Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and Pluralsight Inc. (NASDAQ:PS), are influenced by compare since they are both players in the Application Software. These factors are particularly influence the profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation of the two firms.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 9 | 0.22 | N/A | -105.70 | 0.00 |
| Pluralsight Inc. | 30 | 17.02 | N/A | -3.73 | 0.00 |
Table 1 shows the top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation for Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Pluralsight Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 demonstrates the return on assets, net margins and return on equity of Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Pluralsight Inc.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0.00% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
| Pluralsight Inc. | 0.00% | -180.4% | -41% |
Liquidity
Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor Pluralsight Inc. are 3.8 and 3.8 respectively. Pluralsight Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
The next table highlights the delivered recommendations and ratings for Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Pluralsight Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pluralsight Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
On the other hand, Pluralsight Inc.’s potential upside is 12.98% and its average price target is $35.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
The shares of both Bridgeline Digital Inc. and Pluralsight Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 6.5% and 67.6% respectively. Insiders held roughly 12.3% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s shares. Competitively, Pluralsight Inc. has 0.8% of it’s share held 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) | |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -17.25% | -42.42% | -53.82% | -71.95% | -93.14% | -52.64% |
| Pluralsight Inc. | 3.14% | 1.5% | 4.87% | 56.15% | 0% | 40.76% |
For the past year Bridgeline Digital Inc. has -52.64% weaker performance while Pluralsight Inc. has 40.76% stronger performance.
Summary
On 8 of the 8 factors Pluralsight 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.
Pluralsight, Inc. operates a cloud-based technology learning platform worldwide. Its learning platform offers a range of tools, including skill assessment tool, which uses machine learning and advanced algorithms to measure a user’s skills, benchmark that user against others in the industry, and recommend opportunities for growth; and Course Library that include 6,700 on-demand and online courses across a range of technology subject areas, such as cloud, mobile, security, IT, and data. The company’s learning platform also provides Learning Paths that are curated to take users through a set of courses designed to help them master a particular subject area based on either an assessment or a user’s goals; and business analytics tools, which enable business customers to evaluate the technology skills of their teams, align learning to key business objectives, determine the usage of platform, examine trends in skill development, and quantify the impact of platform on their business. It serves individuals and business customers. Pluralsight, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Farmington, Utah.
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