BLKB vs INTU vs CRM Stock Comparison

Blackbaud, Intuit and Salesforce Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLKB Blackbaud Inc
$53.70 +24.3% 1M -16.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.44B
P/E
16.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.15B
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
2 wins
INTU Intuit Inc.
$328.45 +19.1% 1M -51.9% 1Y
Market cap
$88.15B
P/E
19.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
1.52%
Accounting Software Technology
5 wins
CRM Salesforce, Inc.
$240.90 +2.9% 1M -5.7% 1Y
Market cap
$198.26B
P/E
20.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$43.94B
Div. yield
0.72%
CRM and Sales Software Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Salesforce leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Salesforce 5, Intuit 5, Blackbaud 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKBINTUCRMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.44B $88.15B $198.26B CRM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.0x 19.9x 20.4x BLKB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.9x 15.2x 13.6x BLKB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.7% +13.9% +11.2% INTU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.1% 21.3% 22.0% CRM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.4% 16.7% 9.0% INTU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.6x 0.1x 1.9x INTU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 1.52% 0.72% INTU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.7% -51.9% -5.7% CRM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.5%/yr -11.8%/yr -4.2%/yr CRM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.3% 52.5% 46.8% CRM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 74/100 69/100 INTU

Percentile Scorecard

BLKBINTUCRM

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

AxisBLKBINTUCRM
Valuation 93 #8 of 101 83 #18 of 101 76 #25 of 101
Growth 75 #25 of 97 69 #31 of 97 71 #29 of 97
Profitability 86 #14 of 94 94 #7 of 94 88 #12 of 94
Financial Health 16 #91 of 108 69 #34 of 108 42 #63 of 108
Shareholder Returns 84 #11 of 64 57 #28 of 64 70 #20 of 64
Overall 71 74 69
  • BLKB ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • INTU ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • CRM ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLKBINTUCRMSPY
1 month +24.3%+19.1%+2.9% -0.2%
3 months +49.5%+4.9%+32.7% +3.9%
6 months +43.2%-18.0%+32.9% +8.2%
Year to date -15.2%-50.4%-9.1% +12.9%
1 year -16.7%-51.9%-5.7% +12.3%
3 years -17.8%-31.5%+22.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year -6.3%-11.9%+7.0% +23.3%
5 years -24.7%-46.6%-19.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -5.5%-11.8%-4.2% +10.9%
10 years -12.0%+206.1%+222.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -1.3%+11.8%+12.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLKBINTUCRMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.3%52.5%46.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.9%58.5%41.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.270.200.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.34-0.99-0.12 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.8%-68.4%-59.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.0%-51.9%-9.5% -1.2%
52-week high $67.95$683.39$266.23 $779.14
52-week low $26.54$255.07$150.12 $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.

MultipleBLKBINTUCRM
P/E now vs peer median 16.0xmedian 28.3x 19.9xmedian 28.3x 20.4xmedian 28.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.8x 4.1xmedian 2.8x 4.5xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 17.3x 13.2xmedian 17.3x 15.1xmedian 17.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 15.8x 10.2xmedian 15.8x 13.1xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 36.5xmedian 3.2x 4.6xmedian 3.2x 5.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.19median 0.85 0.79median 0.85 0.22median 0.85

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 monthsBLKBINTUCRM
Revenue $1.15B $21.45B $43.94B
Gross profit $684.50M $17.37B $33.96B
Operating income $227.18M $5.88B $8.74B
Net income $150.68M $4.57B $9.66B
Free cash flow $329.16M $8.66B $15.15B
R&D $142.75M $3.38B $6.37B
EPS (diluted) $3.36 $16.48 $11.77
Cash & equivalents $34.39M $4.71B $8.31B
Total debt $1.15B $7.67B $39.29B
Shares (diluted) 44.88M 277.00M 821.00M
Enterprise value $2.30B $67.50B $154.13B

