Blackline (BL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Blackline (BL) posted Return on Capital Employed of 2.4% for Q1 2026, down 2.85% on a QoQ basis from 2.47% in Q4 2025, and up 66.0% year-over-year from 1.44% in Q1 2025.
Blackline (BL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Blackline's Return on Capital Employed history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.4% for 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 was 2.4% for Q1 2026 at Blackline, down from 2.47% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 2.47% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 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 sank 285 bps — and 2023, when it soared 519 bps.
- Blackline's Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.64% in 2022, then jumped by 128 bps to 1.01% in 2023, then surged by 37 bps to 1.39% in 2024, then soared by 78 bps to 2.47% in 2025, then decreased by 3 bps to 2.4% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BL's Return on Capital Employed at 2.4% in Q1 2026, 2.47% in Q4 2025, and 2.27% in Q3 2025.
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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% |