Blackline (BL) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026)
Blackline (BL) posted Operating Margin of 5.85% for Q2 2026, up 1.47 percentage points from 4.39% a year earlier and up 2.45 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Blackline (BL) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Blackline was 4.32%, up 0.51 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 3.65%, up 0.81 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of +9.30 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Blackline's Operating Margin was 2.84% in FY2024 (+0.41 pp), 2.43% in FY2023 (+13.18 pp), -10.75% in FY2022 (-1.68 pp) and -9.07% in FY2021 (-3.42 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q4 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.91 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q2 2023, with a gain of 22.27 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a drop of 21.39 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 3.40% (Q1 2026), 3.72% (Q4 2025) and 4.27% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.12% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 26.76% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 4.06% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -33.33% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,808.11% |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.55 Bn | -1.06 Bn | 142.68 Mn | 5.85% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.85% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.40% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.72% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.27% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.39% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.14% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.67% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.11% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.23% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.40% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -11.02% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -15.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -9.88% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -21.10% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -14.04% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.44% |
API Access
Blackline Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();