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
MetricBLKBINTUCRM
P/E 16.0x 19.9x 20.4x
P/FCF 7.4x 10.2x 13.1x
P/Operating cash flow 7.2x 10.0x 12.6x
P/S 2.1x 4.1x 4.5x
P/B 36.5x 4.6x 5.2x
P/Tangible book -92.8x 6.1x 6.2x
EV/EBITDA 11.3x 13.2x 15.1x
EV/EBIT 15.7x 15.1x 25.9x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 4.1x 5.1x
EV/FCF 10.8x 10.2x 14.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.5x 10.0x 14.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.19 0.79 0.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKBINTUCRM
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.7% 13.9% 11.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 14.3% 9.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.4% 14.7% 10.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 15.1% 11.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 191.2% 19.5% 9.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 108.4% 23.3% 47.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 150.7% 18.0% 45.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 75.6% 24.2% 82.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 154.5% 20.6% 69.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 82.5% 25.1% 94.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 38.2% 42.4% 19.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.9% 20.5% 23.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 35.3% 41.5% 21.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.2% 21.4% 26.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKBINTUCRM
Gross margin 59.6% 81.0% 77.3%
EBITDA margin 27.3% 31.4% 34.0%
Operating margin 19.8% 27.4% 19.9%
Pretax margin 14.9% 28.1% 28.2%
Net margin 13.1% 21.3% 22.0%
FCF margin 28.7% 40.4% 34.5%
Operating cash flow margin 29.6% 41.2% 35.8%
Return on equity 296.7% 23.0% 26.7%
Return on assets 6.4% 12.0% 8.9%
Return on invested capital 16.4% 16.7% 9.0%
Return on capital employed 22.7% 21.1% 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.9x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 7.8% 9.6% 8.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKBINTUCRM
Debt / assets 44.3% 20.8% 35.8%
Debt / equity 17.2x 0.4x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.6x 0.1x 1.9x
Debt / FCF 3.5x 0.9x 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 97.4% 48.4% 65.0%
Equity / assets 2.6% 51.6% 35.0%
Interest coverage 3.4x 23.0x 9.4x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.5x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.25 4.98 2.63

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKBINTUCRM
Dividend yield – 1.5% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 9.2% 5.9% 17.3%
Shareholder yield 9.2% 7.5% 18.0%
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.

ConsensusBLKBINTUCRM
Forward P/E 10.9xFY2026 15.2xFY2027 13.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.94FY2026 $21.63FY2027 $17.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 +28.4%FY2027 +41.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.4% +14.7% -5.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.14BFY2026 $24.07BFY2027 $43.89BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 +12.2%FY2027 +5.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% +9.3% +11.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKBINTUCRM
Held by institutions 100.0% 91.0% 80.7%
Institutions holding 281 1,748 2,471
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.3% +7.2% -4.8%
Institutions buying 174 802 1,003
Institutions selling 76 792 1,270
Buyers to sellers 2.29 1.01 0.79

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.

BLKBINTUCRM
BLKB 1.00 0.61 0.62
INTU 0.61 1.00 0.65
CRM 0.62 0.65 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLKB, INTU and CRM?

Salesforce (CRM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blackbaud (BLKB) $2.44B, Intuit (INTU) $88.15B, Salesforce (CRM) $198.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLKB, INTU and CRM?

Blackbaud (BLKB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Blackbaud (BLKB) 16.0x, Intuit (INTU) 19.9x, Salesforce (CRM) 20.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Blackbaud (BLKB) is cheapest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 10.9x, Intuit (INTU) 15.2x, Salesforce (CRM) 13.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Intuit (INTU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Blackbaud (BLKB) +0.7%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%, Salesforce (CRM) +11.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Salesforce (CRM) has the highest net margin (Blackbaud (BLKB) 13.1%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%, Salesforce (CRM) 22.0%). On return on invested capital, Intuit (INTU) leads (Blackbaud (BLKB) 16.4%, Intuit (INTU) 16.7%, Salesforce (CRM) 9.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Salesforce (CRM) returned the most: Blackbaud (BLKB) -16.7%, Intuit (INTU) -51.9%, Salesforce (CRM) -5.7%. Over five years, Salesforce (CRM) compounded fastest (Blackbaud (BLKB) -5.5%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -11.8%/yr, Salesforce (CRM) -4.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Intuit (INTU) has the highest dividend yield: Blackbaud (BLKB) 0.00%, Intuit (INTU) 1.52%, Salesforce (CRM) 0.72%. Blackbaud (BLKB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Salesforce (CRM) has been the steadiest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 49.3%, Intuit (INTU) 52.5%, Salesforce (CRM) 46.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.