BlackLine, Inc. (BL)Technology | Software - Application | Woodland Hills, United States | NasdaqGS
30.09 USD
+0.96
(3.296%)
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(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:45 a.m. EDT
BlackLine presents a classic 'value trap' scenario where the math looks attractive but the story remains broken. The stock trades at a massive 69x trailing earnings, a valuation that demands immediate perfection, yet the company is still grappling with the aftermath of activist pressure and disappointing earnings. While the forward P/E drops to a more reasonable 10x, implying analysts expect a massive earnings explosion, the reality is a sluggish 9.7% revenue growth and a paltry 3.7% profit margin. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt nearly matching cash reserves. The recent price action shows a tentative bounce off the lows, but the 200-day moving average remains a heavy ceiling, and the statistical forecast models a slight downside drift over the next month. This disconnect between the cheap forward multiple and the weak execution creates a high-risk environment. The options market agrees with the uncertainty, with traders buying insurance on both sides rather than committing capital to a specific direction. Until the company demonstrates sustained operational improvement and clears the activist hurdle without further dilution, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a multiple expansion. This is a hold for patient investors, not a buy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.154543 |
| MSTL | 0.160310 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.161517 |
| AutoETS | 0.161518 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 1.21 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.907 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.31 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 203.638 |
| Revenue per Share | 11.829 |
| Market Cap | 1,765,106,944 |
| Trailing P/E | 71.64 |
| Forward P/E | 10.75 |
| Beta | 0.66 |
| Profit Margins | 3.71% |
| Website | https://www.blackline.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:45 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile rebound rather than a steady grind higher. The front-month expiration shows heavy out-of-the-money call open interest at strikes significantly above the current price (32.5 and 40), suggesting bets on a sharp spike. Conversely, deep out-of-the-money put open interest exists at lower strikes (20 and 22.5), indicating a hedge against a crash. This 'straddle' style positioning implies traders expect elevated volatility and a binary move, rather than a linear trend. The lack of significant volume in deep ITM calls suggests the market is not pricing in a guaranteed recovery to par, but rather a speculative gamble on a catalyst.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4445265 |
| Address1 | 21,300 Victory Boulevard |
| Address2 | 12th Floor |
| All Time High | 154.61 |
| All Time Low | 21.66 |
| Ask | 37.69 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.5 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 996,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,290,449 |
| Average Volume | 1,290,449 |
| Average Volume10Days | 996,100 |
| Beta | 0.655 |
| Bid | 21.6 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 5.171 |
| City | Woodland Hills |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 30.09 |
| Current Ratio | 1.704 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 30.5799 |
| Day Low | 29.41 |
| Debt To Equity | 203.638 |
| Display Name | BlackLine |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.377 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.342 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,873,600 |
| Ebitda | 59,686,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08328 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 32.821 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.733 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,958,928,000 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.47536 |
| Eps Forward | 2.79973 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.42 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 28.7924 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.2975998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.04506744 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -44.45265 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 59.57 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -29.48 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.49487996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 24.7 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.3899994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.2182186 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 24.7 - 59.57 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,477,661,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 44,860,936 |
| Forward Eps | 2.79973 |
| Forward P E | 10.747465 |
| Free Cashflow | 132,622,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,850 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.75376 |
| Gross Profits | 540,185,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0936 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.13777 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 58,660,917 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | BlackLine, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,765,106,944 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_46422711 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 26,589,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,765,106,992 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 29.73 |
| Operating Cashflow | 169,120,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.04329 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.53 |
| Phone | 818 223 9008 |
| Pre Market Change | -2.5914993 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -8.6124935 |
| Pre Market Price | 27.4985 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,032,543 |
| Previous Close | 29.13 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 12.155808 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 5.8189907 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.4629936 |
| Profit Margins | 0.037100002 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.629 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.53846 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.960001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.29558 |
| Regular Market Day High | 30.5799 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 29.41 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 29.41 - 30.5799 |
| Regular Market Open | 29.73 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 29.13 |
| Regular Market Price | 30.09 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,277,581 |
| Return On Assets | 0.015149999 |
| Return On Equity | 0.0654 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.097 |
| Revenue Per Share | 11.829 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 58,660,917 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1236 |
| Shares Short | 7,250,435 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,685,690 |
| Short Name | BlackLine, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1848 |
| Short Ratio | 5.56 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | BL |
| Target High Price | 70.0 |
| Target Low Price | 26.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 43.0 |
| Target Median Price | 40.0 |
| Total Cash | 525,071,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 8.951 |
| Total Debt | 687,321,024 |
| Total Revenue | 716,651,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.42 |
| Trailing P E | 71.64286 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 42.5237 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -12.433701 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.2923946 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,277,581 |
| Website | https://www.blackline.com |
| Zip | 91,367 |