $1.16B $43.94B $2.62B
Gross profit $694.80M $33.96B $1.89B
Operating income $232.55M $8.74B $196.64M
Net income $149.25M $9.66B $662.40M
Free cash flow $331.97M $15.15B $667.24M
R&D $141.76M $6.37B $330.14M
EPS (diluted) $3.32 $11.77 $7.55
Cash & equivalents $35.73M $8.31B $110.12M
Total debt $1.04B $39.29B $1.01B
Shares (diluted) 44.96M 821.00M 87.69M
Enterprise value $2.34B $141.85B $6.00B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLKBCRMRNG
P/E 16.1x 18.9x 9.9x
P/FCF 7.4x 12.1x 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 7.1x 11.6x 9.4x
P/S 2.1x 4.2x 2.5x
P/B 20.5x 4.8x -532.7x
P/Tangible book 76.2x 5.7x -117.0x
EV/EBITDA 10.8x 14.1x 12.9x
EV/EBIT 14.9x 24.1x 38.1x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 4.8x 2.9x
EV/FCF 10.4x 13.9x 11.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.1x 13.4x 10.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 0.20 0.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKBCRMRNG
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.2% 11.2% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 9.9% 6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.3% 10.7% 7.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 11.3% 8.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 198.7% 9.4% 109.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 323.0% 47.8% 35.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 155.7% 45.0% 4,905%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 100.1% 82.9% 53.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 160.1% 69.9% 5,149%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 109.8% 94.5% 55.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.8% 19.6% 16.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.4% 23.3% 29.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.2% 21.3% 16.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.3% 26.1% 30.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKBCRMRNG
Gross margin 59.9% 77.3% 72.2%
EBITDA margin 27.5% 34.0% 22.2%
Operating margin 20.1% 19.9% 7.5%
Pretax margin 15.2% 28.2% 5.0%
Net margin 12.9% 22.0% 25.3%
FCF margin 28.6% 34.5% 25.5%
Operating cash flow margin 29.5% 35.8% 26.7%
Return on equity 160.0% 26.7% –
Return on assets 6.3% 8.9% 40.7%
Return on invested capital 16.5% 9.0% 26.1%
Return on capital employed 16.3% 10.7% 20.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.6x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 7.7% 8.3% 9.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKBCRMRNG
Debt / assets 49.6% 35.8% 53.9%
Debt / equity 8.7x 1.0x -81.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 1.9x 1.5x
Debt / FCF 3.1x 2.6x 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 94.3% 65.0% 100.7%
Equity / assets 5.7% 35.0% -0.7%
Interest coverage 3.5x 9.4x 3.1x
Current ratio 0.7x 0.8x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.57 2.50 3.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKBCRMRNG
Dividend yield – 0.8% 0.3%
Net buyback yield 8.7% 18.7% 4.9%
Shareholder yield 8.7% 19.5% 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLKBCRMRNG
Forward P/E 11.0xFY2026 12.6xFY2026 14.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.94FY2026 $17.65FY2026 $5.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 +41.0%FY2026 +21.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.4% -5.3% +0.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.14BFY2026 $43.89BFY2026 $2.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% +11.7% -3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKBCRMRNG
Held by institutions 100.0% 80.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 281 2,474 379
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.3% -4.8% +2.0%
Institutions buying 174 1,005 212
Institutions selling 76 1,271 121
Buyers to sellers 2.29 0.79 1.75

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLKBCRMRNG
BLKB 1.00 0.63 0.47
CRM 0.63 1.00 0.55
RNG 0.47 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLKB, CRM and RNG?

Salesforce (CRM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blackbaud (BLKB) $2.48B, Salesforce (CRM) $185.98B, RingCentral (RNG) $6.47B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLKB, CRM and RNG?

RingCentral (RNG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Blackbaud (BLKB) 16.6x, Salesforce (CRM) 19.2x, RingCentral (RNG) 9.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Blackbaud (BLKB) is cheapest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 11.0x, Salesforce (CRM) 12.6x, RingCentral (RNG) 14.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Salesforce (CRM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Blackbaud (BLKB) +2.2%, Salesforce (CRM) +11.2%, RingCentral (RNG) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

RingCentral (RNG) has the highest net margin (Blackbaud (BLKB) 12.9%, Salesforce (CRM) 22.0%, RingCentral (RNG) 25.3%). On return on invested capital, RingCentral (RNG) leads (Blackbaud (BLKB) 16.5%, Salesforce (CRM) 9.0%, RingCentral (RNG) 26.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year RingCentral (RNG) returned the most: Blackbaud (BLKB) -15.1%, Salesforce (CRM) -15.0%, RingCentral (RNG) +160.9%. Over five years, Salesforce (CRM) compounded fastest (Blackbaud (BLKB) -8.3%/yr, Salesforce (CRM) -6.3%/yr, RingCentral (RNG) -20.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Salesforce (CRM) has been the steadiest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 48.9%, Salesforce (CRM) 47.0%, RingCentral (RNG) 67.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLKB, CRM and RNG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Salesforce (CRM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.