BL vs. CWAN, CVLT, BOX, FROG, SQSP, BLKB, VERX, WK, AI, and TDC
Should you be buying BlackLine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackLine include Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Commvault Systems (CVLT), BOX (BOX), JFrog (FROG), Squarespace (SQSP), Blackbaud (BLKB), Vertex (VERX), Workiva (WK), C3.ai (AI), and Teradata (TDC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) and BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackLine has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackLine received 365 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.70% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
BlackLine has a net margin of -1.50% compared to BlackLine's net margin of -5.80%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 2.15% beat BlackLine's return on equity.
Clearwater Analytics presently has a consensus price target of $21.77, indicating a potential upside of 29.45%. BlackLine has a consensus price target of $60.90, indicating a potential downside of 4.83%. Given BlackLine's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Clearwater Analytics is more favorable than BlackLine.
In the previous week, BlackLine had 5 more articles in the media than Clearwater Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BlackLine and 7 mentions for Clearwater Analytics. Clearwater Analytics' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat BlackLine's score of 0.54 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackLine has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Analytics. BlackLine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Analytics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of BlackLine shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BlackLine beats Clearwater Analytics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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