Blackline (BL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Blackline's (BL) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.4% in Q1 2026, up 66.0% YoY from 1.44% in Q1 2025, and down 2.85% on a QoQ basis from 2.47% in Q4 2025.
Blackline (BL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Blackline (BL) has 11 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.4% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 66.0% year-over-year to 2.4% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.4% (up 66.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.33%, up 113.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 2.4% in Q1 2026, from 2.47% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 2.47% in Q4 2025 to a low of 4.85% in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 1.15% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 285 bps — and 2023, when it soared 519 bps.
- Tracing BL's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: 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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| 10 | Blackline | 1.78 Bn | 1.28 Bn | 142.68 Mn | 3.08% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.08% |
| 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% |