BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Updates Q4 2026 Earnings Guidance

by · The Cerbat Gem

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB – Get Free Report) issued an update on its fourth quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.030-0.050 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.040. The company issued revenue guidance of $138.0 million-$148.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $145.6 million. BlackBerry also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 0.140-0.160 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on BB. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of BlackBerry in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $4.60 target price on shares of BlackBerry in a report on Friday, September 26th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of BlackBerry from $5.00 to $5.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, September 26th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $5.00 target price on shares of BlackBerry in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, TD Securities downgraded BlackBerry from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $4.00 to $5.00 in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, BlackBerry has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $5.10.

Get Our Latest Report on BlackBerry

BlackBerry Stock Up 2.8%

NYSE BB traded up $0.12 on Thursday, hitting $4.38. 20,388,688 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,708,357. The company has a current ratio of 2.20, a quick ratio of 2.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The company has a market cap of $2.59 billion, a PE ratio of -438.00 and a beta of 1.41. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $4.44 and a 200-day moving average of $4.21. BlackBerry has a 12 month low of $2.80 and a 12 month high of $6.24.

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 18th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.04. BlackBerry had a negative net margin of 0.60% and a positive return on equity of 6.07%. BlackBerry has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.140-0.160 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.030-0.050 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that BlackBerry will post -0.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other BlackBerry news, insider Mattias Eriksson sold 5,914 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.62, for a total value of $27,322.68. Following the transaction, the insider owned 291,340 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,345,990.80. This represents a 1.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Philip S. Kurtz sold 44,178 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Sunday, September 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.95, for a total value of $218,681.10. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 95,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $472,566.60. This trade represents a 31.64% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 88,565 shares of company stock valued at $423,706. 0.37% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of BlackBerry

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in BlackBerry by 1.3% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 823,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,106,000 after buying an additional 10,667 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of BlackBerry by 263.2% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,167,739 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,348,000 after acquiring an additional 846,208 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in BlackBerry by 87.5% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 53,413 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,000 after acquiring an additional 24,921 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in BlackBerry in the 2nd quarter valued at about $86,000. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in BlackBerry by 1,390.6% during the 2nd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 15,589,886 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,397,000 after purchasing an additional 14,544,005 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 54.48% of the company’s stock.

BlackBerry Company Profile

(Get Free Report)

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.

Recommended Stories