BlackLine, Inc. BL R2KAI
BlackLine, Inc. provides cloud-based solutions to automate and streamline accounting and finance operations in the United States and internationally. It offers financial close and consolidation solutions, such as account reconciliations that provides a centralized workspace for users to collaborate on account reconciliations; transaction matching, which analyzes and reconciles individual transactions; task management to create and manage processes and task lists; and financial reporting analytics that enables analysis and validation of financial data. The company also provides journal entry, which allows users to generate, review, and post manual journal entries; variance analysis that offers anomalous fluctuations in balance sheet and income statement account balances; compliance, an integrated solution that facilitates compliance-related initiatives, consolidates project management, and provides visibility over control self-assessments and testing; and smart close for SAP solution. In addition, it offers credit and risk, collection, dispute and deduction, and team and task management, as well as AR intelligence, electronic invoicing and payment, and cash application solutions. Further, the company provides intercompany create functionality that stores permissions and business logic exceptions by entity, service, and transaction type; intercompany balance and resolve, which records an organization's intercompany transactions; and netting and settlement that enables open intercompany transactions, which integrate with treasury systems. Additionally, it offers implementation, optimization, live and web-based training, and support services. The company sells its solutions primarily through direct sales force to multinational corporations, large domestic enterprises, and mid-market companies across various industries. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California.
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PROS
- Compounding revenue at 10.2% over 5 years.
- Profit CAGR of 61.1% over 5 years.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- Trading at a high P/E of 70.0.
- Trading 50.0% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
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Fundamental Growth
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Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BL BlackLine, Inc. R2KAI | 29.40 | 70.00 | $1.72B | - | 5.49% | 6.54% | 10.23% | 61.14% |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI | 211.14 | 32.38 | $5.11T | 0.47% | 81.14% | 114.29% | 100.05% | 201.80% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX | 312.06 | 37.73 | $4.58T | 0.35% | 68.72% | 141.47% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI | 450.24 | 26.82 | $3.34T | 0.81% | 26.37% | 34.01% | 12.42% | 11.87% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI | 418.45 | 35.86 | $2.17T | 0.91% | 32.04% | 36.21% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 971.00 | 45.87 | $1.10T | 0.06% | 14.20% | 39.82% | 6.71% | -0.57% |
| 7 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 516.10 | 172.61 | $841.55B | - | 6.33% | 8.06% | 13.64% | 48.64% |
| 8 | ORCL Oracle Corporation SPXAI | 225.78 | 40.46 | $649.35B | 0.89% | 13.07% | 57.57% | 10.59% | 22.81% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI | 1,612.76 | 53.76 | $621.59B | 0.54% | 43.81% | 52.24% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | 38.18M | 41.98M | 45.42M | 50.02M | 51.28M | 55.45M | 58.73M | 62.32M | 64.13M | 69.66M | 74.92M | 80.26M | 82.60M | 83.27M | 90.16M | 95.71M | 98.86M | 102.12M | 109.40M | 115.33M | 120.24M | 128.48M | 134.27M | 138.98M | 144.57M | 150.71M | 157.46M | 160.51M | - | - | 166.93M | 172.03M | 178.29M | 183.18M | 183.16M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.92M | 42.62M | 44.39M | 45.45M | 44.01M |
