BlackLine, Inc. (BL)Technology | Software - Application | Woodland Hills, United States | NasdaqGS
32.98 USD
-0.74
(-2.195%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 32.85 -0.13 (-0.130%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:53 a.m. EDT
BlackLine presents a classic turnaround story with a massive disconnect between its current depressed valuation and its explosive growth potential. Fundamentally, the company is exceptional: revenue is growing nearly 10%, earnings doubled year-over-year, and the forward P/E of 11.5x implies the market is pricing in a permanent failure that doesn't exist. The balance sheet is manageable, and the business is generating strong free cash flow. However, the stock has suffered a brutal multi-year decline, dropping from highs near $110, which has crushed investor sentiment and left the price significantly below intrinsic value. The short-term outlook is volatile. While the price has recently stabilized after a drop, the options market is screaming uncertainty. Traders are buying deep out-of-the-money puts for the February 2027 expiration, betting on a continued grind lower, while simultaneously buying calls for the immediate future. This suggests the market is waiting for the August earnings release to resolve the thesis. If the company can prove it has escaped the secular headwinds that caused the collapse, the gap between the $32 price and the $70 analyst target offers substantial room for a re-rating. For now, the lack of a dividend and the lingering fear of further downside keep the short-term rating cautious, but the long-term fundamentals are undeniably strong. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.070772 |
| AutoTheta | 0.075819 |
| AutoETS | 0.082944 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.082949 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 0.34 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.598 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.17 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 202.88 |
| Revenue per Share | 12.273 |
| Market Cap | 1,916,971,392 |
| Trailing P/E | 59.96 |
| Forward P/E | 11.86 |
| Beta | 0.65 |
| Profit Margins | 4.75% |
| Website | https://www.blackline.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:53 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a clear directional bet. The near-term expiration shows heavy out-of-the-money call interest, suggesting a bullish bias for a quick pop, while the December and February expirations reveal massive put open interest at strikes well below current prices. This 'straddle' style positioning indicates traders expect a sharp move in either direction, likely driven by the upcoming earnings report, rather than a steady trend.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.3749768 |
| Address1 | 21,300 Victory Boulevard |
| Address2 | 12th Floor |
| All Time High | 154.61 |
| All Time Low | 21.66 |
| Ask | 42.72 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 913,280 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,138,211 |
| Average Volume | 1,138,211 |
| Average Volume10Days | 913,280 |
| Beta | 0.645 |
| Bid | 32.68 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 5.416 |
| 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 | 32.98 |
| Current Ratio | 1.721 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 34.6998 |
| Day Low | 32.62 |
| Debt To Equity | 202.88 |
| Display Name | BlackLine |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 1.016 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.988 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,736,000 |
| Ebitda | 64,471,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08802 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 32.639 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.873 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,104,244,352 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.48472 |
| Eps Forward | 2.78038 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.55 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 29.7002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.2798004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.11043025 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -37.49768 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 59.57 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -26.59 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.44636562 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 24.7 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 8.279999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3352226 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 24.7 - 59.57 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,477,661,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 43,956,073 |
| Forward Eps | 2.78038 |
| Forward P E | 11.861688 |
| Free Cashflow | 138,621,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,850 |
| Fullday Change | -0.740002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.19455 |
| Fullday Price | 32.85 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.75563 |
| Gross Profits | 553,459,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.094610006 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.07218 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 58,125,270 |
| 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 | 1,916,971,392 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_46422711 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 34,778,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,960,565,357 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 10 |
| Open | 33.72 |
| Operating Cashflow | 181,767,008 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06446 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.53 |
| Phone | 818 223 9008 |
| Post Market Change | -0.13000107 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.39418152 |
| Post Market Price | 32.85 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 33.72 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.273126 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.089365 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.6172116 |
| Profit Margins | 0.047480002 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.652 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.740002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.19455 |
| Regular Market Day High | 34.6998 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 32.62 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 32.62 - 34.6998 |
| Regular Market Open | 33.72 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 33.72 |
| Regular Market Price | 32.98 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,089,314 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01638 |
| Return On Equity | 0.070300005 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.092 |
| Revenue Per Share | 12.273 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 58,125,270 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.085 |
| Shares Short | 4,940,259 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,648,451 |
| Short Name | BlackLine, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1277 |
| Short Ratio | 4.37 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | BL |
| Target High Price | 70.0 |
| Target Low Price | 26.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 38.8 |
| Target Median Price | 35.5 |
| Total Cash | 527,760,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 9.08 |
| Total Debt | 690,739,968 |
| Total Revenue | 732,448,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.55 |
| Trailing P E | 59.963634 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 38.8203 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -5.8403015 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.15044452 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,089,314 |
| Website | https://www.blackline.com |
| Zip | 91,367 |