BLKB vs SAP vs NOW Stock Comparison

Blackbaud, Sap Se and ServiceNow Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLKB Blackbaud Inc
$55.07 +27.5% 1M -15.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.40B
P/E
15.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.15B
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
3 wins
SAP Sap Se
$238.44 +13.2% 1M -11.5% 1Y
Market cap
$275.40B
P/E
28.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.76B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
7 wins
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$158.19 +16.6% 1M -15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$159.89B
P/E
95.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.73B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sap Se leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Sap Se 7, Blackbaud 3, ServiceNow 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKBSAPNOWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.40B $275.40B $159.89B SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.9x 28.9x 95.7x BLKB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 28.0x 41.1x BLKB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.7% +13.5% +22.2% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.1% 20.8% 11.3% SAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.4% 35.6% — SAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.6x -0.4x 0.8x SAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.5% -11.5% -15.0% SAP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.6%/yr +10.5%/yr +3.5%/yr SAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.4% 39.4% 58.8% SAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 63/100 52/100 BLKB

Percentile Scorecard

BLKBSAPNOW

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

AxisBLKBSAPNOW
Valuation 91 #10 of 102 51 #51 of 102 28 #74 of 102
Growth 76 #24 of 98 69 #31 of 98 58 #42 of 98
Profitability 85 #15 of 95 92 #9 of 95 82 #18 of 95
Financial Health 17 #91 of 109 77 #26 of 109 50 #55 of 109
Shareholder Returns 84 #11 of 64 29 #46 of 64 41 #38 of 64
Overall 71 63 52
  • BLKB ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • SAP ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • NOW ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLKBSAPNOWSPY
1 month +27.5%+13.2%+16.6% -0.8%
3 months +59.4%+39.4%+49.9% +3.5%
6 months +48.1%+37.5%+74.9% +7.0%
Year to date -13.0%-1.8%+3.3% +12.2%
1 year -15.5%-11.5%-15.0% +13.0%
3 years -15.7%+81.5%+42.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -5.5%+22.0%+12.6% +23.1%
5 years -20.9%+64.6%+19.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -4.6%+10.5%+3.5% +11.0%
10 years -15.0%+171.7%+902.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -1.6%+10.5%+25.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBLKBSAPNOWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.4%39.4%58.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.0%40.7%61.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.270.630.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.31-0.29-0.25 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.8%-53.2%-64.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.0%-12.4%-16.4% -1.8%
52-week high $67.95$272.16$189.26 $779.14
52-week low $26.54$146.09$83.00 $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.

MultipleBLKBSAPNOW
P/E now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 28.8x 29.2xmedian 28.8x 97.7xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 2.8x 6.4xmedian 2.8x 11.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 17.7x 12.0xmedian 17.7x 48.7xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 15.8x 28.2xmedian 15.8x 35.7xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 37.4xmedian 3.2x 5.6xmedian 3.2x 13.1xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.20median 0.85 1.82median 0.85 18.80median 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 monthsBLKBSAPNOW
Revenue $1.15B $45.76B $14.73B
Gross profit $684.50M $33.40B $11.02B
Operating income $227.18M $22.06B $1.68B
Net income $150.68M $9.47B $1.67B
Free cash flow $329.16M $10.40B $4.58B
R&D $142.75M $8.26B $3.26B
EPS (diluted) $3.36 $8.11 $1.61
Cash & equivalents $34.39M $10.62B $2.50B
Total debt $1.15B $9.68B $7.52B
Shares (diluted) 44.88M 1.18B 1.03B
Enterprise value $2.26B $202.80B $138.35B

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
MetricBLKBSAPNOW
P/E 16.4x 29.2x 97.7x
P/FCF 7.6x 28.2x 35.7x
P/Operating cash flow 7.4x 25.5x 30.8x
P/S 2.2x 6.4x 11.1x
P/B 37.4x 5.6x 13.1x
P/Tangible book -95.1x 5.9x 18.7x
EV/EBITDA 11.5x 12.0x 48.7x
EV/EBIT 15.9x 12.8x 99.1x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 6.2x 11.3x
EV/FCF 11.0x 27.2x 36.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.7x 24.6x 31.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.20 1.82 18.80

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPNOW
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.7% 13.5% 22.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 11.7% 22.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.4% 12.6% 16.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 12.1% 20.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 191.2% 30.9% 4.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 108.4% 52.1% 49.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 150.7% 18.5% 0.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 75.6% 16.4% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 154.5% 22.0% 1.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 82.5% 16.0% 5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 38.2% 43.3% 13.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.9% 19.0% 22.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 35.3% 43.7% 19.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.2% 20.9% 25.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPNOW
Gross margin 59.6% 73.0% 74.8%
EBITDA margin 27.3% 51.5% 23.2%
Operating margin 19.8% 48.2% 11.4%
Pretax margin 14.9% 29.2% 15.9%
Net margin 13.1% 20.8% 11.3%
FCF margin 28.7% 22.7% 31.1%
Operating cash flow margin 29.6% 25.1% 36.0%
Return on equity 296.7% 18.5% 13.8%
Return on assets 6.4% 11.2% 6.0%
Return on invested capital 16.4% 35.6% –
Return on capital employed 22.7% 34.0% 10.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.2x 3.2x
Stock comp / revenue 7.8% 3.9% 12.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPNOW
Debt / assets 44.3% 11.2% 23.7%
Debt / equity 17.2x 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.6x -0.4x 0.8x
Debt / FCF 3.5x 0.9x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 97.4% 39.1% 60.5%
Equity / assets 2.6% 60.9% 39.5%
Interest coverage 3.4x 8.3x –
Current ratio 0.8x 1.2x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.9x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.26 7.54 5.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKBSAPNOW
Dividend yield – 1.2% –
Net buyback yield 9.0% -0.1% 1.9%
Shareholder yield 9.0% 1.1% 1.9%
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.

ConsensusBLKBSAPNOW
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 28.0xFY2026 41.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.94FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $3.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.4% +4.9% +27.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.14BFY2026 $42.86BFY2026 $15.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% +14.3% +17.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKBSAPNOW
Held by institutions 100.0% 7.2% 81.6%
Institutions holding 281 814 2,224
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.3% -3.0% -2.1%
Institutions buying 174 456 1,285
Institutions selling 76 243 779
Buyers to sellers 2.29 1.88 1.65

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.

BLKBSAPNOW
BLKB 1.00 0.54 0.58
SAP 0.54 1.00 0.72
NOW 0.58 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLKB, SAP and NOW?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blackbaud (BLKB) $2.40B, Sap Se (SAP) $275.40B, ServiceNow (NOW) $159.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLKB, SAP and NOW?

Blackbaud (BLKB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Blackbaud (BLKB) 15.9x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.9x, ServiceNow (NOW) 95.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Blackbaud (BLKB) is cheapest (Blackbaud (BLKB) 11.1x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.0x, ServiceNow (NOW) 41.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ServiceNow (NOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Blackbaud (BLKB) +0.7%, Sap Se (SAP) +13.5%, ServiceNow (NOW) +22.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sap Se (SAP) has the highest net margin (Blackbaud (BLKB) 13.1%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%, ServiceNow (NOW) 11.3%). On return on invested capital, Sap Se (SAP) leads (Blackbaud (BLKB) 16.4%, Sap Se (SAP) 35.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sap Se (SAP) returned the most: Blackbaud (BLKB) -15.5%, Sap Se (SAP) -11.5%, ServiceNow (NOW) -15.0%. Over five years, Sap Se (SAP) compounded fastest (Blackbaud (BLKB) -4.6%/yr, Sap Se (SAP) +10.5%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) +3.5%/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) 49.4%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.4%, ServiceNow (NOW) 58.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.