Blackbaud (BLKB) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026)
Blackbaud's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 16.41% for Q2 2026, up 36.33 percentage points from -19.91% a year earlier and up 0.56 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Blackbaud (BLKB) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Blackbaud's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 13.89%, up 32.53 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] carries a five-year change of +12.43 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -18.64% in FY2024 (-19.09 pp), 0.45% in FY2023 (+1.87 pp), -1.42% in FY2022 (-2.94 pp) and 1.52% in FY2021 (+0.06 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q3 2010.
- Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.72 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years came in Q1 2026 (a gain of 36.91 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a drop of 23.70 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BLKB's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at 15.86% (Q1 2026), 14.06% (Q4 2025) and -18.00% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 32.24% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.53% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -73.94% |
| 10 | Blackbaud | 1.90 Bn | 1.75 Bn | 178.16 Mn | 16.41% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.41% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.86% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.06% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -18.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -19.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -21.06% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -18.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.72% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.78% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.49% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.46% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.15% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -1.39% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.63% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.46% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.92% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.54% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.00% |
API Access
Blackbaud Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BLKB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "BLKB", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BLKB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();