nCino (NCNO) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to BL or NCNO?

In the previous week, BlackLine had 15 more articles in the media than nCino. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BlackLine and 3 mentions for nCino. nCino's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat BlackLine's score of 0.53 indicating that nCino is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackLine	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
nCino	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BL or NCNO?

BlackLine currently has a consensus price target of $64.10, indicating a potential upside of 2.23%. nCino has a consensus price target of $38.82, indicating a potential downside of 6.28%. Given BlackLine's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BlackLine is more favorable than nCino.

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
nCino	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is BL or NCNO more profitable?

BlackLine has a net margin of 19.83% compared to nCino's net margin of -5.78%. BlackLine's return on equity of 31.02% beat nCino's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackLine	19.83%	31.02%	4.92%
nCino	-5.78%	1.06%	0.82%

Which has more volatility and risk, BL or NCNO?

BlackLine has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nCino has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BL or NCNO?

95.1% of BlackLine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of nCino shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of BlackLine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of nCino shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BL or NCNO?

BlackLine has higher revenue and earnings than nCino. nCino is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackLine, 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	6.13	$58.17M	$0.98	63.98
nCino	$506.13M	9.46	-$42.35M	-$0.27	-153.41

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BL or NCNO?

BlackLine received 324 more outperform votes than nCino when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave nCino an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackLine	Outperform Votes 400 62.60%	Underperform Votes 239 37.40%
nCino	Outperform Votes 76 54.68%	Underperform Votes 63 45.32%

Summary

BlackLine beats nCino on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.