This is a contrast between Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) based on their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation. The two companies are Application Software and they also compete with each other.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 10.46M | 0.16 | 23.90M | -2.11 | 0.00 |
| Adobe Inc. | 9.55B | 14.20 | 2.68B | 5.58 | 46.26 |
Table 1 showcases the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation of Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Adobe Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 provides us Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Adobe Inc.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -228.49% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
| Adobe Inc. | 28.06% | 29.1% | 16.1% |
Risk & Volatility
Bridgeline Digital Inc. has a 1.65 beta, while its volatility is 65.00%, thus making it more volatile than S&P 500. Competitively, Adobe Inc.’s beta is 1.1 which is 10.00% more volatile than S&P 500.
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of Bridgeline Digital Inc. are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. Its competitor Adobe Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.1 and its Quick Ratio is 1.1. Bridgeline Digital Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than Adobe Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
Ratings and Recommendations for Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Adobe Inc. can be find in next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adobe Inc. | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2.67 |
Meanwhile, Adobe Inc.’s average target price is $292.47, while its potential upside is 5.18%.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Roughly 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares are held by institutional investors while 89.1% of Adobe Inc. are owned by institutional investors. About 7.48% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Insiders Comparatively, held 0.1% of Adobe Inc. 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% |
| Adobe Inc. | -0.18% | 4.17% | 3.59% | -3.8% | 25.3% | 14.11% |
For the past year Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend while Adobe Inc. had bullish trend.
Summary
On 11 of the 12 factors Adobe Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc.
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.
Adobe Systems Incorporated operates as a diversified software company worldwide. Its Digital Media segment provides tools and solutions that enable individuals, small and medium businesses, and enterprises to create, publish, promote, and monetize their digital content. This segmentÂ’s flagship product is Creative Cloud, a subscription service that allows customers to download and install the latest versions of its creative products. This segment serves traditional content creators, Web application developers, and digital media professionals, as well as their management in marketing departments and agencies, companies, and publishers. The companyÂ’s Digital Marketing segment offers solutions for how digital advertising and marketing are created, managed, executed, measured, and optimized. This segment provides analytics, social marketing, targeting, advertising and media optimization, digital experience management, cross-channel campaign management, and audience management solutions, as well as video delivery and monetization to digital marketers, advertisers, publishers, merchandisers, Web analysts, chief marketing officers, chief information officers, and chief revenue officers. Its Print and Publishing segment offers products and services, such as eLearning solutions, technical document publishing, Web application development, and high-end printing, as well as publishing needs of technical and business, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) printing businesses. The company markets and licenses its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force, as well as to end-users through app stores and through its Website at adobe.com. It also distributes products and services through a network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, independent software vendors, retailers, and OEMs. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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