Blackbaud (BLKB) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.36
- Estimate
- $1.33
- Surprise
- +2.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $292.6M
- Score today
- 6.0/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Blackbaud (BLKB) beat the $1.33 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.36 — a modest 2.5% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Parliamentary Investigation Commission Delays Final Report on BLKB and Radicant — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-28
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates BLKB Hold at 6.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.5% surprise compares with a +3.3% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.1 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Leverage penalty (D/E 17.3): -1.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $52.51
- Stop
- $48.83
The stock trades at 16.2× trailing but 8.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 75 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 1.5× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
BLKB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Market cap
- $2.38B
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 16.2
- 52-week range
- $25.58–$70.71
- Off 52-week high
- 25.7%
- RSI (14)
- 75
- Volume vs avg
- 1.54×
- Score today
- 6.0/10