BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Shares Up 10.4% Following Analyst Upgrade

BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BBGet Free Report)’s stock price was up 10.4% on Monday after TD raised their price target on the stock from $5.00 to $8.00. TD currently has a hold rating on the stock. BlackBerry traded as high as $12.55 and last traded at $12.58. Approximately 36,233,625 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 86% from the average daily volume of 19,461,959 shares. The stock had previously closed at $11.40.

BB has been the topic of several other reports. Raymond James Financial increased their target price on shares of BlackBerry from $4.75 to $9.50 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on BlackBerry from $8.20 to $10.30 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. TD Securities reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $8.00 price target on shares of BlackBerry in a report on Friday. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their target price on BlackBerry from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the company an “outperformer” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded BlackBerry from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, BlackBerry presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $8.92.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO John Joseph Giamatteo sold 27,066 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $3.56, for a total transaction of $96,354.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 899,146 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,200,959.76. The trade was a 2.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Jennifer Armstrong-Owen sold 29,908 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Saturday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $3.56, for a total transaction of $106,472.48. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 94,903 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $337,854.68. The trade was a 23.96% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 73,171 shares of company stock worth $260,489 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.51% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BlackBerry

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of BB. Amundi lifted its position in BlackBerry by 52.7% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 116,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $377,000 after buying an additional 40,184 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in shares of BlackBerry by 139.2% in the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 3,545,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,488,000 after acquiring an additional 2,063,153 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in BlackBerry in the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new position in BlackBerry in the first quarter worth approximately $37,000. Finally, V2 Financial group LLC lifted its position in shares of BlackBerry by 6.8% during the 1st quarter. V2 Financial group LLC now owns 32,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,000 after purchasing an additional 2,050 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 54.48% of the company’s stock.

BlackBerry Trading Up 10.3%

The firm has a market cap of $7.37 billion, a PE ratio of 140.07 and a beta of 2.29. The company has a current ratio of 2.20, a quick ratio of 2.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $7.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $5.02.

BlackBerry (NYSE:BBGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 25th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.01. BlackBerry had a net margin of 10.31% and a return on equity of 11.66%. The business had revenue of $152.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $139.81 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.02 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 25.6% compared to the same quarter last year. BlackBerry has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.160-0.200 EPS and its Q2 2027 guidance at 0.030-0.040 EPS. Analysts forecast that BlackBerry Limited will post 0.13 EPS for the current year.

BlackBerry Company Profile

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BlackBerry Limited, formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM), is a Canadian enterprise software and cybersecurity company based in Waterloo, Ontario. Since its founding in 1984, the firm has evolved from a pioneer in mobile devices into a specialist in secure communications, endpoint management, and embedded systems software. BlackBerry’s core mission today centers on delivering security-first solutions that protect critical data and infrastructure across diverse industries.

At the heart of BlackBerry’s offerings is the BlackBerry Spark® platform, which combines unified endpoint management (UEM), secure communications, and artificial intelligence–driven threat detection into a single framework.

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