BL — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of BL's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-07 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +78 | −123 | ~16 | 7 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | +2 | −4 | ~3 | 5 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +2 | −1 | ~1 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Risk factors | Some risk factors updated | +33 | −26 | ~70 | 161 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +2 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
We offer a future-ready platform that drives digital finance transformation by empowering organizations with accurate, efficient, and intelligent financial operations. Built on the Studio360 platform, BlackLine unifies data, streamlines processes, and delivers real-time insights through automation a…
We are a holding company and conduct our operations through our wholly-owned subsidiary, BlackLine Systems, Inc.
At March 31, 2026, we had 4,301 customers, exclusive of on-premise software. Additionally, we continue to build strategic relationships with technology vendors, professional services firms, business process outsourcers, and resellers.
Our cloud-based solutions, delivered by our BlackLine Studio360 Platform, include Account Reconciliations, Transaction Matching, Task Management, Reporting & Analysis, Journal Entry, Journals Risk Analyser, Account Analysis, Consolidation, Compliance, Smart Close for SAP, Cash Application, Credit & …
In September 2025, we launched Verity, a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities that provides finance and accounting teams with a digital workforce of embedded and auditable AI. Verity is integrated throughout our solutions and supports a broad range of use cases across our customers’ financial oper…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
We provide a unified, scalable, and flexible platform tailored to the evolving needs of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and deliver purpose-built applications that address critical processes, including financial close & consolidation, intercompany accounting, and invoice-to-cash. Our softw…
At September 30, 2025, we had 385,336 individual users across 4,424 customers. Additionally, we continue to build strategic relationships with technology vendors, professional services firms, business process outsourcers, and resellers.
Our cloud-based solutions, increasingly powered by our BlackLine Studio360 Platform, include Account Reconciliations, Transaction Matching, Task Management, Reporting & Analysis, Journal Entry, Journals Risk Analyser, Account Analysis, Consolidation, Compliance, Smart Close for SAP, Cash Application…
We derived approximately 95% of our revenue from subscriptions to our cloud-based software platform and approximately 5% from professional services for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Our subscription contracts have initial non-cancellable terms of one year to three years with renewal opti…
Professional services consist primarily of implementation and consulting services. Our product offerings are available for immediate use on our platform after granting access to a new customer. We typically help customers implement our solutions, and we also provide consulting services to help custo…
Market risk (Item 3)
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
While we primarily transact with customers in the U.S. Dollar, we are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk arising from our international operations denominated in the Australian Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Euro, Indian Rupee, Japanese Yen, Mexican Peso, Romanian Leu, and Singa…
In 2025, we initiated a program to hedge exposures to cash fluctuations in the British Pound and the Euro using foreign currency forward contracts. The forward contracts are not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. We do not enter into derivative financial contra…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
In March 2021, we issued $1.150 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes and partially repurchased $919.8 million aggregate principal amount in May 2024. The 2026 Notes have a fixed annual interest rate of 0.0%; therefore, we do not have economic interest rate exposure with respect to th…
While we primarily transact with customers in the U.S. Dollar, we also transact in foreign currencies, including the Australian Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Euro, Indian Rupee, Japanese Yen, Mexican Peso, Romanian Leu, and Singapore Dollar due to foreign operations and customer sales. We …
operations and customer sales. Our international subsidiaries maintain certain asset and liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies of these subsidiaries, which is the U.S. Dollar for all international subsidiaries, with the exception of our Japanese s…
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we initiated a program to hedge exposures to cash fluctuations in the British Pound and the Euro using foreign currency forward contracts. The forward contracts are not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. We do no…
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
Disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or “the Exchange Act” means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by…
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive officer and princ…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
Disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or “the Exchange Act” means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
•We may not be able to sustain or increase profitability in the future.
As we move to a platform model, our growth depends upon our ability to sell additional products and increase usage from our existing customers. It is important for the growth of our business that our existing customers make additional significant purchases of our products through our platform. Altho…
to the maturation of the market for our financial close products. Specifically, our refined commercial focus on enterprise and large mid-market customers has resulted in an increased rate of churn among smaller customers. In addition, our shift to a platform pricing model that is not based on the nu…
We cannot provide assurance that our strategies will be successful or that we will reverse these trends and we may not be able to increase our customers or revenue, and despite our efforts, our business may grow more slowly than we expect, may not grow at all, or may decline. Our business also depen…
Our operating results may vary based on the impact of changes in our industry or the global economy on us or our customers. The revenue growth and potential profitability of our business depend on demand for business
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
•We have a history of losses and we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.
As we move to a platform model, our growth depends upon our ability to sell additional products and increase usage from our existing customers. It is important for the growth of our business that our existing customers make additional significant purchases of our products to our platform. Although o…
We cannot provide assurance that we will reverse these trends and we may not be able to increase our customers, users, or revenue, and despite our efforts, our business may grow more slowly than we expect, may not grow at all, or may decline. Our business also depends on retaining existing customers…
grow our business or to grow more slowly than we have anticipated could result in negative perceptions in the market and declines in our stock price.
Our operating results may vary based on the impact of changes in our industry or the global economy on us or our customers. The revenue growth and potential profitability of our business depend on demand for business software applications and services generally, and for accounting and finance system…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
On February 19, 2026, Greg Hughes, a member of our Board of Directors, adopted a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”, as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408. The trading arrangement provides for the sale, from time to time, of an aggregate of up to 1,637 shares of our common stock, and is intended to s…
No other officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted, modified, or terminated a Rule10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408, during the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
No officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted, modified, or terminated a Rule10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408, during the quarter ended September 30, 2025.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice