Shares of BlackBerry (BB) were ticking higher in Wednesday's premarket. The move comes as the company announced it's expanding its free online learning platform for QNX software. Think of it as BlackBerry trying to teach the world to code on its systems, hoping those students will then build the next generation of cars, robots, and medical devices.
The QNX division says the platform has seen strong global engagement. The goal is pretty straightforward: remove the barriers for developers who want to learn QNX and get them building prototypes faster. It's a play for the long game in the automotive and industrial sectors where BlackBerry wants a bigger slice of the pie.
"QNX's Online Learning platform was built to remove barriers and speed up skills development," said Grant Courville, SVP of Products and Strategy at QNX. "It also allows users who need to evaluate QNX OS for potential use in a commercial application or create an early prototype to ramp-up quickly."
He added, "By investing in open, high‑quality training and pairing it with QNX Everywhere, we are helping both new and experienced developers become productive faster while also addressing the growing global shortage of skilled embedded software engineers." The company plans to keep adding more advanced modules to the catalog over the next year.
Teaming Up With AMD
This education push isn't happening in a vacuum. Just a day before this announcement, BlackBerry's QNX division said it's expanding support for AMD Ryzen Embedded processors. Now developers can use the QNX Software Development Platform 8.0 to build systems with these AMD chips.
It's a broadening of the companies' collaboration, and it gives manufacturers another option when they're putting together the brains for cars, factory equipment, robots, and medical imaging devices. More options for builders usually means more potential customers for the software.
What's The Stock Doing?
While BlackBerry is trying to teach developers, the market is giving the stock a bit of a mixed report card. The broader tech sector eked out a tiny gain recently, but BlackBerry's performance has been its own story.
Right now, the stock is trading at $3.44. That's basically flat against its 20-day simple moving average of $3.44, but it's sitting about 5.2% below its 100-day average of $4.01. Over the past year, shares are down about 21%, and they're hanging out closer to their 52-week lows than their highs.
The technical indicators are telling two different stories. The RSI (Relative Strength Index) is at 45.97, which is smack in the middle of neutral territory—not showing strong momentum in either direction. But the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is reading -0.0473 with a signal line at -0.0705. Since the MACD is above its signal line, that's traditionally interpreted as a bullish signal.
So, neutral RSI, bullish MACD. Mixed momentum, in other words. Traders might be watching key resistance at $4.00 and key support at $3.00.
The Upcoming Earnings Test
BlackBerry is scheduled to report its next set of financial results on April 1, 2026. Here's what the analysts are expecting:
- EPS Estimate: 4 cents (up from 3 cents previously)
- Revenue Estimate: $144.55 million (up from $141.70 million)
- Valuation: The stock sports a P/E ratio of 86.3x, which suggests the market is pricing in a premium, likely based on future growth expectations from these software and security businesses rather than current profits.
The overall analyst consensus on the stock is a Hold. The average price target among analysts is $4.88. Recent moves by the pros include:
- Canaccord Genuity: Hold rating, maintaining a $4.60 target (Dec. 19, 2025)
- RBC Capital: Sector Perform rating, maintaining a $4.50 target (Dec. 19, 2025)
- TD Cowen: Hold rating with a $5.00 target (Oct. 3, 2025)
In Wednesday's premarket action, BlackBerry shares were up 0.29% at $3.46.
