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BlackLine

NSQ:BL · US09239B1098
SoftwareMedium

360

49
EV / EBIT75
Price / Owner Earnings23
Owner Earnings Yield42
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales61
EV / Gross Profit75
Price/Book49
Return on Capital35
Cash Return on Capital45
Return on Equity42
EBIT Margin36
Gross Profitability56
Cash Conversion85
Accruals87
Owner Earnings Margin42
Sales growth42
Profit Growth52
Long-Term EPS Growth53
Owner Earnings Growth12
Reinvestment39
Price momentum19
Debt load21
Refinancing22
Debt Payback33
Liquidity54
Analyst ratings13
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside60
Market mood49
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

BlackLine clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustrySoftware
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2001
Employees1,838
ISINUS09239B1098
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Machine LearningData IntegrationCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureE-learningCloud ManagementProcess AutomationInvoice Management SoftwareEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftwareTask Management

Description

BlackLine, Inc. and its subsidiaries (BlackLine) offer a future-ready platform that drives digital finance transformation by empowering organizations with accurate, efficient, and intelligent financial operations. The company’s secure, flexible, and…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

BlackLine, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 38.2×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 15% a year, against analyst forecasts of 15%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
35
2023202420252026

All-time high

70

Jan 2024

All-time low

15

Jan 2025

Average rank

40

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
61
48
41
30
Price/Earnings
73
63
56
30
Price/Book
49
54
26
28
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
59
49
28
21

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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