BlackLine (BL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend BOX or BL?

BOX currently has a consensus target price of $30.89, indicating a potential upside of 13.27%. BlackLine has a consensus target price of $62.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. Given BlackLine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than BlackLine.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
BlackLine	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Is BOX or BL more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 12.43% compared to BOX's net margin of -1.50%. BOX's return on equity of 2.15% beat BlackLine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOX	12.43%	-9.46%	4.29%
BlackLine	-1.50%	2.15%	0.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOX or BL?

BOX received 401 more outperform votes than BlackLine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BOX	Outperform Votes 794 71.86%	Underperform Votes 311 28.14%
BlackLine	Outperform Votes 393 63.39%	Underperform Votes 227 36.61%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BOX or BL?

86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BOX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of BlackLine shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BOX or BL?

BOX has higher revenue and earnings than BlackLine. BlackLine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, 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
BOX	$1.04B	3.79	$129.03M	$0.67	40.70
BlackLine	$590M	6.28	$58.17M	-$0.10	-599.30

Does the media refer more to BOX or BL?

In the previous week, BlackLine had 11 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BlackLine and 2 mentions for BOX. BlackLine's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat BOX's score of 0.62 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BOX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackLine	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BOX or BL?

BOX has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackLine has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BOX beats BlackLine on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.