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Blackbaud Inc (BLKB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for BLKB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −0.31 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How BLKB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.31 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Blackbaud Inc moved −0.31% on average · correlation −0.06 · higher than 4% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.80 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +1.79% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.89% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Software - Application · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Application · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against BLKB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Blackbaud Inc

BLKB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Blackbaud sells software used by charities, foundations, schools and other social-good organisations to run fundraising, financial management, grant-making and enrolment. Its tools include donor databases, online-giving pages, accounting systems, tuition billing and payment processing, sold as subscriptions. It also offers software for corporate giving and volunteering programmes. The company is based in Charleston, South Carolina, and its customers are mostly nonprofit, education and public-sector bodies in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
Blackbaud holds no seat in our index. It sits in our software-application sleeve, among vertical-software vendors that earn subscription revenue from a specific customer base rather than from broad infrastructure spend.
Who it is priced against
Our diary has no peer group on file for Blackbaud; the comparison the market draws most often is with Salesforce's nonprofit-focused offering, which competes for the same fundraising and donor-management budgets.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Blackbaud carries no Closelooknet index seat and no Closelooknet score, and the diary has not quoted it before, so this entry begins coverage from a standing start.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent lift in analyst price targets marks a change in sentiment, or whether the shares stay well below their 52-week high regardless.

Blackbaud Inc (BLKB) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Baird, 2026-09-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for BLKB from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Baird — target 58 from 54 Target raised to $58 from $54 (+27% to spot) 2026-09-15

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Blackbaud Inc (BLKB)?

Blackbaud Inc trades as BLKB on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is BLKB in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Blackbaud Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does BLKB trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.2% vs the 50-day and +0.5% vs the 200-day average, 38.9% below the 52-week high and +68.8% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 2 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Blackbaud Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Blackbaud Inc had a beta of −0.31 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 4% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +1.79% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Blackbaud Inc do?

Blackbaud sells software used by charities, foundations, schools and other social-good organisations to run fundraising, financial management, grant-making and enrolment. Its tools include donor databases, online-giving pages, accounting systems, tuition billing and payment processing, sold as subscriptions. It also offers software for corporate giving and volunteering programmes. Our diary has no peer group on file for Blackbaud; the comparison the market draws most often is with Salesforce's nonprofit-focused offering, which competes for the same fundraising and donor-management budgets.

Where does Blackbaud Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Blackbaud holds no seat in our index. It sits in our software-application sleeve, among vertical-software vendors that earn subscription revenue from a specific customer base rather than from broad infrastructure spend. Blackbaud carries no Closelooknet index seat and no Closelooknet score, and the diary has not quoted it before, so this entry begins coverage from a standing start.

What has Wall Street done on Blackbaud Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Blackbaud Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Baird on 2026-09-15 (target 58 from 54). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BLKB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Software - Application. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.