NASDAQ:BLKB - Blackbaud Stock Price, Forecast & News

Blackbaud trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BLKB."

Blackbaud announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 28th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 27th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 26th. View Blackbaud's Dividend History.

Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The technology company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.06. The technology company earned $221.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $219.36 million. Blackbaud had a net margin of 2.25% and a return on equity of 18.97%. The firm's revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.59 EPS. View Blackbaud's Earnings History.

Blackbaud is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Blackbaud.

Blackbaud issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.11-2.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $880-910 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $895.71 million.

3 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Blackbaud's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $92.00. On average, they anticipate Blackbaud's stock price to reach $87.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Blackbaud.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blackbaud in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Blackbaud.

Press coverage about BLKB stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Blackbaud earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Blackbaud.

Blackbaud saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,040,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the December 15th total of 3,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 222,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 18.2 days. Currently, 8.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Blackbaud's Current Options Chain.

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Blackbaud's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Diversified Trust Co (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), OLD National Bancorp IN (0.01%) and Huntington National Bank (0.00%). Company insiders that own Blackbaud stock include Andrew M Leitch, Anthony W Boor, Brian Boruff, George H Ellis, Jon W Olson, Joyce Nelson, Kevin W Mooney, Michael P Gianoni, Sarah E Nash and Timothy C K Chou. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Blackbaud.

BLKB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank and OLD National Bancorp IN. Company insiders that have sold Blackbaud company stock in the last year include Anthony W Boor, George H Ellis, Jon W Olson, Joyce Nelson, Kevin W Mooney, Michael P Gianoni, Sarah E Nash and Timothy C K Chou. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackbaud.

BLKB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Diversified Trust Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackbaud.

Shares of BLKB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLKB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.78.

Blackbaud has a market capitalization of $4.02 billion and generates $848.61 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $44.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.87 on an earnings per share basis. Blackbaud employs 3,353 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Blackbaud.

The official website for Blackbaud is http://www.blackbaud.com/.

Blackbaud's mailing address is 65 FAIRCHILD STREET, CHARLESTON SC, 29492. The technology company can be reached via phone at 843-216-6200 or via email at [email protected]