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BlackBerry (BB)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $4.01 | Market Cap: $2.4 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Systems Software

BlackBerry (BB)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $4.01
Market Cap: $2.4 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Systems Software

Investment Highlights

0  Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -75%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -96%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 232x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 176x
1   Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.2%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -7.3%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -1.4%
2   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -5.9%
0 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -75%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -96%
1 Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 232x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 176x
2 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.2%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -7.3%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -1.4%
3 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -5.9%

Market Valuation

 9/18/25202420232022
Share Price CYE$4.01$3.78$3.54$3.26
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)2.42.22.11.9
Total Debt ($ Bil)0.20.20.30.4
Total Cash ($ Bil)0.30.30.20.4
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)2.32.42.42.3
Valuation Ratios    
P/S TTM4.34.22.73.6
P/EBIT TTM232.2154.258.5-9.7
P/E TTM-68.1-28.3-15.9-2.6
Sector Ratios    
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.5
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1-0.5
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.5
 9/18/252024
Share Price CYE$4.01$3.78
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)2.42.2
Total Debt ($ Bil)0.20.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)0.30.3
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)2.32.4
Valuation Ratios  
P/S TTM4.34.2
P/EBIT TTM232.2154.2
P/E TTM-68.1-28.3
Sector Ratios  
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3

Business Description

BlackBerry Limited provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Cybersecurity, IoT, and Licensing and Other. The company offers BlackBerry Cyber Suite, which provides Cylance AI and machine learning-based cybersecurity solutions, including BlackBerry Protect, an EPP and available MTD solution; BlackBerry Optics, an EDR solution that provides visibility into and prevention of malicious activity; BlackBerry Guard, a managed detection and response solution; BlackBerry Gateway, an AI-empowered ZTNA solution; and BlackBerry Persona, a UEBA solution that provides authentication by validating user identity in real time. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
BB Return3%41%-65%9%7%6%-39%
Peers Return96%20%-39%53%9%-3%134%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: MSFT, MSI, JAMF, FSLY, NOW. See BB Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/17/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

BBMSFTMSIJAMFFSLYNOWMedian
NameBlackBer.MicrosoftMotorola.Jamf Fastly ServiceN. 
Mkt Price4.01510.02477.8511.478.63950.37244.66
Mkt Cap2.43,789.479.71.51.3196.941.0
Rev LTM554281,72411,09466657112,0575,880
Op Inc LTM3128,5282,785-47-1391,601802
FCF LTM471,6112,38464123,8051,224
FCF 3Y Avg-9768,3862,04754-353,0541,050
CFO LTM14136,1622,61275534,6991,343
CFO 3Y Avg-75114,0972,2936173,8281,177

Growth & Margins

BBMSFTMSIJAMFFSLYNOWMedian
NameBlackBer.MicrosoftMotorola.Jamf Fastly ServiceN. 
Rev Chg LTM-1.2%14.9%6.4%11.4%7.4%21.1%9.4%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg-7.3%12.5%9.5%16.4%13.7%22.3%13.1%
Rev Chg Q-1.4%18.1%5.2%15.3%12.3%22.4%13.8%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-0.3%4.3%1.3%3.7%2.9%5.1%3.3%
Op Mgn LTM0.6%45.6%25.1%-7.0%-24.3%13.3%6.9%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-2.1%44.0%23.8%-14.3%-34.8%10.1%4.0%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM2.1%0.4%0.1%1.0%2.0%0.3%0.7%
CFO/Rev LTM2.5%48.3%23.5%11.2%9.3%39.0%17.4%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg-11.7%46.0%21.9%10.2%0.8%38.1%16.1%
FCF/Rev LTM0.8%25.4%21.5%9.7%2.1%31.6%15.6%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-15.0%27.9%19.6%9.1%-7.3%30.3%14.3%

Valuation

BBMSFTMSIJAMFFSLYNOWMedian
NameBlackBer.MicrosoftMotorola.Jamf Fastly ServiceN. 
Mkt Cap2.43,789.479.71.51.3196.941.0
P/S4.313.57.22.32.216.35.8
P/EBIT232.230.126.6-32.5-9.297.128.3
P/E-68.137.237.7-30.9-8.5118.514.3
P/CFO175.827.830.520.323.641.929.2
Total Yield-1.5%3.3%3.5%-3.2%-11.7%0.8%-0.3%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.6%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-4.6%2.2%3.3%3.1%-2.2%1.9%2.0%
D/E0.10.00.10.50.30.00.1
Net D/E-0.0-0.00.10.20.1-0.00.0

Returns

BBMSFTMSIJAMFFSLYNOWMedian
NameBlackBer.MicrosoftMotorola.Jamf Fastly ServiceN. 
1M Rtn6.9%-1.4%3.8%33.7%21.9%6.5%6.7%
3M Rtn-7.2%6.4%18.3%23.7%26.9%-3.2%12.4%
6M Rtn-10.3%32.0%13.2%-16.0%21.4%12.6%12.9%
12M Rtn65.7%18.1%10.0%-33.9%17.4%7.3%13.7%
3Y Rtn-29.9%113.6%106.6%-49.8%-7.0%123.2%49.8%
1M Excs Rtn4.6%-3.7%1.5%31.3%19.5%4.2%4.4%
3M Excs Rtn-17.1%-3.5%7.5%12.9%19.8%-15.8%2.0%
6M Excs Rtn-26.6%15.9%-3.7%-31.6%4.3%-3.1%-3.4%
12M Excs Rtn44.4%2.0%-8.1%-52.9%11.5%-9.2%-3.0%
3Y Excs Rtn-95.9%35.5%35.0%-113.7%-78.4%39.0%-21.7%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20252024202320222021
Secure Communications284288477491 
Licensing26032718272349
QNX215206178130 
Software and Services    691
Total7595261,3738931,040


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity35,114,855
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-5.8%
Average Daily Volume6,473,113
Days-to-Cover Short Interest5.42
Basic Shares Quantity596,300,000
Short % of Basic Shares5.9%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
6/24/202512.5%0.2%-9.7%
4/2/2025-9.1%-23.1%-9.7%
12/19/202423.8%31.2%39.9%
9/26/2024-0.8%-8.7%-5.9%
6/26/202410.9%12.7%12.2%
4/3/20242.5%10.3%3.9%
12/20/2023-12.7%-13.2%-13.4%
9/7/2023-2.6%15.0%-19.4%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive8710
# Negative141512
Median Positive9.0%10.3%10.7%
Median Negative-9.3%-8.7%-9.7%
Max Positive23.8%31.2%54.8%
Max Negative-18.6%-23.4%-21.4%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
5312025625202510-Q 5/31/2025
2282025402202510-K 2/28/2025
113020241220202410-Q 11/30/2024
8312024927202410-Q 8/31/2024
5312024627202410-Q 5/31/2024
2292024404202410-K 2/29/2024
113020231221202310-Q 11/30/2023
8312023929202310-Q 8/31/2023
5312023630202310-Q 5/31/2023
2282023331202310-K 2/28/2023
113020221221202210-Q 11/30/2022
8312022928202210-Q 8/31/2022
5312022624202210-Q 5/31/2022
2282022401202210-K 2/28/2022
113020211222202110-Q 11/30/2021
8312021923202110-Q 8/31/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Chai Jay P.SVP & Chief Accounting Officer1282025Sell4.1924,425102,341 Form