This is therefore a contrasting of the risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation in MongoDB Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) and Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN). The two are both Application Software companies that compete with one another.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| MongoDB Inc. | 267.02M | 31.08 | 99.01M | -2.31 | 0.00 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 11.97M | 0.28 | 12.06M | -2.11 | 0.00 |
Table 1 shows the top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation for MongoDB Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 represents MongoDB Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) and Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN)’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| MongoDB Inc. | -37.08% | -61.2% | -22% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | -100.75% | -200.3% | -98.7% |
Liquidity
MongoDB Inc.’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 3.4 and 3.4 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor Bridgeline Digital Inc. are 1.7 and 1.7 respectively. MongoDB 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 shown recommendations and ratings for MongoDB Inc. and Bridgeline Digital Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| MongoDB Inc. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.67 |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
MongoDB Inc. has a -14.68% downside potential and a consensus price target of $130.33.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Institutional investors held 99.6% of MongoDB Inc. shares and 18.2% of Bridgeline Digital Inc. shares. Insiders held roughly 1.2% of MongoDB Inc.’s shares. Competitively, insiders own roughly 7.48% of Bridgeline Digital Inc.’s shares.
Performance
In this table we provide 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) | |
| MongoDB Inc. | -10.33% | 4.77% | 15.22% | 34.57% | 193.78% | 15.56% |
| Bridgeline Digital Inc. | 0% | -12.62% | -34.34% | -74.19% | -87.51% | -0.52% |
For the past year MongoDB Inc. had bullish trend while Bridgeline Digital Inc. had bearish trend.
Summary
On 9 of the 11 factors MongoDB Inc. beats Bridgeline Digital Inc.
MongoDB, Inc. operates as a general purpose database platform worldwide. It offers MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a subscription package for enterprise customers to run in the cloud or in a hybrid environment; MongoDB Atlas, a cloud hosted database-as-a-service solution; Community Server, a free-to-download version of its database, which includes the functionality that developers need to get started with MongoDB; and MongoDB Stitch, a backend-as-a-service designed to simplify application development. The company also provides professional services, such as consulting and training. It serves financial services, government, healthcare, media and entertainment, retail, technology, and telecommunications industries. The company was formerly known as 10gen, Inc. and changed its name to MongoDB, Inc. in August 2013. MongoDB, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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.