1 Top Management; 2 Peer Comparison & Ranking of BB; 3 Patents; 4 Currency Synopsis: Canadian Dollar (CAD)
Top Management
Top Management
Name | Designation | John J. Giamatteo | Chief Executive Officer | Richard Lynch | Chairman | Richard J. Lynch | Independent Chairman | Tim Foote | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director | Jennifer Armstrong-Owen | Senior Vice President | Phil Kurtz | Corporate Secretary | Fraser Deziel | Corporate Secretary |
Peer Comparison & Ranking of BB PEER COMPARISON: BB IN INDICES
BlackBerry is a constituent of the following indices.
Its market capitalisation is $2 billion and accounts for 0.1% of the combined MCap of the S&P/TSX 60 Index.
Index Name | MCap of Index ($ b) | BB MCap as % of Index | S&P/TSX 60 Index | 1,934 | 0.1 | S&P/TSX Composite Index | 2,555 | 0.1 |
BUYSELLSIGNALS FUNDAMENTALS VALUATION RANKING: BlackBerry vs Canadian Market
Out of 950 stocks and 23 units in the Canadian Market, BlackBerry is ranked 143rd(143) by Market Cap in $, 177th(177) by Revenue, 422nd(422) by Discount to 52-Wk High and 799th(799) by EBITDA Margin%.
| Canadian Avg | BB | BB Rank | Market Cap $ | 3.9 B | 2.3 B | 143 | Revenue $ | 2 B | 853 M | 177 | Discount to 52-Wk High (%) | 1.1 | 40.3 | 422 | EBITDA Margin% | 18.9 | (6.1) | 799 | Premium to 52-Wk Low (%) | 19.4 | 83.04 | 859 | Net Profit $ | 128.7 M | (130 M) | 2443 | Negative values are shown in brackets. Stock in Index and Stock in Sector
Description | BB | S&P/TSX 60 Index | % of S&P/TSX 60 Index | Communication equipment sector | % of Communication equipment sector | Net Profit $ | -93,419,560 | 93.1 B | -0.1 | -124,952,623 | 74.8 | Revenue $ | 613 M | 665.5 B | 0.1 | 2.3 B | 27.0 | Total Assets $ | 1 B | 8,246.3 B | 0.01 | 3.4 B | 29.2 | MCap $ | 2.3 B | 1,934 B | 0.1 | 5.4 B | 42.0 |
Relative Valuation Indicators: Stock vs Index and Stock vs Sector
Description | BB | S&P/TSX 60 Index Avg. | Communication equipment sector Avg. | Price/Earnings | -17.3 | 21.0 | -35.3 | Price/Net Tangible Assets | 81.78 | 3.5 | 26.72 |
MARKET SHARE BlackBerry vs Communication Equipment sector [Communication Equipment sector Total in Brackets] Revenue of $1.2 billion[37.9% of aggregate sector revenue of CAD3.2 billion; up from 33.3% in the previous year.]
GLOBAL RANK [out of 46,074 stocks] AND RANK OF BLACKBERRY IN THE AMERICAN REGION [out of 9,092 stocks]
Description | Value | Global Rank | In Am Region | MCap ($) | 2.3B | 5,413 | 1,865 | Total Assets ($) | 1.4B | 9,206 | 2,872 | Revenue ($) | 853M | 7,795 | 2,311 | Net Profit ($) | (130M) | 41,135 | 7,038 | Return on Equity % | (16.8) | 34,475 | 4,998 | Net Profit Margin % | (15.2) | 32,692 | 4,385 | Price to Book | 92.0 | 35,414 | 5,281 | PV1000 (1Year) $* | 1,278 | 8,529 | 1,481 | $* Change (1Year) % | 65.8 | 3,528 | 634 |
* 1 year ago CAD 1 = $ 0.73 May 09, 2025: CAD 1 equals $ 0.72
RANK OF BLACKBERRY IN THE S&P/TSX 60 INDEX [out of 49 stocks], IN THE CANADIAN MARKET [out of 1211 stocks] AND IN THE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SECTOR [out of 11 stocks]
Description | Value | In S&P/TSX 60 Index | In Canadian Market | In Communication equipment sector | MCap (CAD) | 3.2B | 50 | 179 | 1 | Total Assets (CAD) | 1.9B | 49 | 402 | 1 | Revenue (CAD) | 1.2B | 47 | 345 | 1 | Net Profit (CAD) | (180.9M) | 48 | 1,595 | 15 | Return on Equity % | (16.8) | 49 | 997 | 9 | Net Profit Margin % | (15.2) | 49 | 761 | 12 | PV1000 (1Year) CAD | 1,297 | 17 | 310 | 2 |
LONG-TERM FUNDAMENTAL RANKING: 3 OUT OF 5 [5 is best] BlackBerry is ranked number 1 out of 19 listed communication equipment companies in the Canada with a market capitalization of CAD3.2 billion ($2.3 billion).
Stocks are scored on a set of parameters reflecting fundamental analytical tools involving valuation, size and financial performance. They are ranked according to the average values of those parameters. The highest ranking is 5 and the lowest ranking is 1.
Patents Number of Patents Issued to BlackBerry by the US Patent Office and the European Patent Office A total of 3,945 patents were issued to BlackBerry in the last eleven years. In the past year 127 patents were issued, 0.4 times average of 359 patents per year.
12 months ended May 09 | No. of Patents Issued | 2025 | 127 | 2024 | 313 | 2023 | 243 | 2022 | 217 | 2021 | 312 | 2020 | 394 | 2019 | 355 | 2018 | 504 | 2017 | 634 | 2016 | 643 | 2015 | 203 | Total | 3,945 |
Rank by patents issued in the past 12 months: BlackBerry vs CANADA stocks BlackBerry is ranked 2 by patents issued in the past year out of 2,440 Canada listed companies. A total of 1,635 patents were issued to Canada listed companies in the past year, an average of 14.7 patents per company. BlackBerry received 240 patents in the past 12 months, 358 times average.
Currency Synopsis: Canadian Dollar (CAD) % Change of CAD vs Currency Basket Period-Based In the past year the Canadian Dollar fell 1.4% against the US Dollars; in the past three years the Canadian Dollar fell 7.4% against the US Dollars.
Last | Country | 1-day % | 1-week % | 1-Year % | 3-Yrs % | CAD1=0.719USD | United States Of America | - | -0.7 | -1.4 | -7.4 | CAD1=5.203CNY | China | 0.1 | -1.1 | -1.2 | 0.1 | CAD1=104.271JPY | Japan | -0.4 | -0.3 | -8.2 | 2.6 | CAD1=0.639EUR | European Union | -0.2 | 0.1 | -6.0 | -13.1 | CAD1=1,006.181KRW | South Korea | -0.2 | -0.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | CAD1=0.932SGD | Singapore | -0.2 | -0.6 | -5.7 | -13.6 | CAD1=1.219NZD | New Zealand | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | CAD1=0.541GBP | United Kingdom | -0.1 | -0.6 | -7.5 | -13.9 | CAD1=1.122AUD | Australia | 0.2 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | CAD1=5.589HKD | Hong Kong | 0.1 | -0.3 | -1.8 | -8.7 | CAD1=0.597CHF | Switzerland | - | 0.1 | -9.9 | -22.1 | CAD1=6.97SEK | Sweden | -0.1 | -0.2 | -12.4 | -9.6 | CAD1=7.46NOK | Norway | -0.3 | -0.6 | -6.3 | 1.6 | CAD1=14.04MXN | Mexico | -0.2 | -1.4 | 13.7 | -10.9 |
1 Tax; 2 Financials as Reported FY 2024, Past 10 Years
Tax Average Income Tax Paid (Past 3 Years) In the past 3 years, Income Tax as % of sales increased from 1.0% to 2.8%.
Description | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | As % of sales | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1 |
Financials as Reported FY 2024, Past 10 Years Financials as reported (FY 2024 [year-ended 29 February 2024 ])
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (In $ Million, except per share data and shares outstanding)
INCOME STATEMENT AS REPORTED (FY 2024 [year-ended 29 February 2024 ])
Description | $ Million | $ Million | | | Feb 29, 2024 | Feb 28, 2023 | Change % | Revenue | 853 | 656 | Up 30.0 | Cost of sales | 333 | 237 | Up 40.5 | Gross margin | 520 | 419 | Up 24.1 | Operating expenses | | | | Research and development | 186 | 207 | Down 10.1 | Sales and marketing | 171 | 176 | Down 2.8 | General and administrative | 181 | 164 | Up 10.4 | Amortization | 54 | 96 | Down 43.8 | Impairment of goodwill | 35 | 245 | Down 85.7 | Impairment of long-lived assets | 15 | 235 | Down 93.6 | Gain on sale of property plant and equipment net | | -6 | | Debentures fair value adjustment | 3 | -138 | Recovery | Litigation settlement | | 165 | | | 645 | 1,144 | Down 43.6 | Operating loss | -125 | -725 | Improved 82.8 | Investment income net | 19 | 5 | Up 280.0 | Income (loss) before income taxes | -106 | -720 | Reduced 85.3 | Provision for income taxes | 24 | 14 | Up 71.4 | Net income (loss) | -130 | -734 | Improved 82.3 | Earnings (loss) per share | | | | Basic | -22.0c | -127.0c | Reduced 82.7 | Diluted | -22.0c | -135.0c | Improved 83.7 | Weighted average number of ordinary share Basic | 584,543,000 | 578,654,000 | Up 1.0 | Weighted average number of ordinary share Diluted | 584,543,000 | 639,487,000 | Down 8.6 |
BALANCE SHEET AS REPORTED (FY 2024 [year-ended 29 February 2024 ])
Description | $ Million | $ Million | | | Feb 29, 2024 | Feb 28, 2023 | Change % | Assets | | | | Current | | | | Cash and cash equivalents | 175 | 295 | Down 40.7 | Short-term investments | 62 | 131 | Down 52.7 | Accounts receivable net of allowance of 6 and 1 respectively | 199 | 120 | Up 65.8 | Other receivables | 21 | 12 | Up 75.0 | Income taxes receivable | 4 | 3 | Up 33.3 | Other current assets | 47 | 182 | Down 74.2 | | 508 | 743 | Down 31.6 | Restricted cash and cash equivalents | 25 | 27 | Down 7.4 | Long-term investments | 36 | 34 | Up 5.9 | Other long-term assets | 57 | 8 | Up 612.5 | Operating lease right-of-use assets net | 32 | 44 | Down 27.3 | Property plant and equipment net | 21 | 25 | Down 16.0 | Intangible assets net | 154 | 203 | Down 24.1 | Goodwill | 562 | 595 | Down 5.5 | | 1,395 | 1,679 | Down 16.9 | Liabilities | | | | Current | | | | Accounts payable | 17 | 24 | Down 29.2 | Accrued liabilities | 117 | 143 | Down 18.2 | Income taxes payable | 28 | 20 | Up 40.0 | Debentures | | 367 | | Deferred revenue current | 194 | 175 | Up 10.9 | | 356 | 729 | Down 51.2 | Deferred revenue non-current | 28 | 40 | Down 30.0 | Operating lease liabilities | 38 | 52 | Down 26.9 | Other long-term liabilities | 3 | 1 | Up 200.0 | Long-term notes | 194 | | | | 619 | 822 | Down 24.7 | Commitments and contingencies | | | | Shareholders' equity | | | | Capital stock and additional paid-in capital | | | | Preferred shares: authorized unlimited number of non-voting cumulative redeemable and retractable | | | | Common shares: authorized unlimited number of non-voting redeemable retractable Class A common shares and unlimited number of voting common shares | | | | Issued and outstanding - 589232539 voting common shares (February 28 2023 - 582157203) | 2,948 | 2,909 | Up 1.3 | Deficit | -2,158 | -2,028 | Deterioration 6.4 | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | -14 | -24 | Improved 41.7 | | 776 | 857 | Down 9.5 | | 1,395 | 1,679 | Down 16.9 |
CASH FLOW AS REPORTED (FY 2024 [year-ended 29 February 2024 ])
