This is therefore a contrasting of the risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation in Zendesk Inc. (NYSE:ZEN) and Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN). The two are both Application Software companies that compete with one another.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Zendesk Inc. | 598.75M | 14.34 | 131.08M | -1.24 | 0.00 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 11.97M | 0.33 | 12.06M | -2.11 | 0.00 |
Demonstrates Zendesk Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc. earnings per share, top-line revenue and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 provides Zendesk Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s net margins, return on assets and return on equity.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Zendesk Inc. | -21.89% | -32.2% | -11.1% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -100.75% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
Risk & Volatility
Zendesk Inc. has a 1.66 beta, while its volatility is 66.00%, thus making it more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. Bridgeline Digital Inc. has a 1.65 beta and it is 65.00% more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500.
Liquidity
The current Quick Ratio of Zendesk Inc. is 1.7 while its Current Ratio is 1.7. Meanwhile, Bridgeline Digital Inc. has a Current Ratio of 1.7 while its Quick Ratio is 1.7. is better positioned to pay off its short-term and long-term debts than .
Analyst Recommendations
Zendesk Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc. Ratings and Recommendations are available in the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Zendesk Inc. | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.83 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Zendesk Inc.’s downside potential is -1.02% at a $78.4 average target price.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Institutional investors held 98.4% of Zendesk Inc. shares and 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares. About 1.8% of Zendesk Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Competitively, Bridgeline Digital Inc. has 7.48% of it’s share held by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Zendesk Inc. | -2.59% | 14.04% | 34.07% | 11.24% | 80.44% | 31.93% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0% | -12.62% | -34.34% | -74.19% | -87.51% | -0.52% |
For the past year Zendesk Inc. had bullish trend while Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend.
Summary
Zendesk Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc. on 9 of the 10 factors.
Zendesk, Inc., a software development company, provides software-as-a-service products for organizations. Its flagship product includes Zendesk Support, a system for tracking, prioritizing, and solving customer support tickets across various channels. The company also offers Zendesk Chat, a live chat software to connect with customers on Websites, in applications, and on mobile devices; Zendesk Talk, a cloud-based call center software; Zendesk Help Center, a self-service destination with articles, interactive forums, and community; Zendesk Message, a customer messaging software; Zendesk Explore that makes customer data accessible across an organization; and Zendesk Connect, a customer intelligence software. It operates in approximately 150 countries and territories. Zendesk, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Bridgeline Digital, Inc. operates as a digital engagement company in the United States. The companyÂ’s iAPPS platform enables companies and developers to create Websites, Web applications, and online stores. It offers iAPPS Experience Manager, a marketing automation engine and content management system; iAPPS Content Manager that enables non-technical users to create, edit, and publish content via a browser-based interface; and iAPPS Commerce, an online B2B and B2C e-commerce solution, which allows users to manage domestic and international commerce initiatives. The company also provides iAPPS Marketier, an online marketing management solution that helps marketers drive to their sites through personalized and targeted marketing automation flows; and iAPPS Analyzer to manage, measure, and optimize Web properties by recording detailed events and mining data for statistical analysis. In addition, it offers iAPPS Social, a social media management solution that empowers customers to set up customized watch lists; and iAPPSds, a Web content management and e-commerce platform to multi-unit organizations and franchises. Further, the company provides digital strategy, Web design and development, usability engineering, information architecture, and search engine optimization services; co-location, application monitoring, emergency response, version control, load balancing, managed firewall security, and virus protection services; and shared, dedicated, and Software as a Service hosting services. It serves vertical markets, such as financial services, franchises/multi-unit organizations, retail brand names, health services and life sciences, technology, credit unions and regional banks, and associations and foundations through its direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Bridgeline Software, Inc. and changed its name to Bridgeline Digital, Inc. in March 2010. Bridgeline Digital, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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