NASDAQ:BLBlackline Stock Price, Forecast & News

Blackline's stock was trading at $61.66 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BL stock has increased by 22.2% and is now trading at $75.37. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blackline in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Blackline.

Blackline is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Blackline.

Blackline Inc (NASDAQ:BL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The technology company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.05. The technology company earned $82.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $79.54 million. Blackline had a negative net margin of 11.87% and a negative return on equity of 2.61%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.02 earnings per share. View Blackline's earnings history.

Blackline updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.08-$0.13 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $80-$82 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $82.41 million.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Blackline's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $78.00. On average, they anticipate Blackline's stock price to reach $62.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.5%. View analysts' price targets for Blackline.

News coverage about BL stock has trended extremely positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Blackline earned a news sentiment score of 4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutBlackline.

Blackline saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,460,000 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the April 15th total of 4,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 604,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.4 days. Currently, 9.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Blackline's Current Options Chain.

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(BL) raised $120 million in an IPO on Friday, October 28th 2016. The company issued 8,600,000 shares at $13.00-$15.00 per share. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Pacific Crest Securities (a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets), Raymond James, William Blair and Baird were co-managers.

Blackline trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BL."

Blackline's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.50%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.34%), Fred Alger Management LLC (2.98%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.75%), Invesco Ltd. (1.78%) and State Street Corp (1.62%). Company insiders that own Blackline stock include Chris Murphy, Graham Smith, Kevin B Thompson, Marc Huffman, Mario Spanicciati, Mark Partin, Morgan Karole Prager, Patrick Villanova, Peter Hirsch, Therese Tucker and Thomas Unterman. View institutional ownership trends for Blackline.

BL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Champlain Investment Partners LLC, AXA, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Cipher Capital LP, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold Blackline company stock in the last year include Graham Smith, Kevin B Thompson, Marc Huffman, Mario Spanicciati, Mark Partin, Morgan Karole Prager, Patrick Villanova, Peter Hirsch, and Thomas Unterman. View insider buying and selling activity for Blackline.

BL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, Castleark Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, and Bessemer Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Blackline.

Shares of BL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.37.

Blackline has a market capitalization of $4.25 billion and generates $288.98 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-30,700,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.25) on an earnings per share basis. Blackline employs 1,055 workers across the globe.

The official website for Blackline is www.blackline.com.

Blackline's mailing address is 21300 Victory Boulevard 12th Floor, Woodland Hills CA, 91367. The technology company can be reached via phone at 818-223-9008 or via email at [email protected]