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Backblaze (Backblaze) Debt-to-Equity : 1.02 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Backblaze Debt-to-Equity?

Backblaze's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.4 Mil. Backblaze's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $25.6 Mil. Backblaze's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $44.9 Mil. Backblaze's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.02.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BLZE' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.46   Med: 0.35   Max: 1.02
Current: 1.02

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Backblaze was 1.02. The lowest was -6.46. And the median was 0.35.

BLZE's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
85.41% of 2221 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.21 vs BLZE: 1.02

Backblaze Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity 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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Backblaze Debt-to-Equity Chart

Backblaze Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
-6.46 -4.60 0.35 0.66 1.02

Backblaze Quarterly Data
Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity 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 0.66 0.75 0.86 1.05 1.02

Competitive Comparison of Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Backblaze's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Backblaze Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Backblaze's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Backblaze's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* 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.


Backblaze  (NAS:BLZE) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Backblaze (Backblaze) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
500 Ben Franklin Ct, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94401
Backblaze Inc provides cloud storage services. The company offers services such as Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. It is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases including backups, multi-cloud, application development, and ransomware protection and Backblaze Computer Backup automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Tina Cessna officer: Senior VP, Engineering 500 BEN FRANKLIN CT., SAN MATEO CA 94401
Francis P Patchel officer: Chief Financial Officer 500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Investments Plc Tmt 10 percent owner 13 CASTLE STREET, ST. HELIER Y9 JE1 1ES
Gleb Budman director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks 500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Timothy M Nufire director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Cloud Officer 500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Brian K Wilson director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer 500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Charles J. Jones 10 percent owner 500 BEN FRANKLIN COURT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Kwok Hang Ng 10 percent owner 500 BEN FRANKLIN COURT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner 36 RAUL WALENBERG ST, TEL-AVIV L3 6136902
Whetstone Capital Advisors, Llc 10 percent owner 2001 SHAWNEE MISSION PARKWAY, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66205
Jocelyn Carter-miller director 3698 NW 15TH STREET, LAUDERHILL FL 33311
An Evelyn D director 1301 NE 103RD STREET, MIAMI SHORES FL 33138
Earl E Fry director C/O INFORMATICA CORPORATION, 2100 SEAPORT BLVD., REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Barbara H Nelson director C/O QUANTUM CORP, 501 SYCAORE DR, MILPITAS CA 95035

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