Description | $ Million | $ Million | | | Feb 29, 2024 | Feb 28, 2023 | Change % | Cash flows from operating activities | | | | Net income (loss) | -130 | -734 | Improved 82.3 | Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | Amortization | 59 | 105 | Down 43.8 | Stock-based compensation | 33 | 34 | Down 2.9 | Gain on sale of investment | | | | Impairment of goodwill | 35 | 245 | Down 85.7 | Impairment of long-lived assets | 15 | 235 | Down 93.6 | Intellectual property disposed of by sale | 147 | | | Gain on sale of property plant and equipment net | | -6 | | Debentures fair value adjustment | 3 | -138 | Recovery | Operating leases | -13 | -16 | Improved 18.8 | Other | 3 | 5 | Down 40.0 | Net changes in working capital items | | | | Accounts receivable net of allowance | -79 | 18 | Deterioration | Other receivables | -9 | 13 | Deterioration | Income taxes receivable | -1 | 6 | Deterioration | Other assets | -53 | -1 | Deterioration 5,200.0 | Accounts payable | -7 | 2 | Deterioration | Accrued liabilities | -21 | -11 | Deterioration 90.9 | Income taxes payable | 8 | 9 | Down 11.1 | Deferred revenue | 7 | -29 | Recovery | Net cash used in operating activities | -3 | -263 | Improved 98.9 | Cash flows from investing activities | | | | Acquisition of long-term investments | -2 | -3 | Improved 33.3 | Proceeds on sale maturity or distribution from long-term investments | | | | Acquisition of property plant and equipment | -7 | -7 | Steady | Proceeds on sale of property plant and equipment | | 17 | | Acquisition of intangible assets | -14 | -34 | Improved 58.8 | Acquisition of short-term investments | -154 | -514 | Improved 70.0 | Proceeds on sale or maturity of restricted short-term investments | | | | Proceeds on sale or maturity of short-term investments | 223 | 717 | Down 68.9 | Net cash provided by investing activities | 46 | 176 | Down 73.9 | Cash flows from financing activities | | | | Issuance of common shares | 6 | 6 | Steady | Maturities of 2020 Debentures and Extension Debentures | -515 | | | Proceeds from issuance of Extension Debentures and Notes net | 344 | | | Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | -165 | 6 | Deterioration | Effect of foreign exchange loss on cash cash equivalents restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents | | -3 | | Net increase (decrease) in cash cash equivalents restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period | -122 | -84 | Deterioration 45.2 | Cash cash equivalents restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents beginning of period | 322 | 406 | Down 20.7 | Cash cash equivalents restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents end of period | 200 | 322 | Down 37.9 |
Download BLACKBERRY Financials Past 10 Years
Description | Feb 24 | Feb 23 | Feb 22 | Feb 21 | Feb 20 | Income Statement | | | | | | Revenue per share | 1.46 | 1.03 | 1.14 | | 1.85 | EBITDA (M) | (52) | (624) | 184 | (931) | 46 | Depreciation (M) | 54 | 96 | 165 | 182 | 194 | Tax (M) | 24 | 14 | 7 | (9) | 4 | Net profit | (130 M) | (734 M) | 12 M | (1.1 B) | (152 M) | EPS | (0.22) | (1.27) | 0.02 | (1.97) | (0.27) | Balance Sheet | | | | | | Equity Share Capital | 776 M | 857 M | 1.6 B | 1.5 B | 2.5 B | Retained Earnings | (2.2 B) | (2 B) | (1.3 B) | (1.3 B) | (198 M) | Total Assets (B) | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.9 | Current Asset | 508 M | 743 M | 1 B | 1 B | 1.2 B | Fixed Asset (M) | 21 | 25 | 41 | 48 | 70 | Working Capital (M) | 152 | 14 | 646 | 577 | 75 | Cash Flow | | | | | | Operating Cash Flow (M) | (3) | (263) | (28) | 82 | 26 | Investing Cash Flow (M) | 46 | 176 | 207 | (65) | (188) | Financing Cash Flow (M) | (165) | 6 | 10 | (227) | 7 | Net Cash Flow (M) | (122) | (81) | 189 | (210) | (155) |
Description | Feb 19 | Feb 18 | Feb 17 | Feb 16 | Feb 15 | Income Statement | | | | | | Revenue per share | 1.47 | 1.71 | | 4.1 | 6.24 | EBITDA | 213 M | 559 M | (1 B) | (5 M) | 607 M | Depreciation (M) | 136 | 153 | 186 | 277 | 992 | Tax | (16 M) | 1 M | | (74 M) | (81 M) | Net profit | 93 M | 405 M | (1.2 B) | (208 M) | (304 M) | EPS | 0.17 | 0.76 | (2.3) | (0.4) | (0.58) | Balance Sheet | | | | | | Equity Share Capital (B) | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Retained Earnings | (32 M) | (55 M) | (438 M) | 768 M | 1 B | Total Debt | | 782 M | 591 M | 1.3 B | 1.7 B | Total Assets (B) | 4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 6.6 | Current Asset (B) | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 4.2 | Fixed Asset (M) | 85 | 64 | 91 | 412 | 556 | Working Capital | 723 M | 2.1 B | 1.1 B | 2 B | 2.8 B | Cash Flow | | | | | | Operating Cash Flow (M) | 100 | 704 | (224) | 257 | 813 | Investing Cash Flow | (375 M) | (630 M) | 724 M | (439 M) | (1.2 B) | Financing Cash Flow (M) | 5 | (10) | (722) | (78) | 16 | Net Cash Flow (M) | (270) | 64 | (222) | (260) | (344) |
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