Bridgeline Digital Inc. (BLIN)’s Financial Results Comparing With American Software Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA)

Both Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and American Software Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA) are each other’s competitor in the Application Software industry. Thus the compare of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgeline Digital Inc.	11.97M	0.16	12.06M	-2.11	0.00
American Software Inc.	111.80M	3.69	6.20M	0.19	60.47

We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, gross revenue and valuation of Bridgeline Digital Inc. and American Software Inc.

Profitability

Table 2 shows the net margins, return on assets and return on equity of the two firms.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgeline Digital Inc.	-100.75%	-200.3%	-98.7%
American Software Inc.	5.55%	9.4%	6.7%

Volatility and Risk

Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s current beta is 1.65 and it happens to be 65.00% more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. From a competition point of view, American Software Inc. has a 0.62 beta which is 38.00% less volatile compared to Standard and Poor’s 500.

Liquidity

The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of Bridgeline Digital Inc. are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. Its competitor American Software Inc.’s Current Ratio is 2.8 and its Quick Ratio is 2.8. American Software Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than Bridgeline Digital Inc.

Dividends

Meanwhile, American Software Inc.’s annual dividend is $0.44 per share and it also boasts of a 3.3% dividend yield. Bridgeline Digital Inc. does not offer a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

The shares of both Bridgeline Digital Inc. and American Software Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 18.2% and 0% respectively. Insiders owned roughly 7.48% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s shares. Comparatively, American Software Inc. has 0.5% of it’s share owned 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)
Bridgeline Digital Inc.	0%	-12.62%	-34.34%	-74.19%	-87.51%	-0.52%
American Software Inc.	0.17%	5.52%	7.66%	-34.7%	-6.64%	11.67%

For the past year Bridgeline Digital Inc. has -0.52% weaker performance while American Software Inc. has 11.67% stronger performance.

Summary

American Software Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc. on 12 of the 12 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.