Since Arco Platform Limited (NASDAQ:ARCE) and Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) are part of the Application Software industry, they are influenced by contrast. The influences particularly affect the institutional ownership, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and valuation of both companies.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Arco Platform Limited | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | 0.01 | 1836.92 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 11.97M | 0.28 | 12.06M | -2.11 | 0.00 |
Table 1 showcases the top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of Arco Platform Limited and Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 has Arco Platform Limited and Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Arco Platform Limited | 0.00% | 0% | 0% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -100.75% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of Arco Platform Limited are 15.9 and 15.6 respectively. Its competitor Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.7 and its Quick Ratio is 1.7. Arco Platform Limited can pay off short and long-term obligations better than Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Institutional investors owned 98.9% of Arco Platform Limited shares and 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares. Insiders owned 0.44% of Arco Platform Limited shares. Comparatively, Bridgeline Digital Inc. has 7.48% of it’s share owned 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) | |
| Arco Platform Limited | -9.82% | -5.54% | 2.27% | 0% | 0% | 7.96% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0% | -12.62% | -34.34% | -74.19% | -87.51% | -0.52% |
For the past year Arco Platform Limited had bullish trend while Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend.
Summary
On 8 of the 10 factors Arco Platform Limited beats Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Arco Platform Limited, a technology company in the education sector, provides a pedagogical system with technology-enabled features to deliver educational content to private schools in Brazil. The company’s curriculum solutions provide educational content from basic to secondary education K-12 curriculum in printed and digital formats delivered through its platform. As of March 31, 2018, it had a network consisted of 1,140 partner schools and 405,814 enrolled students. The company’s activities also comprise editing, publishing, advertising, and sale of educational content for private schools. It serves students, teachers, administrators, and parents. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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.