---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001070235-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BB"
cik: "0001070235"
company_name: "BLACKBERRY Ltd"
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T08:53:24.575506+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackBerry Q4 revenue $151M, non-GAAP EPS beat; announces up to $900M patent sale

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $151M: IoT $53M, Cybersecurity $88M, Licensing $10M. Non-GAAP EPS loss $0.02 (beat), GAAP EPS loss $0.85 due to $476M impairment.
- Full year revenue $656M; non-GAAP EPS loss $0.18, GAAP EPS loss $1.27.
- QNX royalty backlog record $640M; IoT revenue up 16% YoY.
- Patent sale with Malikie Innovations (KPI) for up to $900M; no financing conditions, funding secured from US investment firm.
- Cybersecurity ARR $298M, billings $107M; cash $487M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001070235-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BB
- cik: 0001070235
- company_name: BLACKBERRY Ltd
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023523000051/0001070235-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023523000051/bbry-20230330.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BLACKBERRY Ltd reported the quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2023 results: revenue $151 million, EPS Non-GAAP basic loss per share of $0.02 and GAAP basic loss per share of $0.85.
  - Period: the quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2023
  - Revenue: $151 million
  - EPS: Non-GAAP basic loss per share of $0.02 and GAAP basic loss per share of $0.85
  - Result: reported results
  source text: and Full Fiscal Year 2023 Results Beats quarterly non-GAAP EPS expectations and sets new record for QNX royalty backlog Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023: • Total company revenue of $151 million. • IoT revenue of $53 million. • Cybersecurity revenue of $88 million. • Licensing & Other revenue of $10 million. • Non-GAAP basic loss per share of $0.02 and GAAP basic loss
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023523000051/0001070235-23-000051-index.htm

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