Comparison of Bridgeline Digital Inc. (BLIN) and SilverSun Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SSNT)

Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN) and SilverSun Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SSNT), both competing one another are Application Software companies. We will compare their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgeline Digital Inc.	11.97M	0.14	12.06M	-2.11	0.00
SilverSun Technologies Inc.	41.00M	0.29	N/A	0.02	204.54

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

Profitability

Table 2 demonstrates the return on equity, return on assets and net margins of Bridgeline Digital Inc. and SilverSun Technologies Inc.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgeline Digital Inc.	-100.75%	-200.3%	-98.7%
SilverSun Technologies Inc.	0.00%	7%	2.7%

Volatility and Risk

A 1.65 beta indicates that Bridgeline Digital Inc. is 65.00% more volatile compared to S&P 500. Competitively, SilverSun Technologies Inc.’s beta is 0.81 which is 19.00% less volatile than S&P 500.

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 SilverSun Technologies Inc. are 0.8 and 0.8 respectively. Bridgeline Digital Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to SilverSun Technologies Inc.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Bridgeline Digital Inc. and SilverSun Technologies Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 18.2% and 13.4%. Insiders held roughly 7.48% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s shares. Insiders Comparatively, held 0.4% of SilverSun Technologies Inc. shares.

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.	0%	-12.62%	-34.34%	-74.19%	-87.51%	-0.52%
SilverSun Technologies Inc.	11.68%	71.96%	23.78%	9.31%	-2.67%	71.58%

For the past year Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend while SilverSun Technologies Inc. had bullish trend.

Summary

SilverSun Technologies Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc. on 9 of the 10 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.

SilverSun Technologies, Inc. operates as a business application, technology, and consulting company. The company resells enterprise resource planning financial accounting solution that provides various functions related to accounting, including financial reporting, accounts payable and accounts receivable, and inventory management; and offers training, technical support, and professional services. It also publishes and markets MAPADOC, an electronic data interchange software through a network of resellers. In addition, the company resells warehouse management system software, which controls the movement and storage of materials within an operation, and processes the related transactions. Further, it provides customer relationship management and business intelligence solutions. Additionally, the company offers managed network services and business consulting services, such as remote network monitoring, server implementation, support and assistance, operation and maintenance of large central systems, technical design of network infrastructure, technical troubleshooting for large scale problems, and network and server security services, as well as backup, archiving, and storage of data from servers. It serves small and medium-sized businesses that sell services and products to various end users, manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors in the United States. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey.