NASDAQ:BLKB - Blackbaud Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Blackbaud announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 28th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, September 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 27th. View Blackbaud's Dividend History.

Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 30th. The technology company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.02. The technology company earned $214.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $214.80 million. Blackbaud had a net margin of 8.14% and a return on equity of 27.70%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.54 earnings per share. View Blackbaud's Earnings History.

Blackbaud is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Blackbaud.

Blackbaud issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.75-2.88 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $870-890 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $879.82 million.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Blackbaud's shares. Their predictions range from $92.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Blackbaud's share price to reach $104.8333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Blackbaud.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blackbaud in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Blackbaud.

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Media stories about BLKB stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Blackbaud earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the technology company an impact score of 47.14 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Blackbaud.

Blackbaud's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.26%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (7.22%), Select Equity Group L.P. (4.55%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (1.53%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.43%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.25%). Company insiders that own Blackbaud stock include Andrew M Leitch, Anthony W Boor, Brian Boruff, Charles T Cumbaa, George H Ellis, John J Mistretta, Jon W Olson, Joyce Nelson, Kevin W Mooney, Michael P Gianoni and Sarah E Nash. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Blackbaud.

BLKB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Select Equity Group L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Federated Investors Inc. PA, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Blackbaud company stock in the last year include Andrew M Leitch, Anthony W Boor, Brian Boruff, George H Ellis, Jon W Olson, Joyce Nelson, Kevin W Mooney, Michael P Gianoni and Sarah E Nash. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackbaud.

BLKB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Fred Alger Management Inc., MetLife Investment Advisors LLC and Chilton Investment Co. LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLKB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $97.69.

Blackbaud has a market capitalization of $4.65 billion and generates $788.31 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $65.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.59 on an earnings per share basis. Blackbaud employs 3,182 workers across the globe.

Blackbaud's mailing address is 2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE, CHARLESTON SC, 29492. The technology company can be reached via phone at 843-216-6200 or via email at [email protected]