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Backblaze, Inc.
BLZE
$646M
Mkt Cap
$11.61
-9.01%
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -65.5%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a market capitalization of $688M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.29%.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) operates in the Services-Prepackaged Software industry, within the Technology sector.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) reported annual revenue of $146 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a net profit margin of -17.6%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) generated $19 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Table of Contents Part I We are a high-performance cloud storage platform for data-intensive use cases in the artificial intelligence (“AI”) era and across a broad range of modern cloud workloads, designed to help customers address complex storage needs by reducing the barriers of lock-in, complexity, and cost. Our mission is to make customers succeed by solving their toughest data storage challenges. We aim to achieve this mission through our purpose-built, web-scale software infrastructure, which is essential to the global data center and compute infrastructure buildout. We provide cloud services through a purpose-built, web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 150M | 146M | 128M | 102M | 85M | 67M |
| Net Income | -22M | -26M | -49M | -60M | -51M | -22M |
| EPS | $-0.40 | $-0.46 | $-1.11 | $-1.66 | $-1.62 | $-1.07 |
| Free Cash Flow | 17M | 19M | 11M | -13M | -21M | -4.0M |
| ROIC | -40.5% | -31.8% | -79.2% | -105.0% | -62.6% | -48.6% |
| Gross Margin | 62.1% | 60.9% | 54.3% | 48.9% | 51.5% | 50.9% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -20M | -24M | -46M | -58M | -48M | -19M |
| Operating Margin | -13.4% | -16.2% | -36.3% | -56.8% | -56.5% | -27.9% |
| ROE | -26.5% | -31.8% | -79.2% | -105.0% | -62.6% | -49.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 59M | 56M | 44M | 36M | 32M | 20M |
| Metric | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||
| Revenue | 54M | 67M | 85M | 102M | 128M | 146M | 150M |
| Gross Margin | 52.0% | 50.9% | 51.5% | 48.9% | 54.3% | 60.9% | 62.1% |
| R&D | 13M | 21M | 33M | 40M | 42M | 46M | 46M |
| SG&A | 6.7M | 13M | 23M | 27M | 29M | 29M | 29M |
| EBIT | -3.7M | -19M | -48M | -58M | -46M | -24M | -20M |
| Op. Margin | -6.9% | -27.9% | -56.5% | -56.8% | -36.3% | -16.2% | -13.4% |
| Net Income | -6.6M | -22M | -51M | -60M | -49M | -26M | -22M |
| Net Margin | -12.3% | -32.2% | -60.4% | -58.5% | -38.0% | -17.6% | -15.0% |
| Non-Recurring | -42K | 4K | -37K | 4.1M | 5.9M | 4.0M | 4.0M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||
| ROIC | -6.9% | -48.6% | -62.6% | -105.0% | -79.2% | -31.8% | -40.5% |
| ROE | 140.4% | -49.0% | -62.6% | -105.0% | -79.2% | -31.8% | -26.5% |
| ROA | -12.2% | -19.9% | -32.5% | -42.0% | -32.3% | -14.2% | -11.6% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 13M | 3.5M | -14M | -7.3M | 13M | 24M | 22M |
| Free Cash Flow | 11M | -4.0M | -21M | -13M | 11M | 19M | 17M |
| Owner Earnings | -2.0M | -18M | -51M | -57M | -44M | -28M | -29M |
| CapEx | 2.1M | 7.6M | 7.3M | 5.5M | 1.7M | 4.7M | 4.8M |
| Maint. CapEx | 13M | 16M | 20M | 25M | 28M | 26M | 25M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 13M | 16M | 20M | 25M | 28M | 26M | 25M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | 214.8% | N/A | N/A | 13.7% | N/A | 22.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0M | 2.0M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 1.9M | 5.6M | 17M | 25M | 29M | 26M | 26M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 602K | 602K |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||
| Net Debt | -3.8M | -105M | -58M | -19M | -38M | -26M | -45M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 6.1M | 105M | 6.7M | 13M | 46M | 29M | 45M |
| Long-Term Debt | 628K | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | -0.33 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | -1.3 | -5.1 | -11.2 | -15.3 | -18.9 | -6.9 | -6.9 |
| Equity | -6.8M | 95M | 69M | 45M | 78M | 83M | 85M |
| Total Assets | 54M | 164M | 152M | 132M | 169M | 192M | 193M |
| Total Liabilities | 61M | 68M | 84M | 87M | 91M | 109M | 108M |
| Intangibles | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Retained Earnings | -15M | -36M | -88M | -147M | -196M | -222M | -228M |
| Working Capital | -27M | 66M | 18M | -19M | 5.9M | 4.1M | 2.9M |
| Current Assets | 9.2M | 111M | 74M | 39M | 66M | 66M | 63M |
| Current Liabilities | 36M | 45M | 56M | 57M | 60M | 62M | 60M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||
| EPS | -0.36 | -1.07 | -1.62 | -1.66 | -1.11 | -0.46 | -0.40 |
| Owner EPS | -0.11 | -0.91 | -1.61 | -1.60 | -1.02 | -0.51 | -0.48 |
| Book Value | -0.37 | 4.71 | 2.17 | 1.25 | 1.78 | 1.49 | 1.43 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 0.70 | 0.17 | -0.43 | -0.20 | 0.29 | 0.42 | 0.04 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 18.4M | 20.3M | 31.7M | 36.0M | 43.7M | 55.7M | 59.3M |
| Valuation | |||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -29.2 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25.2 | N/A | 40.2 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | N/A | 3.7 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 3.5 | N/A | 8.1 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | 6.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | N/A | 4.6 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | -1.1% | -12.4% | -4.7% | 4.0% | N/A | 2.5% |
| Market Cap | N/A | 355M | 171M | 276M | 272M | 0 | 688M |
| Avg. Price | N/A | 22.62 | 7.84 | 5.52 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 11.61 |
| Year-End Price | N/A | 17.52 | 5.38 | 7.66 | 6.23 | 0.00 | 11.61 |
Backblaze, Inc. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 59.8x vs a median of 25.2x. The company's 5-year average gross margin is 53.3%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 0.3%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +10.8%.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.46 in its most recent fiscal year.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a return on equity (ROE) of -31.8%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a 5-year average gross margin of 53.3%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 6 years of financial data for Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) has a book value per share of $1.49, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.