Blackbaud, Inc.
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Blackbaud, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 billion, down 2.27% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.04%, EPS grew 46.3%, free cash flow grew 46.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Blackbaud, Inc. (BLKB) Altman Z-score
Blackbaud, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 1.40, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.40 | 0.54 |
| FY2024 | 0.86 | (0.86) |
| FY2023 | 1.72 | 0.62 |
| FY2022 | 1.10 | (0.25) |
| FY2021 | 1.35 | (0.24) |
| FY2020 | 1.58 | (0.35) |
| FY2019 | 1.94 | (0.21) |
| FY2018 | 2.14 | (0.29) |
| FY2017 | 2.43 | 0.03 |
| FY2016 | 2.40 | (0.02) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | (0.11) | — | −0.13 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.08 | — | 0.26 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.31 | — | 0.79 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.47 | — | 0.47 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 1.40 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Distress zone | −0.10 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
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| BLKB Blackbaud, Inc. | 1.4× |
| BTDR Bitdeer Technologies Group compare | 0.8× |
| ASAN Asana, Inc. compare | −1.2× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets