Blackbaud (BLKB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Blackbaud's (BLKB) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.08% in Q1 2026, up 3455.0% year-on-year from 0.45% in Q1 2025, and down 10.16% quarter-over-quarter from 17.9% in Q4 2025.
Blackbaud (BLKB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Blackbaud has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 16.08% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.08%, up 3455.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.08% (up 3455.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.12%, up 3381.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.08% for Q1 2026 at Blackbaud, down from 17.9% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 17.9% in Q4 2025 to a low of 25.28% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.17% (2023), against an average of 1.88%.
- Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 3883 bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 3292 bps in 2025.
- Blackbaud's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.8% in 2022, then soared by 265 bps to 2.97% in 2023, then plunged by 805 bps to 20.93% in 2024, then surged by 186 bps to 17.9% in 2025, then retreated by 10 bps to 16.08% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.08% (Q1 2026), 17.9% (Q4 2025), and 16.39% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.08% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 17.90% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -16.39% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -25.28% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -18.47% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -20.93% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.98% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -2.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.66% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -1.05% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.04% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.60% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.07% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.74% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.16% |