BlackLine BL Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 75.4%+0.1pp | 75.2%-0.1pp | 75.3%0.0pp | 75.4%+0.1pp | 75.3%+0.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 3.9%+0.3pp | 3.6%0.0pp | 3.6%-0.2pp | 3.8%+0.7pp | 3.1%+0.2pp | |
| Net margin | 3.7%+0.2pp | 3.5%-7.6pp | 11.1%-2.0pp | 13.1%-10.5pp | 23.6%-1.1pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 10.5%+0.2pp | 10.3%-0.1pp | 10.4%-0.5pp | 10.9%+0.4pp | 10.5%0.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 23%0.0pp | 23.1%-2.9pp | 26%+0.7pp | 25.3%-1.7pp | 27.1%-1.8pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 7.3%+1.1pp | 6.3%-15.6pp | 21.8%-1.9pp | 23.8%-21.0pp | 44.8%-0.7pp | |
| Return on assets | 1.6%+0.3pp | 1.4%-3.1pp | 4.5%-0.3pp | 4.8%-3.3pp | 8.1%-0.1pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8%— | —— | —— | —— | 9.9%— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.7×+0.2× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.7×-0.9× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.7×+0.2× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.7×-0.9× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.8×-1.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.1×-0.7× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×+0.2× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×+0.6× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.9×-1.1× | -1.9×+0.4× | -2.3×+0.4× | -2.8×+0.4× | -3.2×+9.3× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.8×+0.3× | 2.5×+0.1× | 2.5×0.0× | 2.5×+0.4× | 2.1×0.0× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $4.38-13.1% | $5.04-3.0% | $5.19-19.7% | $6.47+0.4% | $6.45+6.1% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.2B-33.0% | $3.29B+0.1% | $3.29B-7.1% | $3.54B+15.8% | $3.05B-19.6% | |
| Enterprise value | $1.98B-37.1% | $3.15B+1.0% | $3.12B-6.4% | $3.33B+17.7% | $2.83B-3.5% | |
| Price / earnings | 82.9×-51.3× | 134.1×+90.9× | 43.2×+3.0× | 40.2×+20.7× | 19.5×-4.0× | |
| Price / sales | 3.1×-1.6× | 4.7×-0.1× | 4.8×-0.5× | 5.2×+0.6× | 4.6×-1.2× | |
| Price / book | 7.2×-2.7× | 9.9×-0.1× | 10×+1.5× | 8.5×+1.2× | 7.3×-1.2× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.3×-17.5× | 43.7×+0.2× | 43.5×-1.7× | 45.2×+4.5× | 40.7×-1.9× | |
| EV / sales | 2.8×-1.7× | 4.5×0.0× | 4.5×-0.4× | 4.9×+0.7× | 4.3×-0.2× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.5%+2.6pp | 4.9%-0.5pp | 5.4%+0.6pp | 4.8%-1.0pp | 5.9%+0.9pp | |
| Earnings yield | 1.2%+0.5pp | 0.7%-1.6pp | 2.3%-0.2pp | 2.5%-2.6pp | 5.1%+0.9pp |
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- What are BlackLine's profit margins?
- BlackLine (BL) runs a 75.4% gross margin and a 3.9% operating margin, with a 3.7% net margin.
- Where do BlackLine's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from BlackLine's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.