Blackline (BL) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026)
Blackline posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $132.9 million for Q1 2026, up 8.56% year-on-year from $122.4 million in Q1 2025, and up 1.53% on a QoQ basis from $130.9 million in Q4 2025.
Blackline (BL) has 12 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $132.9 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 8.56% year-over-year to $132.9 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $512.0 million (up 6.96% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $501.5 million, up 6.06% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $132.9 million, up from $130.9 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $132.9 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $89.5 million in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $118.0 million (2024), against an average of $116.8 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses jumped 56.0%; it then decreased 17.28% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $103.3 million in 2022, then increased by 1.92% to $105.3 million in 2023, then advanced by 15.69% to $121.8 million in 2024, then grew by 7.45% to $130.9 million in 2025, then advanced by 1.53% to $132.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $132.9 million (Q1 2026), $130.9 million (Q4 2025), and $126.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -7.98 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 6.82 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 11.28 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.33 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 3.32 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 4.54 Bn |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.72 Bn | 1.22 Bn | 139.15 Mn | 132.92 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 132.92 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 130.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 126.29 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 121.86 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 122.43 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 121.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 116.44 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 117.95 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 116.62 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 105.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 114.99 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 89.54 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 119.03 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 103.32 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 123.26 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 108.25 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 114.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 103.54 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 79.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 88.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 95.67 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 83.72 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 75.21 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 69.86 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 73.87 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 69.87 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 67.49 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 60.70 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 59.83 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 56.86 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 50.24 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 52.42 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 47.24 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 43.29 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 46.85 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 38.47 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 36.02 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 29.54 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 31.82 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 30.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 29.42 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 28.09 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 25.56 Mn |