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$79.16 +0.90 (+1.15%)
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WK vs. BL, SPT, HUBS, PD, RBRK, TWLO, DOCU, OKTA, BSY, and NBIS

Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include BlackLine (BL), Sprout Social (SPT), HubSpot (HUBS), PagerDuty (PD), Rubrik (RBRK), Twilio (TWLO), Docusign (DOCU), Okta (OKTA), Bentley Systems (BSY), and Nebius Group (NBIS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Workiva vs. Its Competitors

Workiva (NYSE:WK) and BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) 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 earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Workiva has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackLine has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackLine has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Workiva. Workiva 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
Workiva$806.98M5.49-$55.04M-$1.20-65.97
BlackLine$674.33M5.02$165.81M$1.2942.38

Workiva presently has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.33%. BlackLine has a consensus price target of $60.58, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Workiva is more favorable than BlackLine.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Workiva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BlackLine
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.15

92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Workiva shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of BlackLine shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BlackLine has a net margin of 13.05% compared to Workiva's net margin of -8.25%. BlackLine's return on equity of 15.95% beat Workiva's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Workiva-8.25% N/A -4.45%
BlackLine 13.05%15.95%3.70%

In the previous week, Workiva had 2 more articles in the media than BlackLine. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Workiva and 16 mentions for BlackLine. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat BlackLine's score of 0.80 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Workiva
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlackLine
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

BlackLine beats Workiva on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WK vs. The Competition

MetricWorkivaINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.43B$20.35B$31.58B$21.38B
Dividend YieldN/A3.49%3.16%3.49%
P/E Ratio-65.9780.16448.8829.83
Price / Sales5.49115.391,702.3969.98
Price / CashN/A85.3334.5918.13
Price / Book-105.558.827.464.58
Net Income-$55.04M$355.93M$809.03M$998.53M
7 Day Performance2.42%2.09%2.63%1.07%
1 Month Performance5.86%7.07%5.83%4.41%
1 Year Performance4.53%72.88%24,342.75%14.45%

Workiva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WK
Workiva
4.0345 of 5 stars
$79.16
+1.2%
$100.00
+26.3%
+4.9%$4.43B$806.98M-65.972,828Positive News
BL
BlackLine
4.492 of 5 stars
$54.43
+1.5%
$61.08
+12.2%
+8.7%$3.32B$653.34M42.191,830Positive News
SPT
Sprout Social
2.8588 of 5 stars
$15.50
+2.3%
$27.36
+76.5%
-49.5%$891.05M$405.91M-16.321,140News Coverage
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7796 of 5 stars
$499.07
+2.4%
$722.93
+44.9%
+3.5%$25.69B$2.63B-2,169.878,246Positive News
PD
PagerDuty
3.7947 of 5 stars
$17.18
+4.3%
$18.70
+8.9%
-10.3%$1.54B$467.50M-107.351,242Short Interest ↓
RBRK
Rubrik
3.5625 of 5 stars
$95.65
+5.2%
$100.38
+4.9%
+148.1%$17.59B$886.54M-33.803,200Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TWLO
Twilio
4.4395 of 5 stars
$109.02
+0.3%
$129.78
+19.0%
+75.7%$16.67B$4.46B908.585,535Positive News
Short Interest ↑
DOCU
Docusign
4.6395 of 5 stars
$81.73
+2.3%
$94.14
+15.2%
+44.0%$16.14B$2.98B61.456,838Positive News
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OKTA
Okta
4.9081 of 5 stars
$92.68
+1.3%
$118.25
+27.6%
+22.8%$16.02B$2.61B109.045,914Positive News
BSY
Bentley Systems
4.4128 of 5 stars
$54.28
+0.9%
$56.60
+4.3%
+6.2%$15.71B$1.35B68.715,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NBIS
Nebius Group
1.0321 of 5 stars
$64.06
-2.2%
$70.80
+10.5%
N/A$15.43B$117.50M-112.391,371Trending News
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This page (NYSE:WK) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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