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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Blackbaud Inc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Blackbaud Inc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Feb 10, 2026
Feb 10, 2026 24 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Blackbaud reported Q4 2025 non-GAAP organic recurring revenue growth of 4.8% and achieved its Rule of 40 target two years ahead of plan, while unveiling multi-year aspirational financial targets and outlining a major AI product strategy.

Capital allocation and share repurchases 23 AI strategy and products 21 Long-term aspirational financial goals 14 Customer renewals and contract length 6 Data moat and competitive differentiation 6 Margin expansion catalysts 6

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +62 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We accomplished our goal of becoming a Rule of 40 company 2 years ahead of plan.”
  • “We continue to invest aggressively in innovation to produce meaningful product enhancements throughout our portfolio, including generative and agentic AI capabilities.”
  • “Our average daily AI chat usage grew 5x since October and now more than half of our Raiser's Edge NXT customers have machine learning-enabled donor prospecting”
  • “Blackbaud's competitive differentiation is very clear. We have a data moat. We have the most robust philanthropic data processed and gleaned in real time, combined with decades of domain experience. This cannot be commoditized.”

Forward guidance

10 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $295.26M -2.3% YoY
Gross margin · derived Q4 58.4% +4.6 pp YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $36.69M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Reached Rule of 40 score two years ahead of plan, with Q4 2025 Rule of 40 of 39.7%
  • Q4 non-GAAP organic revenue grew 4.3% and non-GAAP organic recurring revenue grew 4.8%
  • Q4 non-GAAP operating margin expanded 270 bps to 30.0% and adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 160 bps to 35.4%
  • GAAP recurring revenue represented 98.5% of total revenue and more than 20% of customers opted for 4+ year renewal contracts
  • Reauthorized and expanded stock repurchase program to $1 billion, with ~50% of free cash flow earmarked for buybacks through 2030
  • Introduced Blackbaud AI Chat and Agents for Good, with average daily AI chat usage growing 5x since October and over half of Raiser's Edge NXT customers using ML-enabled donor prospecting

Risks & pressure points

  • Q4 GAAP total revenue was $295.3 million, down 2.3% year-over-year, driven by the divestiture of EVERFI
  • Q4 GAAP operating cash flow decreased $15.6 million to $58.0 million, with operating cash flow margin down 480 bps
  • Q4 non-GAAP free cash flow decreased $15.4 million to $41.1 million and adjusted free cash flow decreased $15.9 million to $41.4 million
  • New AI products such as the Development Agent are not included in 2026 guidance or long-term aspirations, creating execution risk on monetizing AI
  • Leverage ended 2025 at 2.5x and share repurchases take priority, which could limit capital available for deleveraging or strategic M&A

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“We accomplished our goal of becoming a Rule of 40 company 2 years ahead of plan. Our financial success is a result of a proven operating plan focused on company efficiencies and continuous product innovation, particularly regarding AI enablement, improved effectiveness of our go-to-market programs, and a steadfast dedication to powering social impact centered in all we do with both our customers and employees.” Michael Gianoni, CEO
“This fundraising Development Agent is a new revenue line for Blackbaud. To frame this a bit, the pricing model is an annual subscription fee with multiyear contracts like the majority of our products. It's a bit early, but we expect the price will be in the tens of thousands per year, and we have thousands of existing customers we will be cross-selling this to in addition to new logo sales.” Michael Gianoni, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Feb 10, 2026.

Metric Guided
GAAP revenue
2026 full year
$1.17B – $1.18B
Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA
2026 full year
$430M – $438M
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share
2026 full year
$5.15 – $5.25
Interest expense
2026 full year
$62M – $66M
Non-GAAP annualized effective tax rate
2026 full year
24.5%
Non-GAAP free cash flow
2026 full year
$280M – $290M
Fully diluted shares
2026 full year
$45000000.00 – $46000000.00
Capital expenditures
2026 full year
$60M – $70M
Capitalized software development costs
2026 full year
$52M – $62M
Total stock repurchases as a percent of outstanding common stock
2026 full year
5% – 10%

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Buybacks · derived
$83.81M
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