Backblaze Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGM:BLZE Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
03 Mar 25	SellUS$33,218	Tina Cessna	Individual	5,076	US$6.61
28 Feb 25	SellUS$28,250	Marc Suidan	Individual	4,387	US$6.61
28 Feb 25	SellUS$40,968	Gleb Budman	Individual	6,362	US$6.61
26 Nov 24	SellUS$56,971	Tina Cessna	Individual	8,874	US$6.42
26 Nov 24	SellUS$66,261	Gleb Budman	Individual	10,321	US$6.42
23 Aug 24	SellUS$73,675	Gleb Budman	Individual	11,608	US$6.45
23 Aug 24	SellUS$63,374	Tina Cessna	Individual	9,985	US$6.45
23 Aug 24	SellUS$68,997	Francis Patchel	Individual	10,871	US$6.45
20 Aug 24	SellUS$85,851	Francis Patchel	Individual	13,107	US$6.55
16 Aug 24	SellUS$108,608	Barbara Nelson	Individual	16,000	US$6.79
30 May 24	SellUS$66,642	Francis Patchel	Individual	10,328	US$6.46
23 May 24	SellUS$48,153	Tina Cessna	Individual	7,188	US$6.75
23 May 24	SellUS$46,940	Francis Patchel	Individual	7,007	US$6.75

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: BLZE insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of BLZE?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	2,069,769	3.81%
Hedge Funds	2,783,158	5.13%
VC/PE Firms	3,594,030	6.62%
Institutions	21,211,084	39.1%
General Public	24,641,959	45.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 32.7%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 45.16% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
6.62%	TMT Investments PLC	3,594,030	US$16.2m	0%	no data
5.32%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,888,510	US$13.0m	0.73%	no data
5.13%	AWM Investment Company Inc	2,783,158	US$12.6m	2,660%	1.87%
3.99%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,165,801	US$9.8m	16.8%	no data
3.31%	Aigh Capital Management, LLC	1,800,000	US$8.1m	0%	3.82%
3.16%	Gleb Budman	1,715,194	US$7.7m	1.72%	no data
2.25%	Whetstone Capital Advisors, LLC	1,220,102	US$5.5m	-23.1%	2.45%
2.14%	First Eagle Investment Management, LLC	1,160,390	US$5.2m	4.48%	0.01%
1.61%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	875,829	US$4.0m	1.3%	no data
1.15%	Millennium Management LLC	622,813	US$2.8m	21.2%	no data
1.13%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	614,792	US$2.8m	1.4%	no data
1%	Renaissance Technologies LLC	545,513	US$2.5m	40.7%	no data
0.99%	Oberweis Asset Management, Inc.	538,700	US$2.4m	0%	0.1%
0.94%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	510,395	US$2.3m	50.2%	0.01%
0.9%	Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC	491,000	US$2.2m	0%	0.03%
0.71%	Marshall Wace LLP	387,789	US$1.8m	40.5%	no data
0.7%	Northern Trust Global Investments	380,538	US$1.7m	21.5%	no data
0.59%	P.A.W. Capital Partners, LP	320,000	US$1.4m	0%	3.59%
0.58%	Driehaus Capital Management LLC	315,636	US$1.4m	0%	0.01%
0.53%	Perkins Capital Management, Inc.	285,225	US$1.3m	167%	1.37%
0.51%	Citadel Advisors LLC	276,066	US$1.2m	-1.32%	no data
0.5%	Two Sigma Investments, LP	272,838	US$1.2m	11.1%	no data
0.5%	Raymond James Financial Inc., Asset Management Arm	268,793	US$1.2m	0%	no data
0.46%	JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments	251,523	US$1.1m	133%	no data
0.44%	Los Angeles Capital Management LLC	237,298	US$1.1m	60.6%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/04/25 01:09
End of Day Share Price	2025/04/25 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Backblaze, Inc. is covered by 10 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Zachary Cummins	B. Riley Securities, Inc.
Edward Stacey	Cavendish
Andrew Murray Darley	Cavendish