Backblaze (BLZE) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2025)

Backblaze (BLZE) recorded quarterly Share-based Compensation of $5.4 million in Q3 2025, down 25.45% quarter-over-quarter from $7.3 million in Q2 2025, and down 35.47% on a YoY basis from $8.4 million in Q3 2024.

Backblaze (BLZE) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Backblaze's Share-based Compensation history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $5.4 million for Q3 2025.

  • In Q3 2025, Share-based Compensation fell 35.47% year-over-year to $5.4 million; the TTM figure through Sep 2025 stood at $29.2 million (up 12.46% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was $28.6 million, up 13.71% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $5.4 million for Q3 2025 at Backblaze, down from $7.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $9.1 million in Q4 2024 to a low of $908000.0 in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $5.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $5.4 million in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Share-based Compensation surged 322.36% in 2022, then tumbled 35.47% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $2.0 million in 2021, then soared by 100.1% to $4.0 million in 2022, then soared by 61.14% to $6.5 million in 2023, then jumped by 40.36% to $9.1 million in 2024, then plunged by 40.38% to $5.4 million in 2025.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $5.4 million (Q3 2025), $7.3 million (Q2 2025), and $7.4 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,903.35 Bn 2,825.07 Bn 56.06 Bn 3.08 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,127.45 Bn 1,113.30 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 528.84 Bn 490.27 Bn 15.14 Bn 1.33 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 306.36 Bn 298.44 Bn 1.42 Bn 201.59 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 194.33 Bn 189.79 Bn 1.91 Bn 301.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 171.19 Bn 168.13 Bn 993.68 Mn 273.95 Mn
7 Fortinet 108.13 Bn 104.84 Bn 1.49 Bn 72.50 Mn
8 Synopsys 86.21 Bn 86.09 Bn 1.77 Bn 258.72 Mn
9 Cloudflare 80.35 Bn 79.41 Bn 455.60 Mn 114.24 Mn
10 Backblaze - - - -

Historic Data

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Sep 30, 2025 5.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 5.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 7.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 7.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 9.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 9.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 8.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 8.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 5.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 5.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 6.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 6.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 4.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 4.88 Mn