BLIN vs. GEG, HOLO, JG, WFCF, NVNI, AUID, SOGP, MAQC, DRTT, and GMM
Should you be buying Bridgeline Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgeline Digital include Great Elm Group (GEG), MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO), Aurora Mobile (JG), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), Nvni Group (NVNI), authID (AUID), LIZHI (SOGP), Maquia Capital Acquisition (MAQC), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), and Global Mofy AI (GMM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Bridgeline Digital vs. Its Competitors
Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG) and Bridgeline Digital (NASDAQ:BLIN) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
52.8% of Great Elm Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Bridgeline Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 51.8% of Great Elm Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Bridgeline Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Elm Group has a net margin of 79.01% compared to Bridgeline Digital's net margin of -16.81%. Great Elm Group's return on equity of -0.20% beat Bridgeline Digital's return on equity.
Great Elm Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgeline Digital has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Great Elm Group had 4 more articles in the media than Bridgeline Digital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Great Elm Group and 0 mentions for Bridgeline Digital. Great Elm Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Bridgeline Digital's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Elm Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bridgeline Digital has a consensus price target of $4.62, suggesting a potential upside of 243.49%. Given Bridgeline Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgeline Digital is more favorable than Great Elm Group.
Great Elm Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgeline Digital. Bridgeline Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Elm Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Great Elm Group beats Bridgeline Digital on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLIN) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff