BLACKLINE, INC. BL
BLACKLINE, INC. (BL) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $700.4M at a 3.5% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
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How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.187 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.014 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.015 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.239 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL | BLACKLINE, INC. | 6/9 | 1.53 | 67.8 | +7.2% |
| NAVN | Navan, Inc. | 5/9 | 1.7 | — | +30.8% |
| NTSK | Netskope Inc | 5/9 | -4.34 | — | +31.7% |
| APPN | APPIAN CORP | 6/9 | -2.3 | 1308.1 | +17.8% |
| DSGX | DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC | 5/9 | 8.69 | 49.4 | +12% |
| CWAN | Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | 2/9 | 2.68 | — | +61.9% |
| QLYS | QUALYS, INC. | 7/9 | 3.11 | 21.9 | +10.1% |
About BLACKLINE, INC.
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.
FAQ
Is BL financially healthy?
BLACKLINE, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does BL pay a dividend?
No, BLACKLINE, INC. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is BL?
In FY2025, BLACKLINE, INC. had a net margin of 3.5% and a return on equity of 7.4%.
What is BL's P/E ratio?
BLACKLINE, INC.'s trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is about 67.8×, based on its latest annual earnings.
What is the analyst price target for BL?
The average Wall-Street price target for BLACKLINE, INC. is $42.58, about 49.8% above the recent price, from 12 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is BL a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on BLACKLINE, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 67.8×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.