BlackLine (BL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

BlackLine, Inc. (NASDAQ: BL) provides cloud-based software designed to automate and modernize finance and accounting operations. Its platform helps organizations manage processes that traditionally rely on spreadsheets, manual data entry and disconnected systems, with an emphasis on improving efficiency, visibility and control.

The company’s products support financial close and consolidation, account reconciliations, transaction matching, intercompany accounting, accounts receivable automation, cash application, invoice-to-cash processes, lease accounting and accounting task management. BlackLine also provides tools that help businesses monitor workflows, maintain audit trails and strengthen compliance and financial controls.

BlackLine was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The company serves businesses in multiple industries and geographies through its cloud platform, with integrations designed to work alongside major enterprise resource planning systems. Owen Ryan has served as BlackLine’s chief executive officer since 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.26 to $30.41
• 50-Day Range: $27.44 to $33.72
• 52-Week Range: $24.70 to $59.57
• Volume: 753,292 shs
• Average Volume: 872,417 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.76 billion
• P/E Ratio: 53.14
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $40.08
• Consensus Rating: Hold

BlackLine Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BlackLine scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 200th out of 595 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: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

BlackLine has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

BlackLine has a consensus price target of $40.08, representing about 32.3% upside from its current price of $30.29.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BlackLine has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 25.51%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BlackLine are expected to grow by 25.51% in the coming year, from $0.98 to $1.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BlackLine is 53.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BlackLine is 53.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BlackLine has a PEG Ratio of 1.88. 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 5.42. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.05% 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 6.07.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BlackLine has recently increased by 18.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.04

News Sentiment

BlackLine has a news sentiment score of 1.04. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for BlackLine this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for BL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added BlackLine to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 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: 9/14/2026
• 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: $40.08
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $26.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +32.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 53.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.91
• P/E Growth: 1.88
• 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: 2.51
• Cash Flow: $2.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.85
• Book Value: $5.59 per share
• Price / Book: 5.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 58,120,000
• Free Float: 52,836,000
• Market Cap: $1.76 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.66