BLKB vs SAP vs FRSH Stock Comparison

Blackbaud, Sap Se and Freshworks Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BLKB Blackbaud Inc
$52.71 +27.2% 1M -22.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.36B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
2 wins
SAP Sap Se
$233.99 +11.0% 1M -9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$274.39B
P/E
28.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.76B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
6 wins
FRSH Freshworks Inc.
$15.01 +19.3% 1M +37.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.02B
P/E
21.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$903.87M
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sap Se leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sap Se 6, Freshworks 3, Blackbaud 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKBSAPFRSHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.36B $274.39B $4.02B SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.8x 28.8x 21.7x BLKB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.7x 27.5x 21.8x BLKB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.2% +13.5% +15.6% FRSH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.9% 20.8% 20.5% SAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.5% 35.6% — SAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x -0.4x — SAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.4% -9.9% +37.1% FRSH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.8%/yr +10.1%/yr -21.5%/yr SAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.0% 39.1% 50.5% SAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 63/100 77/100 FRSH

Percentile Scorecard

BLKBSAPFRSH

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

AxisBLKBSAPFRSH
Valuation 86 #15 of 101 52 #49 of 101 63 #38 of 101
Growth 73 #27 of 97 68 #32 of 97 94 #7 of 97
Profitability 84 #16 of 93 90 #10 of 93 70 #29 of 93
Financial Health 16 #91 of 108 78 #25 of 108 75 #28 of 108
Shareholder Returns 82 #12 of 63 27 #46 of 63 84 #11 of 63
Overall 68 63 77
  • BLKB ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • SAP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • FRSH ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLKBSAPFRSHSPY
1 month +27.2%+11.0%+19.3% +0.7%
3 months +31.5%+29.3%+33.3% +3.7%
6 months +41.8%+38.1%+83.9% +7.1%
Year to date -16.8%-3.7%+22.5% +12.8%
1 year -22.4%-9.9%+37.1% +11.9%
3 years -19.4%+75.1%-14.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -6.9%+20.5%-5.2% +22.8%
5 years -25.8%+61.6%-70.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year -5.8%+10.1%-21.5% +10.9%
10 years -12.4%+166.2%— +262.0%
10 years, per year -1.3%+10.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLKBSAPFRSHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.0%39.1%50.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.0%40.3%54.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.260.630.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.46-0.250.73 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.8%-53.2%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.4%-11.4%-3.1% -1.2%
52-week high $67.95$263.96$15.49 $779.14
52-week low $26.54$146.09$6.88 $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.

MultipleBLKBSAPFRSH
P/E now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 28.0x 28.6xmedian 28.0x 22.0xmedian 28.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.8x 6.3xmedian 2.8x 4.4xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.6xmedian 16.9x 11.8xmedian 16.9x 35.1xmedian 16.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 15.9x 27.6xmedian 15.9x 16.9xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 19.9xmedian 3.2x 5.5xmedian 3.2x 4.4xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.14median 0.89 1.79median 0.89 0.49median 0.89

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 monthsBLKBSAPFRSH
Revenue $1.16B $45.76B $903.87M
Gross profit $694.80M $33.40B $767.96M
Operating income $232.55M $22.06B $30.28M
Net income $149.25M $9.47B $185.20M
Free cash flow $331.97M $10.40B $233.75M
R&D $141.76M $8.26B $176.34M
EPS (diluted) $3.32 $8.11 $0.68
Cash & equivalents $35.73M $10.62B $494.67M
Total debt $1.04B $9.68B –
Shares (diluted) 44.96M 1.18B 272.99M
Enterprise value $2.22B $201.79B $980.13M

