BlackLine (BL) Competitors

BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) and Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Do analysts recommend BL or DUOL?

BlackLine currently has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.38%. Duolingo has a consensus price target of $353.90, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given BlackLine's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BlackLine is more favorable than Duolingo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackLine	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Is BL or DUOL more profitable?

BlackLine has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Duolingo's net margin of 12.59%. BlackLine's return on equity of 31.02% beat Duolingo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackLine	19.83%	31.02%	4.92%
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BL or DUOL?

BlackLine received 344 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.40% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote while only 49.56% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackLine	Outperform Votes 400 62.40%	Underperform Votes 241 37.60%
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 56 49.56%	Underperform Votes 57 50.44%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BL or DUOL?

BlackLine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Duolingo. BlackLine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackLine	$639.61M	5.69	$58.17M	$0.98	59.40
Duolingo	$689.46M	19.94	$16.07M	$1.83	170.78

Which has more volatility & risk, BL or DUOL?

BlackLine has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BL or DUOL?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 7 more articles in the media than BlackLine. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Duolingo and 3 mentions for BlackLine. BlackLine's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Duolingo's score of 0.52 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackLine	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Duolingo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BL or DUOL?

95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of BlackLine shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Duolingo beats BlackLine on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.