Both Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and Commvault Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) are each other’s competitor in the Application Software industry. Thus the compare of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 11.97M | 0.24 | 12.06M | -2.11 | 0.00 |
| Commvault Systems Inc. | 714.44M | 3.99 | 4.06M | -0.06 | 0.00 |
Table 1 demonstrates Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Commvault Systems Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 has Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Commvault Systems Inc.’s net margins, return on assets and return on equity.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -100.75% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
| Commvault Systems Inc. | 0.57% | 1% | 0.5% |
Volatility & Risk
Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s current beta is 1.65 and it happens to be 65.00% more volatile than S&P 500. Commvault Systems Inc.’s 23.00% more volatile than S&P 500 volatility due to the company’s 1.23 beta.
Liquidity
The current Quick Ratio of Bridgeline Digital Inc. is 1.7 while its Current Ratio is 1.7. Meanwhile, Commvault Systems Inc. has a Current Ratio of 2 while its Quick Ratio is 2. Commvault Systems Inc. is better positioned to pay off its short-term and long-term debts than Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
The table given features the ratings and recommendations for Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Commvault Systems Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Commvault Systems Inc. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Institutional investors held 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares and 92.5% of Commvault Systems Inc. shares. Insiders held roughly 7.48% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s shares. Competitively, insiders own roughly 8.1% of Commvault Systems Inc.’s shares.
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) | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0% | -12.62% | -34.34% | -74.19% | -87.51% | -0.52% |
| Commvault Systems Inc. | -0.67% | 0.68% | 13.05% | -4.08% | 28.17% | 12.57% |
For the past year Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend while Commvault Systems Inc. had bullish trend.
Summary
Commvault Systems Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc. on 11 of the 11 factors.
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.
Commvault Systems, Inc. provides data and information management software applications and related services in the United States and internationally. The companyÂ’s software suite contains solutions that are built on a single unified code base and platform to protect, manage, and access data and information. It offers data protection, backup, and recovery software solutions that allow for the backup of databases, files, applications, endpoints, and virtual machines with according to data type and recovery profile; and help to optimize storage with deduplication, recover data, and leverage reports to improve backup and recovery processes. The company also provides cloud and infrastructure management software solutions that provide a way to manage storage hardware and virtual infrastructure; and retention and compliance software solutions that provide content based retention, enterprise search and e-discovery, email archiving, data loss prevention, and secure file sharing services. In addition, it offers customer support, consulting, assessment and design, installation, and training services, as well as implementation and post-deployment, and education services. The company sells its software and services directly to large enterprises, small and medium sized businesses, and government agencies, as well as indirectly through a network of value-added reseller partners, systems integrators, corporate resellers, and original equipment manufacturers. It licenses its software applications to customers in industries, such as banking, insurance and financial, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical, technology, legal, manufacturing, utilities, and energy. The company has strategic relationships with Atos, Cisco, Citrix, Fujitsu, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and VMware. Commvault Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.
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