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$55.51
+0.14 (+0.25%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

BL vs. AYX, DCT, NCNO, SWI, QTWO, DUOL, OKTA, PAYC, CYBR, and DAY

Should you be buying BlackLine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackLine include Alteryx (AYX), Duck Creek Technologies (DCT), nCino (NCNO), SolarWinds (SWI), Q2 (QTWO), Duolingo (DUOL), Okta (OKTA), Paycom Software (PAYC), CyberArk Software (CYBR), and Dayforce (DAY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

BlackLine vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackLine$624.41M5.53$58.17M$0.9061.68
Alteryx$970M3.60-$179M-$2.60-18.56

BlackLine has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alteryx has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackLine has a net margin of 19.46% compared to Alteryx's net margin of -18.46%. BlackLine's return on equity of 33.96% beat Alteryx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackLine19.46% 33.96% 4.54%
Alteryx -18.46%-118.87%-7.21%

Alteryx received 111 more outperform votes than BlackLine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.78% of users gave Alteryx an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackLineOutperform Votes
398
62.78%
Underperform Votes
236
37.22%
AlteryxOutperform Votes
509
68.78%
Underperform Votes
231
31.22%

In the previous week, BlackLine had 9 more articles in the media than Alteryx. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BlackLine and 0 mentions for Alteryx. BlackLine's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Alteryx's score of 0.40 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackLine Positive
Alteryx Neutral

95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Alteryx shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of BlackLine shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Alteryx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BlackLine presently has a consensus price target of $61.20, suggesting a potential upside of 10.25%. Alteryx has a consensus price target of $47.54, suggesting a potential downside of 1.50%. Given BlackLine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlackLine is more favorable than Alteryx.

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
Alteryx
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

BlackLine beats Alteryx on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BL vs. The Competition

MetricBlackLinePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.44B$23.47B$23.94B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%2.74%4.13%
P/E Ratio61.6860.90260.7315.90
Price / Sales5.538.313,709.0397.45
Price / Cash39.3783.1232.0734.15
Price / Book13.0310.186.985.07
Net Income$58.17M$442.81M$670.43M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-1.87%1.05%-0.31%0.54%
1 Month Performance1.67%0.79%0.66%3.75%
1 Year Performance9.10%21.77%20.32%29.48%

BlackLine Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BL
BlackLine
4.275 of 5 stars
$55.51
+0.3%
$61.20
+10.3%
+15.5%$3.45B$624.41M61.681,750Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AYX
Alteryx
0.656 of 5 stars
$48.26
+0.0%
$47.54
-1.5%
+55.4%$3.49B$970M-18.562,300High Trading Volume
DCT
Duck Creek Technologies
N/A$18.99
flat
N/AN/A$2.60B$302.92M-172.642,039
NCNO
nCino
2.7568 of 5 stars
$37.30
-2.8%
$38.82
+4.1%
+34.7%$4.31B$506.13M-138.141,653
SWI
SolarWinds
3.5612 of 5 stars
$13.10
+5.5%
$13.80
+5.3%
+39.7%$2.22B$774.29M100.772,103Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
QTWO
Q2
1.7113 of 5 stars
$84.66
-1.1%
$73.64
-13.0%
+185.5%$5.10B$624.62M-72.982,315Upcoming Earnings
DUOL
Duolingo
3.3623 of 5 stars
$292.97
-2.3%
$277.22
-5.4%
+97.6%$12.76B$634.49M209.27600Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
OKTA
Okta
4.8353 of 5 stars
$71.89
-0.7%
$98.96
+37.7%
+6.5%$12.09B$2.45B-85.585,908
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.4609 of 5 stars
$209.03
+21.4%
$184.08
-11.9%
+39.8%$12.00B$1.69B25.187,308Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CYBR
CyberArk Software
3.0823 of 5 stars
$276.52
-2.3%
$307.92
+11.4%
+70.8%$11.68B$860.60M-864.132,140Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DAY
Dayforce
2.1012 of 5 stars
$70.95
+1.2%
$69.75
-1.7%
N/A$11.22B$1.63B236.519,084Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BL) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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