Blackline (BL) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026)

Blackline (BL) posted Operating Expenses of $132.9 million for Q1 2026, up 1.53% on a QoQ basis from $130.9 million in Q4 2025, and up 8.56% year-over-year from $122.4 million in Q1 2025.

Blackline (BL) Operating Expenses (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Blackline's Operating Expenses history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $132.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 8.56% year-over-year to $132.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $512.0 million (up 6.96% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $501.5 million, up 6.06% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $132.9 million for Q1 2026 at Blackline, 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.
  • A 5-year average of $116.8 million and a median of $118.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 56.0% — and 2023, when it declined 17.28%.
  • Blackline's Operating Expenses stood at $103.3 million in 2022, then rose by 1.92% to $105.3 million in 2023, then climbed by 15.69% to $121.8 million in 2024, then increased by 7.45% to $130.9 million in 2025, then climbed by 1.53% to $132.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BL's Operating Expenses at $132.9 million in Q1 2026, $130.9 million in Q4 2025, and $126.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 11.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.66 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Blackline 1.63 Bn 1.14 Bn 139.15 Mn 132.92 Mn

Historic Data

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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