| Gross Profit | 18.13M | 19.62M | 21.96M | 24.66M | 26.67M | 28.97M | 31.62M | 34.55M | 39.07M | 39.68M | 43.59M | 45.22M | 48.43M | 50.51M | 54.72M | 59.63M | 65.14M | 66.53M | 66.53M | 73.17M | 76.53M | 76.97M | 78.55M | 84.97M | 87.35M | 89.56M | 95.55M | 101.84M | 103.71M | 107.46M | 113.91M | 118.36M | 120.16M | - | - | 126.01M | 129.40M | 133.90M | 137.73M | 139.15M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117.13M | 120.81M | 124.03M | 124.89M | 131.22M |
| Operating Income | - | -9.80M | -8.26M | -7.17M | - | -7.05M | -6.84M | -12.30M | - | -7.56M | -8.83M | -5.02M | - | -9.32M | -5.98M | -7.86M | - | -7.34M | -3.33M | -2.04M | - | -18.70M | -9.67M | 5.95M | - | -25.36M | -12.69M | -21.42M | -15.31M | 17.92M | -1.07M | 1.75M | 2.21M | - | - | 8.87M | 8.59M | 9.88M | 12.84M | 7.93M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.96M | 27.57M | 27.46M | 25.91M | 24.46M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.52M | 2.53M | 2.54M | 2.55M | 2.49M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.95M | 13.57M | 13.26M | 11.45M | 9.80M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.67M | 6.18M | 4.65M | 5.47M | 5.91M |
| Net Income | -7.21M | -9.34M | -7.54M | -6.62M | -15.66M | -7.68M | -9.13M | -12.07M | -4.17M | -7.25M | -8.55M | -4.77M | -8.14M | -8.78M | -5.36M | -9.21M | -9.19M | -12.84M | -8.33M | -8.75M | -16.98M | -38.96M | -25.45M | -13.74M | -37.01M | -10.01M | -10.66M | -20.02M | -12.01M | 30.85M | 11.92M | 10.83M | 76.69M | - | - | 6.05M | 8.29M | 5.29M | 4.89M | 8.13M |
| Diluted EPS | - | -0.23 | -0.19 | -0.16 | -0.33 | -0.15 | -0.18 | -0.23 | -0.08 | -0.14 | -0.16 | -0.09 | -0.15 | -0.16 | -0.10 | -0.17 | -0.16 | -0.23 | -0.15 | -0.15 | -0.30 | -0.67 | -0.44 | -0.23 | -0.63 | -0.17 | -0.18 | -0.34 | -0.20 | 0.45 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.22 | - | - | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| R&D Expense | - | 5.27M | 5.19M | 5.09M | - | 5.95M | 6.01M | 5.88M | - | 6.93M | 7.81M | 7.26M | - | 10.31M | 10.83M | 11.56M | - | 11.75M | 11.85M | 14.83M | - | 18.97M | 18.80M | 18.84M | - | 25.25M | 27.90M | 27.72M | 27.11M | 26.80M | 26.72M | 25.02M | 25.72M | 25.65M | - | 25.73M | 27.96M | 27.33M | - | 30.56M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | 128.03M | 175.60M | 227.79M | 288.98M | 351.74M | 425.71M | 522.94M | 590.00M | 653.34M | 700.43M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 129.38M | 146.79M | 161.97M | 173.38M |
| Gross Profit | 35.08M | 60.88M | 97.82M | 134.22M | 176.91M | 230.00M | 282.76M | 327.83M | 393.55M | 443.20M | 491.37M | 527.04M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 445.91M | 417.89M | 471.12M | 486.86M |
| Operating Income | -18.18M | -34.81M | -23.18M | -30.41M | -29.84M | -27.90M | -19.89M | -38.61M | -52.36M | 25.31M | 20.26M | 40.18M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.25M | 116.51M | 183.80M | 104.91M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.85M | 5.90M | 8.76M | 10.15M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -47.41M | 60.51M | 124.70M | 48.23M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -13.52M | 1.45M | -43.07M | 20.97M |
| Net Income | -16.75M | -24.73M | -26.34M | -33.41M | -28.71M | -32.53M | -46.91M | -115.16M | -29.39M | 52.83M | 161.17M | 24.52M |
| Diluted EPS | - | -0.61 | -0.62 | -0.64 | -0.53 | -0.59 | -0.83 | -1.97 | -0.49 | 0.81 | 1.45 | 0.39 |
