BlackLine (BL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, BL or DUOL?

BlackLine has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BL or DUOL?

BlackLine received 347 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote while only 48.62% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackLine	Outperform Votes 400 62.60%	Underperform Votes 239 37.40%
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 53 48.62%	Underperform Votes 56 51.38%

Which has higher earnings and 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	$590M	6.61	$58.17M	$0.98	63.64
Duolingo	$689.46M	22.11	$16.07M	$1.83	189.36

Do analysts rate BL or DUOL?

BlackLine currently has a consensus price target of $64.10, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. Duolingo has a consensus price target of $331.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.38%. Given BlackLine's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BlackLine is more favorable than Duolingo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackLine	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to BL or DUOL?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 2 more articles in the media than BlackLine. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Duolingo and 16 mentions for BlackLine. Duolingo's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat BlackLine's score of 0.83 indicating that Duolingo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackLine	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Duolingo	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

Duolingo beats BlackLine on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.