We will be contrasting the differences between Pivotal Software Inc. (NYSE:PVTL) and Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) as far as risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation are concerned. The two businesses are rivals in the Application Software industry.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pivotal Software Inc. | 657.49M | 8.59 | 141.90M | -0.72 | 0.00 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 11.97M | 0.28 | 12.06M | -2.11 | 0.00 |
Table 1 shows top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of the two companies.
Profitability
Table 2 hightlights the return on equity, net margins and return on assets of the two companies.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pivotal Software Inc. | -21.58% | 0% | 0% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -100.75% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
Liquidity
2.7 and 2.7 are the respective Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Pivotal Software Inc. Its rival Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s Current and Quick Ratios are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. Pivotal Software Inc. has a better chance of clearing its pay short and long-term debts than Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
Pivotal Software Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc. Ratings and Recommendations are available on the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pivotal Software Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
$24 is Pivotal Software Inc.’s consensus target price while its potential upside is 11.52%.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Institutional investors owned 73.7% of Pivotal Software Inc. shares and 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares. Insiders owned 1.1% of Pivotal Software Inc. shares. Comparatively, 7.48% are Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s share owned by insiders.
Performance
In this table we show 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) | |
| Pivotal Software Inc. | 6.26% | 20.17% | 24% | -19.02% | 0% | 35.9% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0% | -12.62% | -34.34% | -74.19% | -87.51% | -0.52% |
For the past year Pivotal Software Inc. had bullish trend while Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend.
Summary
On 10 of the 11 factors Pivotal Software Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Pivotal Software, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides an integrated solution that combines a cloud-native application platform and services in the United States. Its cloud-native platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), accelerates and streamlines software development by reducing the complexity of building, deploying, and operating modern applications. The company also enables its customers to accelerate their adoption of a modern software development process and their business success using its platform through its strategic services, Pivotal Labs (Labs). Pivotal Software, Inc. markets and sells PCF and Labs through its sales force and ecosystem partners. The company was founded in 2013 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.
