This is therefore a comparing of the risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation in FireEye Inc. (NASDAQ:FEYE) and Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN). The two are both Application Software companies that compete with one another.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FireEye Inc. | 830.95M | 4.01 | 243.12M | -1.45 | 0.00 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 11.97M | 0.28 | 12.06M | -1.63 | 0.00 |
Table 1 showcases the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation of FireEye Inc. and Bridgeline Digital 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 | |
| FireEye Inc. | -29.26% | -42.4% | -10.7% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -100.75% | -72.8% | -43% |
Volatility & Risk
FireEye Inc. has a beta of 0.23 and its 77.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s 0.91 beta is the reason why it is 9.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500.
Liquidity
FireEye Inc. has a Current Ratio of 2 and a Quick Ratio of 2. Competitively, Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1 and has 1 Quick Ratio. FireEye Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Analyst Ratings
The next table highlights the delivered recommendations and ratings for FireEye Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FireEye Inc. | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.17 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
FireEye Inc.’s consensus price target is $19.8, while its potential upside is 14.92%.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Roughly 76.7% of FireEye Inc. shares are held by institutional investors while 3% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% are FireEye Inc.’s share held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.02% are Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s share held 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) | |
| FireEye Inc. | -1.3% | -0.6% | 27.91% | 15.09% | 43.01% | 39.08% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -11.37% | -21.47% | -70.17% | -74.36% | -86.57% | -87.22% |
For the past year FireEye Inc. has 39.08% stronger performance while Bridgeline Digital Inc. has -87.22% weaker performance.
Summary
FireEye Inc. beats on 10 of the 11 factors Bridgeline Digital Inc.
FireEye, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions that allow organizations to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and remediate cyber-attacks. The company provides vector-specific appliance and cloud-based solutions detect and block known and unknown cyber-attacks. It offers threat detection and prevention solutions, including network security products; email security solutions; endpoint security solutions; and content security products; and security management and orchestration products, such as Central Management System, FireEye Security Orchestrator, Threat Analytics Platform; Malware Analysis series of appliances; and Enterprise Forensics series of appliances. It also offers Security-as-a-Service solutions comprising cloud-based Email Threat Prevention solution; FireEye Helix platform; and FireEye-as-a-Service managed service; threat intelligence subscriptions, such as Dynamic Threat Intelligence Cloud, Advanced Threat Intelligence, and FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence; and customer support and maintenance services. In addition, the company provides professional services, including incident response, compromise assessments, and related security consulting services; cyber threat intelligence services; and training services. It serves telecommunications providers, financial services entities, Internet search engines, social networking sites, stock exchanges, electrical grid operators, networking vendors, oil and gas companies, healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, and local and international governmental agencies. FireEye, Inc. provides its products and services through distributors, resellers, and strategic partners in the United States, the Asia Pacific, Japan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and other regions. The company was formerly known as NetForts, Inc. and changed its name to FireEye, Inc. in September 2005. FireEye, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
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.