Blackline (BL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2016 - 2026)
Blackline's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 1.90% for Q2 2026, down 3.18 percentage points from 5.08% a year earlier but up 0.29 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Blackline (BL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Blackline's Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.52%, down 7.03 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] carries a five-year change of +5.22 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Assets [ROA] was 8.55% in FY2024 (+5.63 pp), 2.92% in FY2023 (+4.72 pp), -1.80% in FY2022 (+5.09 pp) and -6.89% in FY2021 (-3.19 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] is -5.66% (Q4 2021) to 9.53% (Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.68 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Assets [ROA] over five years came in Q4 2024 (a gain of 6.66 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 7.96 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BL's Return on Assets [ROA] at 1.61% (Q1 2026), 1.57% (Q4 2025) and 4.85% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.46 Bn | 418.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 27.71% |
| 2 | Oracle | 415.29 Bn | 287.84 Bn | - | 6.70% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.30 Bn | 177.39 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 10.87% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 188.94 Bn | 144.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.95% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.57 Bn | 117.03 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 5.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.66 Bn | 84.78 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 6.91% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.00 Bn | 53.35 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.00% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.34 Bn | 57.31 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.88 Bn | 46.87 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -56.94% |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.55 Bn | -1.06 Bn | 142.68 Mn | 1.90% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.90% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.61% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.57% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.85% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.08% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.78% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.53% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.17% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.41% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.85% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.87% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.27% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.66% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.40% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.77% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -4.10% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.61% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -4.40% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -5.66% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -4.66% |
API Access
Blackline Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();