A new trading data show Blackbaud Inc (BLKB) is showing positive returns.

With 0.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.24 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $64.84 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $63.14. The 52-week range on BLKB shows that it touched its highest point at $88.95 and its lowest point at $63.69 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $76.20. BLKB paid its most recent dividend on 1582761600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1582761600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.02.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BLKB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.09%, but this was down by -20.48% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.98% while six-month performance fell -22.49%. The stock lost -14.55% in the past year, while it has lost -14.37% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BLKB yields -5.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.49. For the next quarter, that number is 0.90. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.10% for this year and 7.05% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 49.25 million BLKB shares are outstanding with a float of 38.52 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 0.72 million, which was 146.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Michael P. Gianoni as the firm’s President, CEO & Vice Chairman of the Board, Mr. Anthony W. Boor serves as its Executive VP of Finance & Administration and CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.96968 of BLKB’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, BLKB reported revenue of $302232000.0 and operating income of $38218000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $71261000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BLKB since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BLKB analysts setting a high price target of 85.0 and a low target of 65.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 76.33333. Based on these targets, BLKB could surge 34.28% to reach the target high and rise by 2.69% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 20.59% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.06744 being high and $4.03761 being low. For BLKB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.0575. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.11 and the low estimate is $1.0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.07.