Star Metro - BlackBerry Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2026 Results

WATERLOO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 9, 2026 / BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB) today reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).

"Since our leadership transition in 2023, we have been focused on a clear goal: to transform BlackBerry into a profitable growth company. Our performance this quarter and over the past year demonstrates that we are delivering. QNX is now a Rule of 40 business, and a clear leader in automotive, embedded in more than 275 million vehicles worldwide, with growing momentum in robotics, physical AI, and other adjacent markets. Secure Communications has returned to growth, driven by a real and accelerating digital sovereignty tailwind. That growth is translating into stronger profitability and cash generation, which we are deploying with discipline," said John J. Giamatteo, CEO, BlackBerry. "We have strengthened our fundamentals while continuing to invest - in our people, products and platforms, as well as in certifications that position BlackBerry at the center of secure, mission-critical operations. We are no longer a company in transition. We are a growth company with a proven track record of execution, and we are well positioned for the path ahead."

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Highlights

• Total company revenue was $156.0 million, up 10% year-over-year.

• Total company adjusted gross margin improved by approximately 5 percentage points to 78.2% and GAAP gross margin improved by 4 percentage points to 77.8%.

• Total company adjusted EBITDA increased by 71% year-over-year to $36.1 million; Total company GAAP operating income increased by $30.9 million year-over-year to $22.9 million.

• QNX posted record quarterly revenue of $78.7 million, up 20% year-over-year; QNX segment adjusted gross margin expanded by 1 percentage point year-over-year to 84%.

• QNX segment adjusted EBITDA was $21.4 million, representing a 27% margin.

• QNX royalty backlog increased to approximately $950 million.

• Secure Communications revenue grew 8% year-over- year to $72.5 million; Secure Communications segment adjusted gross margin was 72%, up 8 percentage points year-over-year.

• Secure Communications ARR increased by $10 million, or 5% year-over-year to $218 million; Secure Communications DBNRR increased by 1 percentage point year-over-year to 94%.

• Secure Communications segment adjusted EBITDA increased by 55% year-over-year to $19.5 million, representing a 27% margin.

• Licensing revenue was $4.8 million; Licensing segment adjusted EBITDA was $6.3 million.

• Adjusted Corporate costs, excluding amortization, were $11.1 million, down 8% year-over-year.

• Adjusted net income increased by 92% year-over-year to $34.0 million and GAAP net income improved for the eighth consecutive quarter to $24.3 million.

• Adjusted basic earnings per share was $0.06; GAAP basic earnings per share was $0.04.

• Operating cash flow was $45.6 million.

• Total cash and investments increased by $22.1 million year-over-year to $432.4 million, in part due to the improved operating cash flow and approximately $38.1 million received in deferred proceeds from the sale of Cylance to Arctic Wolf, partially offset by $60 million of share buybacks.

Full Year Fiscal 2026 Financial Highlights

• Total company revenue was $549.1 million, up 3% year-over-year.

• Total company adjusted gross margin was 76.6% and GAAP gross margin was 76.2%.

• Total company adjusted EBITDA was $107.1 million, up 27% year-over-year; Total company GAAP operating income increased by $47.5 million year-over-year to $48.3 million.

• QNX revenue grew 14% year-over-year to $268.0 million, up from 10% growth in the prior year; QNX segment adjusted gross margin was 83%; and QNX segment adjusted EBITDA increased by 20% year-over-year to $71.0 million, at a 26% margin, resulting in a Rule of 40¹ year for QNX.

• Secure Communications revenue was $258.9 million; Secure Communications segment adjusted gross margin was 70% and Secure Communications segment adjusted EBITDA was $56.1 million, representing a 22% margin.

• Licensing revenue was $22.2 million; Licensing segment adjusted EBITDA was $21.0 million.

• Adjusted Corporate costs, excluding amortization, were $41.0 million, down 5% year-over-year.

• Adjusted net income was $97.3 million; GAAP net income improved from a loss of $79.0 million to a gain of $53.2 million year-over-year.

• Income from continuing operations for the full fiscal year improved by $61.7 million to $53.2 million compared to a loss from continuing operations of $8.5 million.

• Adjusted basic earnings per share for the full fiscal year increased by $0.14 to $0.16; GAAP basic earnings per share improved from a $0.13 loss to a $0.09 profit.

• Operating cash flow was $50.3 million.

¹ The company defines the Rule of 40 metric as the sum of its GAAP revenue year-over-year growth percentage and its non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin percentage. Where the sum equals or exceeds 40, then the Rule of 40 is considered to have been achieved.

Business Highlights & Strategic Announcements

• Mercedes-Benz among automakers trialing early access version of QNX and Vector's Alloy Kore platform.

• QNX technology to be integrated in BMW Group's next-generation 'Neue Klasse' software-defined vehicle architecture.

• QNX^® Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0 adds support for AMD Ryzen Embedded x86 processors, deployed in systems across automotive, industrial, robotics and medical markets.

• QNX released general access version of the QNX^® Hypervisor 8.0 for Safety, enabling faster certification for customers targeting development in the physical AI space.

• QNX and Haleytek were chosen to enable software-defined audio using QNX Sound for Volvo Cars' EX60 fully-electric SUV.

• QNX demonstrated its full range of products for enabling robotics and physical AI at Embedded World 2026 conference in Nuremberg, Germany.

• QNX Everywhere program to increase awareness and adoption of QNX products, passes 12,000 free licenses and more than 100 academic partnerships.

• Government of Canada announced an expanded strategic partnership with BlackBerry, including significantly increasing the deployment of BlackBerry^® SecuSUITE^® across federal departments and agencies.

Financial Outlook

BlackBerry is providing the following guidance for the first fiscal quarter and the full fiscal year 2027 (ending February 28, 2027).

