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BlackLine (BlackLine) Operating Income : $25.3 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is BlackLine Operating Income?

BlackLine's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $25.3 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. BlackLine's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.0 Mil. BlackLine's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $155.7 Mil. Therefore, BlackLine's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.97%.

BlackLine's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. BlackLine's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.14%. BlackLine's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 319.20%.


BlackLine Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for BlackLine's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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BlackLine Operating Income Chart

BlackLine Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -27.90 -19.89 -38.61 -52.36 25.31

BlackLine Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.12 -14.30 18.06 7.59 13.97

BlackLine Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $25.3 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


BlackLine  (NAS:BL) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

BlackLine's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=55.864 * ( 1 - 7.27% )/( (1236.698 + 1267.693)/ 2 )
=51.8026872/1252.1955
=4.14 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=2016.135 - 66.154 - ( 1161.969 - max(0, 605.857 - 1319.14+1161.969))
=1236.698

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=2100.765 - 68.313 - ( 1204.472 - max(0, 642.565 - 1407.324+1204.472))
=1267.693

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

BlackLine's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=110.548/( ( (35.226 + max(-194.787, 0)) + (34.04 + max(-185.594, 0)) )/ 2 )
=110.548/( ( 35.226 + 34.04 )/ 2 )
=110.548/34.633
=319.20 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(130.477 + 0 + 26.694) - (66.154 + 277.804 + 8)
=-194.787

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(171.608 + 0 + 31.244) - (68.313 + 320.133 + 0)
=-185.594

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

BlackLine's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=13.966/155.73
=8.97 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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BlackLine (BlackLine) Business Description

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Address
21300 Victory Boulevard, 12th Floor, Woodland Hills, CA, USA, 91367
BlackLine Inc is engaged in providing financial accounting close solutions delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Company's solutions enable its customers to address various aspects of their financial close process including account reconciliations, variance analysis of account balances, journal entry capabilities, and certain types of data matching capabilities. The majority of the revenue of the company is earned in the United States.
Executives
Mark Woodhams officer: Chief Revenue Officer 21300 VICTORY BLVD., 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Thomas Unterman director 21300 VICTORY BLVD., 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Mika Yamamoto director 21300 VICTORY BLVD.,, 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
William Raymond Wagner director C/O VOCUS, INC., 4296 FORBES BOULEVARD, LANHAM MD 20706
Peter Hirsch officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark Partin officer: Chief Financial Officer 21300 VICTORY BLVD., 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Marc Huffman officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O NETSUITE INC., 2955 CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE 100, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Amit Yoran director C/O TENABLE HOLDINGS, INC., 6100 MERRIWEATHER DRIVE, COLUMBIA MD 21044
Brunilda Rios director C/O DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC., ONE DELL WAY, ROUND ROCK TX 78682
Owen Ryan director C/O BLACKLINE INC, 21300 VICTORY BOULEVARD 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Therese Tucker director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 21300 VICTORY BLVD., 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Graham Smith director 301 BRANNMAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Barbara Whye director 21300 VICTORY BLVD., 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Morgan Karole Prager officer: Chief Legal Officer & Sec'y C/O MCCLATCHY CO, 2100 Q STREET, SACRAMENTO CA 95816
Patrick Villanova officer: Controller 21300 VICTORY BLVD., 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367