BL vs. SVFCX, FROG, AI, TDC, ASAN, NCNO, INTA, ALKT, QTWO, and BOX
Should you be buying BlackLine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackLine include Smead Value C (SVFCX), JFrog (FROG), C3.ai (AI), Teradata (TDC), Asana (ASAN), nCino (NCNO), Intapp (INTA), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Q2 (QTWO), and BOX (BOX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) and Smead Value C (NASDAQ:SVFCX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
BlackLine has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smead Value C has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BlackLine had 13 more articles in the media than Smead Value C. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BlackLine and 0 mentions for Smead Value C. BlackLine's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Smead Value C's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackLine received 392 more outperform votes than Smead Value C when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Smead Value C an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote.
95.1% of BlackLine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Smead Value C shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of BlackLine shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Smead Value C shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackLine currently has a consensus target price of $64.56, indicating a potential upside of 32.50%. Given BlackLine's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BlackLine is more favorable than Smead Value C.
BlackLine has a net margin of 2.30% compared to Smead Value C's net margin of 0.00%. BlackLine's return on equity of 9.07% beat Smead Value C's return on equity.
BlackLine has higher revenue and earnings than Smead Value C.
Summary
BlackLine beats Smead Value C on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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