Blackline (BL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026)
Blackline (BL) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 8.92% for Q2 2026, down 12.88 percentage points from 21.80% a year earlier but up 0.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Blackline (BL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Blackline's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 7.00%, down 40.42 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +16.60 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Blackline's Return on Equity [ROE] was 47.42% in FY2024 (+15.73 pp), 31.69% in FY2023 (+47.20 pp), -15.51% in FY2022 (+11.52 pp) and -27.04% in FY2021 (-17.43 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has run from a low of -97.85% in Q3 2022 to a high of 42.09% in Q2 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.96 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q3 2023, with a gain of 120.96 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a drop of 73.90 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 8.11% (Q1 2026), 8.25% (Q4 2025) and 22.83% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.46 Bn | 418.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 32.87% |
| 2 | Oracle | 415.29 Bn | 287.84 Bn | - | 34.32% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.30 Bn | 177.39 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 17.88% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 188.94 Bn | 144.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 26.65% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.57 Bn | 117.03 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 13.78% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.66 Bn | 84.78 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 71.29% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.00 Bn | 53.35 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.34 Bn | 57.31 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.88 Bn | 46.87 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -90.07% |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.55 Bn | -1.06 Bn | 142.68 Mn | 8.92% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.92% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.11% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 22.83% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 21.80% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.61% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 41.19% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 37.06% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 42.09% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 29.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.78% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 23.11% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.76% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -23.76% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -35.71% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -97.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -93.04% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -41.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -30.34% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -23.95% |
Blackline Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();