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
MetricBLKBSAPFRSH
P/E 15.6x 28.6x 22.0x
P/FCF 7.2x 27.6x 16.9x
P/Operating cash flow 6.9x 25.0x 16.0x
P/S 2.1x 6.3x 4.4x
P/B 19.9x 5.5x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 74.1x 5.8x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 10.6x 11.8x 35.1x
EV/EBIT 14.6x 12.6x 108.4x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 6.1x 3.6x
EV/FCF 10.2x 26.6x 14.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.9x 24.1x 13.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.14 1.79 0.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPFRSH
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.2% 13.5% 15.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 11.7% 18.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.3% 12.6% 16.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 12.1% 19.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 198.7% 30.9% 137.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 323.0% 52.1% 28.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 155.7% 18.5% 437.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 100.1% 16.4% 43.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 160.1% 22.0% 463.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 109.8% 16.0% 44.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.8% 43.3% 23.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.4% 19.0% 93.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.2% 43.7% 21.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.3% 20.9% 98.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPFRSH
Gross margin 59.9% 73.0% 85.0%
EBITDA margin 27.5% 51.5% 10.3%
Operating margin 20.1% 48.2% 3.3%
Pretax margin 15.2% 29.2% 5.6%
Net margin 12.9% 20.8% 20.5%
FCF margin 28.6% 22.7% 25.9%
Operating cash flow margin 29.5% 25.1% 27.3%
Return on equity 160.0% 18.5% 19.3%
Return on assets 6.3% 11.2% 12.0%
Return on invested capital 16.5% 35.6% –
Return on capital employed 16.3% 34.0% 3.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 7.7% 3.9% 14.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPFRSH
Debt / assets 49.6% 11.2% –
Debt / equity 8.7x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x -0.4x –
Debt / FCF 3.1x 0.9x –
Liabilities / assets 94.3% 39.1% 39.9%
Equity / assets 5.7% 60.9% 60.1%
Interest coverage 3.5x 8.3x –
Current ratio 0.7x 1.2x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.9x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.9x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 1.55 7.44 1.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPFRSH
Dividend yield – 1.3% –
Net buyback yield 9.0% -0.1% 9.1%
Shareholder yield 9.0% 1.2% 9.1%
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.

ConsensusBLKBSAPFRSH
Forward P/E 10.7xFY2026 27.5xFY2026 21.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.94FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $0.69FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.4% +4.9% +23.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.14BFY2026 $42.86BFY2026 $1.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +20.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% +14.3% +15.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKBSAPFRSH
Held by institutions 100.0% 7.2% 87.8%
Institutions holding 281 821 340
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.3% -3.0% +0.7%
Institutions buying 174 460 217
Institutions selling 76 245 74
Buyers to sellers 2.29 1.88 2.93

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.

BLKBSAPFRSH
BLKB 1.00 0.56 0.56
SAP 0.56 1.00 0.64
FRSH 0.56 0.64 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLKB, SAP and FRSH?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blackbaud (BLKB) $2.36B, Sap Se (SAP) $274.39B, Freshworks (FRSH) $4.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLKB, SAP and FRSH?

Blackbaud (BLKB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Blackbaud (BLKB) 15.8x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.8x, Freshworks (FRSH) 21.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Blackbaud (BLKB) is cheapest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 10.7x, Sap Se (SAP) 27.5x, Freshworks (FRSH) 21.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Freshworks (FRSH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Blackbaud (BLKB) +2.2%, Sap Se (SAP) +13.5%, Freshworks (FRSH) +15.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sap Se (SAP) has the highest net margin (Blackbaud (BLKB) 12.9%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%, Freshworks (FRSH) 20.5%). On return on invested capital, Sap Se (SAP) leads (Blackbaud (BLKB) 16.5%, Sap Se (SAP) 35.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Freshworks (FRSH) returned the most: Blackbaud (BLKB) -22.4%, Sap Se (SAP) -9.9%, Freshworks (FRSH) +37.1%. Over five years, Sap Se (SAP) compounded fastest (Blackbaud (BLKB) -5.8%/yr, Sap Se (SAP) +10.1%/yr, Freshworks (FRSH) -21.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sap Se (SAP) has been the steadiest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 49.0%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.1%, Freshworks (FRSH) 50.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLKB, SAP and FRSH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sap Se (SAP) leads on 6. 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.