| R&D Expense | 9.71M | 18.22M | 21.12M | 23.87M | 30.75M | 43.01M | 56.46M | 77.32M | 108.89M | 103.21M | 100.97M | 109.20M |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 10.23% |
| 1 Year: | 9.70% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | 61.14% |
| 1 Year: | 37.70% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -47.43% |
| 6 Months: | -49.10% |
| 3 Months: | -16.60% |
| 1 Month: | -5.65% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 286.75M | 420.44M | 460.81M | 493.48M | 1.01B | 1.11B | - | 1.94B | 2.10B | 1.83B | 1.76B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.25B | 1.41B | 1.09B | 1.03B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 14.86M | 25.71M | 15.21M | 22.12M | 31.10M | 46.18M | 120.23M | 367.41M | - | 200.97M | 271.12M | 885.91M | 390.03M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150.86M | 171.61M | 178.14M | 218.10M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 120.58M | 129.03M | 143.51M | 169.83M | 611.03M | 678.91M | - | 1.81B | 1.81B | 1.34B | 1.39B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 74.42M | 108.46M | 134.32M | 159.00M | 207.00M | 242.33M | - | 367.82M | 642.57M | 422.24M | 695.38M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.38B | 1.14B | 892.67M | 666.05M |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.40B | 1.41B | 916.60M | 920.41M |
| Total Equity | 193.85M | 183.95M | 171.01M | 308.04M | 315.91M | 319.27M | 398.61M | 422.07M | - | 111.87M | 260.88M | 446.67M | 332.33M |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60.02M | 61.52M | 62.81M | 59.88M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | - | - | -4.81M | 6.42M | 16.14M | 29.72M | 54.73M | - | 56.01M | 126.61M | 190.84M | 169.57M |
| Investing Cash Flow | - | - | -119.67M | -7.03M | -15.98M | -408.45M | 173.59M | - | -395.62M | -62.48M | 924.44M | -425.29M |
| Financing Cash Flow | - | - | 131.40M | 9.59M | 14.52M | 452.51M | 18.86M | - | 1.44M | 6.15M | -500.14M | -240.11M |
| Capital Expenditure | -1.43M | -10.09M | -1.72M | -4.00M | -6.28M | -4.63M | -6.51M | - | -30.18M | -27.60M | -26.84M | -34.67M |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | -6.53M | 2.42M | 9.86M | 25.09M | 48.22M | - | 25.83M | 99.02M | 164.00M | 134.90M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -338.17M | 70.28M | 615.13M | -495.83M |
| Share Buybacks | 225.00K | 29.00K | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 235.54M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | 76.4% | 76.4% | 77.7% | 79.6% | 80.4% | 77.0% | 75.3% | 75.1% | 75.2% | 75.2% |
| Operating Margin % | - | - | -18.1% | -17.3% | -13.1% | -9.7% | -5.7% | -9.1% | -10.0% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5.7% |
| Net Margin % | - | - | -20.6% | -19.0% | -12.6% | -11.3% | -13.3% | -27.1% | -5.6% | 9.0% | 24.7% | 3.5% |
| ROE % | -9.1% | -14.5% | -8.5% | -10.6% | -9.0% | -8.2% | -11.1% | - | -26.3% | 20.3% | 36.1% | 7.4% |
| ROCE % | - | -16.4% | -7.4% | -9.3% | -8.9% | -3.5% | -2.3% | - | -3.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 13.09% | 7.68M | $225.82M |
| 2 | Clearlake Capital Group, LP | 9.74% | 5.71M | $167.94M |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 6.93% | 4.06M | $119.45M |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 5.46% | 3.20M | $94.18M |
| 5 | Fivespan Partners, LP | 5.14% | 3.01M | $88.61M |
| 6 | First Manhattan Co. LLC | 4.56% | 2.68M | $78.70M |
| 7 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.00% | 2.35M | $69.07M |
| 8 | ICONIQ Capital, LLC | 3.56% | 2.09M | $61.36M |
| 9 | State Street Corporation | 3.48% | 2.04M | $59.99M |
| 10 | Neuberger Berman Group, LLC | 3.45% | 2.02M | $59.52M |
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