Blackline (BL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Blackline (BL) reported Return on Capital Employed of 2.4% for Q1 2026, up 66.0% on a YoY basis from 1.44% in Q1 2025, and down 2.85% quarter-over-quarter from 2.47% in Q4 2025.
Blackline (BL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Blackline has reported Return on Capital Employed for 11 years, with the latest figure at 2.4% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 66.0% year-over-year to 2.4%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.4% (up 66.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.33%, up 113.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 2.4%, down from 2.47% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 2.47% in Q4 2025, with the low at 4.85% in Q3 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.02% across 5 years, with a median of 1.15% in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 285 bps — and 2023, when it soared 519 bps.
- Blackline's Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.64% in 2022, then surged by 128 bps to 1.01% in 2023, then soared by 37 bps to 1.39% in 2024, then jumped by 78 bps to 2.47% in 2025, then fell by 3 bps to 2.4% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.4% (Q1 2026), 2.47% (Q4 2025), and 2.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 9.54% |
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| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 51.24% |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.67 Bn | 1.18 Bn | 139.15 Mn | 2.40% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.40% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.47% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.27% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.25% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.39% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.78% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.15% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.12% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.01% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.97% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.93% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.64% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -4.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.13% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.64% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.99% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -2.57% |