² EPS guidance does not include the effect of any potential future share repurchases not yet completed as of the date of this release.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The tables at the end of this press release include a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP financial ratios used by the Company to comparable U.S. GAAP measures and an explanation of why the

Company uses them. The Company does not provide a reconciliation of expected Adjusted EBITDA and expected

Non-GAAP basic EPS for the first quarter and full fiscal year 2027 to the most directly comparable expected GAAP measures because it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty, among other things, restructuring charges and impairment charges and, accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance period. For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please refer to the tables at the end of this press release.

Conference Call and Webcast

A conference call and live webcast will be held today beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET, which can be accessed using the following link (here) or through the Company's investor webpage (BlackBerry.com/Investors) or by dialing toll free +1 (877) 883-0383 and entering Entry Number 9385158.

A replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 10:00 a.m. ET today, using the same webcast link (here) or by dialing toll free +1 (855) 669-9658 and entering Replay Access Code 9489234.

About BlackBerry

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB) provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services that power the world around us. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company's high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security, and reliability. With a deep heritage in Secure Communications, BlackBerry delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure, and extensively certified portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications, and critical events management.

For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry.

Investor Contact:

BlackBerry Investor Relations
+1 (519) 888-7465
[email protected]

Media Contact:

BlackBerry Media Relations
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Reconciliations of the Company's Segment Results and Segment Adjusted EBITDA to the Consolidated Results

The following tables show information by operating segments for the three months and years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025. The Company reports segment information in accordance with U.S. GAAP, pursuant to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Accounting Standard Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting, based on the "management" approach. The management approach designates the internal reporting used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") for making decisions and assessing performance of the Company's reportable operating segments. The measure of segment profit or loss disclosed by the Company in the Consolidated Financial Statements under the "management" approach in reviewing the results of the Company's operating segments is segment adjusted gross margin. Additionally, the following tables include the additional measures of segment profit or loss used by the CODM which is segment adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, which excludes amounts related to investment income, taxes, amortization, restructuring charges, stock compensation expenses and long-lived asset impairment charge. For the three months and year ended February 28, 2026, the Company presented segment adjusted EBITDA results excluding amortization in segment research and development, segment sales and marketing and segment general and administrative to align to the operating expense presentation on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For purposes of comparability, the Company's segment adjusted EBITDA for the three months and year ended February 28, 2025 has been updated to conform to the current year's presentation.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures with the Nearest Comparable U.S. GAAP Measures

In the Company's internal reports, management evaluates the performance of the Company's business on a non-GAAP basis by excluding the impact of certain items from the Company's U.S. GAAP financial results. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios provide management, as well as readers of the Company's financial statements, with a consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods and are useful in helping management and readers understand the Company's operating results and underlying operational trends.

Readers are cautioned that adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted Corporate operating costs, adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expense, adjusted general and administrative expense, adjusted amortization expense, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, segment adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA margin percentage and free cash flow and similar measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Reconciliation of non-GAAP based measures with most directly comparable U.S. GAAP based measures for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025

A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP gross margin and gross margin percentage for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to both adjusted gross margin and adjusted gross margin percentage are reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expenses for the three months ended February 28, 2026, and February 28, 2025 to adjusted operating expenses is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Corporate operating costs for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted net income and adjusted basic earnings per share is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S GAAP operating income (loss) to adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 are reflected in the table below.

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⁽¹⁾ Adjusted operating income margin % is calculated by dividing adjusted operating income by revenue.

⁽²⁾ Adjusted EBITDA margin % is calculated by dividing adjusted EBITDA by revenue.

The CODM also uses the segment metric of segment adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure including segment expenses that exclude amounts related to investment income, taxes, amortization, stock compensation expenses, long-lived asset impairment and restructuring charges. The following table reconciles the U.S. GAAP measures of segment profit or loss disclosed by the Company in the Consolidated Financial Statements of segment adjusted gross margin to segment adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025.

Reconciliation of non-GAAP based measures with most directly comparable U.S. GAAP based measures for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025.

A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP gross margin and gross margin percentage for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to both adjusted gross margin and adjusted gross margin percentage are reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expenses for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted operating expenses is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Corporate operating costs for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted net income and adjusted basic earnings per share is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S GAAP research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to adjusted research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense is reflected in the table below:

Reconciliation of U.S GAAP operating income to adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 are reflected in the table below.

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⁽¹⁾ Adjusted operating income margin % is calculated by dividing adjusted operating income by revenue.

⁽²⁾ Adjusted EBITDA margin % is calculated by dividing adjusted EBITDA by revenue.

The CODM also uses the segment metric of segment adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure including segment expenses that exclude amounts related to investment income, taxes, amortization, stock compensation expenses, long-lived asset impairment and restructuring charges. The following table reconciles the U.S. GAAP measures of segment profit or loss disclosed by the Company in the Consolidated Financial Statements of segment adjusted gross margin to segment adjusted EBITDA for the years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025.

Free cash flow

The Company uses free cash flow when assessing its sources of liquidity, capital resources, and quality of earnings. The Company believes that free cash flow is helpful in understanding the Company's capital requirements and provides an additional means to reflect the cash flow trends in the Company's business.

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net cash provided by operating activities for the three months and years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 to free cash flow is reflected in the table below:

Key Metrics

The Company regularly monitors a number of financial and operating metrics, including the following key metrics, in order to measure the Company's current performance and estimated future performance. Readers are cautioned that Secure Communications annual recurring revenue ("ARR"), Secure Communications dollar-based net retention rate ("DBNRR") and QNX royalty backlog do not have any standardized meaning and are unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Comparative breakdowns of certain key metrics for the three months ended or as at February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 are set forth below:

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