BlackBerry Limited (BB)
BlackBerry is a software company that focuses on cybersecurity and providing the digital brains for connected cars and industrial equipment.
Is BlackBerry Limited a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: High profit margins typical of software businesses. Worth weighing: High valuation metrics suggest a lot of future success is already priced in.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Share price divided by the earnings actually reported over the four most recent quarters. The range is the same calculation at each of this company's last few results, so roughly the past year.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does BlackBerry Limited do?
Once famous for its physical keyboards, BlackBerry has reinvented itself as a software-first business. These days, the income comes from selling security software to big companies and licensing its operating system to car manufacturers. Their progress really hinges on how successfully they grow software sales against other tech giants in the automotive and security spaces.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on growth and momentum, and weakest on income.
- !Pays no dividend - the whole return rides on the share price
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 26% over the year
- !High P/E of 90 - big growth is already priced in
- ✓Low debt - a sturdier balance sheet
- Growth screens high
- Momentum screens high
- Value screens low
- Income screens low
Does BlackBerry Limited pay a dividend?
No - BlackBerry Limited doesn't currently pay a dividend, so the whole return would rest on the share price. Plenty of growing companies reinvest their profits instead of paying them out - neither approach is better or worse, they're just different.
Does BlackBerry Limited have more cash or more debt?
It holds about $350.90M in cash against about $221.10M of debt - so it has net cash of about $129.80M. More cash than debt is a cushion: it does not need to borrow just to cover what it owes.
From the latest reported balance sheet. Cash and debt levels change, and some borrowing is normal - this is context, not a judgment.
What do BlackBerry Limited's numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-09-11. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has BlackBerry Limited actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, BlackBerry Limited fell as much as −53% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Who owns BlackBerry Limited?
About 52% of BlackBerry Limited, or about 52 in every 100 shares, is held by big institutions such as pension and index funds. The rest, roughly 48%, is held by the public and smaller investors.
What this does and doesn't tell you
This is a recent snapshot of the share register, and it moves. We don't read anything into who owns what - a high institutional share is common for any large listed company and is not a signal about it.
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does BlackBerry Limited make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
Where does each £100 of BlackBerry Limited's sales go?
A rough split of the latest full-year figures: of every £100 of sales, about £23 covers making the product or service, £67 goes on running costs, tax and interest, and about £10 is left as profit. Margins vary a lot by industry, and one-off items can distort a single year.
When does BlackBerry Limited report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
BlackBerry Limited is next scheduled to report on about 2026-09-24 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | $0.03 | $0.04 | Beat +50% |
| 2026-04-09 | $0.04 | $0.06 | Beat +38% |
| 2025-12-18 | $0.04 | $0.05 | Beat +36% |
| 2025-09-25 | $0.01 | $0.04 | Beat +186% |
| 2025-06-24 | — | $0.02 | Beat +669% |
| 2025-04-02 | — | $0.03 | Beat +506% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, BlackBerry Limited came in ahead of what analysts expected 6 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
See who else reports over the next two weeks →
Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for BlackBerry Limited?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
BlackBerry becomes a standard in autonomous vehicle systems
Technological obsolescence or loss of key clients
What are the pros and cons of BlackBerry Limited?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- High profit margins typical of software businesses
- Strong position in the growing connected car market
- Significant recent growth in both revenue and earnings
- High valuation metrics suggest a lot of future success is already priced in
- No dividend payments for those looking for regular income
- Operates in a highly competitive tech landscape
- High beta means the share price can be quite volatile
- Reliance on a few key industries like automotive
- Rapidly changing technology could make current products less relevant
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A sustained drop in software revenue growth
- Loss of major automotive contracts to competitors
Common questions about BlackBerry Limited
Does BlackBerry Limited pay a dividend?
No - BlackBerry Limited does not currently pay a dividend, so the return would rest on the share price. Many growing companies reinvest profits instead of paying them out.
When does BlackBerry Limited report earnings next?
BlackBerry Limited is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-09-24. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.