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

As Application Software businesses, Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and Upland Software Inc. (NASDAQ:UPLD), are affected by contrast. This especially applies to their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

Table 1 demonstrates Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Upland Software Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 represents Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and Upland Software Inc. (NASDAQ:UPLD)’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.

Volatility and Risk

Bridgeline Digital Inc. is 65.00% more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500 because the stock has a beta of 1.65. Competitively, Upland Software Inc.’s 37.00% volatility makes it less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500, because of the 0.63 beta.

Liquidity

The Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Bridgeline Digital Inc. are 1.7 and 1.7. Competitively, Upland Software Inc. has 0.6 and 0.6 for Current and Quick Ratio. Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Upland Software Inc.

Analyst Ratings

In next table is delivered Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Upland Software Inc.’s ratings and recommendations.

Competitively the consensus price target of Upland Software Inc. is $47.25, which is potential 1.44% upside.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

Roughly 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors while 74.5% of Upland Software Inc. are owned by institutional investors. About 7.48% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s share are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% are Upland Software Inc.’s share owned by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

For the past year Bridgeline Digital Inc. has -0.52% weaker performance while Upland Software Inc. has 26.38% stronger performance.

Summary

Upland Software Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc. on 10 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.

Upland Software, Inc. provides cloud-based enterprise work management software in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers a family of software applications under the Upland brand in the areas of information technology, process excellence and operations, finance, professional services, and marketing. Its software applications address enterprise work challenges in various categories, including program and portfolio management, professional services automation, IT financial management, enterprise secure document capture and fax, workflow automation and enterprise content management, supply chain visibility and collaboration, and digital engagement management. The company sells its products through a direct sales organization, as well as through an indirect sales organization that sells to distributors and value-added resellers. It serves customers in various industries, including financial services, retail, technology, manufacturing, education, consumer goods, media and telecommunications, government, food and beverage, healthcare and life sciences, chemicals, and travel and hospitality. The company was formerly known as Silverback Enterprise Group, Inc. and changed its name to Upland Software, Inc. in November 2013. Upland Software, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Upland Software, Inc. is a subsidiary of Silverback Enterprise Group Inc.