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Bridgeline Digital, Inc. BLIN
Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (BLIN) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $15.4M at a -16.4% 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.
Beneish M-score: -2.75 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
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 · 4/9 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 · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.098 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -6.137 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.158 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.662 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLIN | Bridgeline Digital, Inc. | 4/9 | -19.97 | — | +0.2% |
| AISP | Airship AI Holdings, Inc. | 4/9 | -6.29 | 2.7 | -33.5% |
| GEG | Great Elm Group, Inc. | 2/9 | — | 5.9 | -8.5% |
| INLX | INTELLINETICS, INC. | 4/9 | -3.04 | — | -8% |
| AWRE | AWARE INC /MA/ | 2/9 | -1.69 | — | -0.6% |
| SMSI | SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC. | 3/9 | — | — | -15.5% |
| AIXI | Xiao-I Corp | 1/9 | — | — | -82.5% |
About Bridgeline Digital, Inc.
Bridgeline Digital, Inc. operates as a marketing technology company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers HawkSearch, a site search, recommendation, and personalization application for marketers, and developers; Celebros Search, a commerce-oriented site search product that provides natural language processing with artificial intelligence; and Woorank, a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) audit tool that generates an instant performance audit of the site's technical, on-page, and off-page SEO. It also provides Unbound, a digital platform that comprises of web content management, eCommerce, digital marketing, and web analytics; TruPresence, a web content management and eCommerce platform for multi-unit organizations and franchises; Unbound, a digital experience platform, which includes web content management, ecommerce, digital marketing, and web analytics; and OrchestraCMS, a digital experience platform that enables development of custom solutions, third-party integrations, and delivery of digital transformation initiatives on the Salesforce platform. In addition, the company offers digital engagement services comprising digital strategy, web design and web development, usability engineering, information architecture, and SEO, as well as hosting services. Bridgeline Digital, Inc. serves vertical markets, such as associations and foundations, credit unions and banks, eCommerce retailers, franchises and enterprises, health services and life sciences, industrial distributors and wholesalers, manufacturers, and technology sectors through its direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Bridgeline Software, Inc. Bridgeline Digital, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.
FAQ
Is BLIN financially healthy?
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does BLIN pay a dividend?
No, Bridgeline Digital, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is BLIN?
In FY2025, Bridgeline Digital, Inc. had a net margin of -16.4% and a return on equity of -26.3%.
Is BLIN a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Bridgeline Digital, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-09-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.