Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) Stock Analysis
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.56: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.50; Below-average business quality.
Backblaze, Inc., a cloud storage platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.56: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 33d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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2 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -15.0%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.56: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $14.53. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $16.26 (+4.1% upside). Prior stop was $14.53. Stop-loss: $14.53.
Target reached (-23.7% upside); Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -24.4%), High leverage (D/E 48.8).
Backblaze, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 101.3). TrendMatrix value score: 4.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover BLZE with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $14.
What does Backblaze, Inc. do?Backblaze, Inc., a cloud storage platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect...
Backblaze, Inc., a cloud storage platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware. It also provides B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. In addition, the company offers cloud storage solutions for a range of cases, such as public, hybrid, and multi-cloud data storage; application development and DevOps; content delivery and edge computing; security and ransomware protection; media management; backup, archive, and tape replacement; and Internet of Things. Further, it provides computer backup that automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals, which offers a subscription-based software-as-a-service and serves use cases, including MAC and PC backup; ransomware protection; theft and loss recovery; data archiving; organization and managed service provider level management; and remote access. The company serves individuals, developers, MSPS, small and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises across industries, including media, AI innovators, creative agencies, academic institutions, government agencies, research institutes, and gaming companies. Backblaze, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.