BlackLine (BL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

BlackLine, Inc. (NASDAQ: BL) provides cloud-based software designed to automate and manage critical financial and accounting processes. Its platform helps organizations replace manual, spreadsheet-driven workflows with centralized tools for financial close management, reconciliation, transaction matching, and accounting operations.

The company’s offerings include solutions for account reconciliation, journal entry management, intercompany accounting, compliance, and financial reporting. BlackLine also provides accounts receivable automation capabilities, including invoice-to-cash processes, credit and collections management, cash application, and dispute resolution. These products are intended to improve visibility, standardize workflows, and support more efficient and controlled finance operations.

BlackLine was founded in 2001 by Therese Tucker and serves businesses internationally across a range of industries and organizational sizes. The company is headquartered in the United States and has expanded its operations and customer reach across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other global markets. Owen Ryan serves as BlackLine’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.99 to $31.25
• 50-Day Range: $26.37 to $33.72
• 52-Week Range: $24.70 to $59.57
• Volume: 1.74 million shs
• Average Volume: 884,160 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.82 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.73
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $39.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

BlackLine Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BlackLine scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 180th out of 588 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

BlackLine has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

BlackLine has a consensus price target of $39.50, representing about 26.5% upside from its current price of $31.23.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BlackLine has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.20%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BlackLine are expected to grow by 20.20% in the coming year, from $0.99 to $1.19 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BlackLine is 32.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BlackLine is 32.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 60.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BlackLine has a PEG Ratio of 1.97. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

BlackLine has a P/B Ratio of 5.59. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.44% of the float of BlackLine has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BlackLine has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.77.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BlackLine has recently decreased by 4.29%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

BlackLine does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

BlackLine does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

BlackLine has a news sentiment score of 0.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for BL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added BlackLine to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BlackLine insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,263,447.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.10% of the stock of BlackLine is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.13% of the stock of BlackLine is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 10/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BL
• CIK: 1666134
• Web: www.blackline.com
• Phone: (818) 223-9008
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,850
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for BlackLine: $39.50
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $23.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +26.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 31.55
• P/E Growth: 1.97
• Net Income: $24.17 million
• Net Margins: 4.75%
• Pretax Margin: 6.46%
• Return on Equity: 20.89%
• Return on Assets: 4.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.12
• Current Ratio: 1.72
• Quick Ratio: 1.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $700.43 million
• Price / Sales: 2.59
• Cash Flow: $2.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.65
• Book Value: $5.59 per share
• Price / Book: 5.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 58,120,000
• Free Float: 52,836,000
• Market Cap: $1.82 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.74