BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.020-0.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -0.020. The company issued revenue guidance of $517.0 million-$526.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $603.1 million. BlackBerry also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to -0.010-0.010 EPS.

BlackBerry Price Performance

NYSE BB traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $2.98. The stock had a trading volume of 20,702,389 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,563,922. BlackBerry has a 52-week low of $2.01 and a 52-week high of $4.27. The company has a market cap of $1.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.92 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $2.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $2.45.

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 26th. The company reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $145.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $138.82 million. BlackBerry had a negative return on equity of 3.38% and a negative net margin of 21.66%. The firm’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.06) EPS. Equities analysts forecast that BlackBerry will post -0.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have weighed in on BB shares. TD Securities raised their price objective on shares of BlackBerry from $2.75 to $3.25 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. CIBC raised their price target on BlackBerry from $3.50 to $3.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on BlackBerry from $3.00 to $3.25 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price objective on shares of BlackBerry from $2.70 to $2.80 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 18th. Finally, StockNews.com raised BlackBerry from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $3.34.

Insider Activity at BlackBerry

In other BlackBerry news, insider Philip S. Kurtz sold 15,005 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Saturday, September 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.53, for a total transaction of $37,962.65. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 30,129 shares in the company, valued at $76,226.37. This trade represents a 33.25 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.34% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About BlackBerry

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 CylanceENDPOINT, an integrated endpoint security solution; CylanceGUARD, a managed detection and response solution; CylanceEDGE, an AI-powered continuous authentication zero trust network access solution; CylanceINTELLIGENCE, a contextual cyber threat intelligence service; BlackBerry Dynamics offers a development platform and secure container for mobile applications; BlackBerry Workspaces a secure Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) solution; BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Enterprise, an enterprise-grade secure instant messaging solution for messaging, voice and video; BlackBerry SecuSUITE is a certified, multi-OS voice and text messaging solution; BlackBerry AtHoc, a secure networked critical event management solution; and BlackBerry unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions.