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Bridgeline Digital, Inc.

BLIN · NCM · Technology · Software - Infrastructure

Current price

$0.74

52-week range

$0.65 - $1.42

Market cap

$9.36M

One-glance verdict

Within fair range

$0.57 our estimate vs market $0.74

Balance sheet

Healthy

-17.34x Concerning

Net cash $479.00K. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.

What this company does

Bridgeline Digital, Inc.

Bridgeline Digital makes software that helps businesses improve their websites and online marketing. Their main money comes from selling these software tools and services, which provide ongoing income (this is called recurring revenue because customers pay repeatedly). This matters because a strong, consistent stream of money helps the company plan for the future and invest in new tools.

Price history

How the share price has moved

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Earnings history

Last 8 quarters — what happened

Click any quarter to read the call summary and what the numbers say.

Free cash flow by quarter (oldest to newest)
FY2024 Q4 $212.00K FY2025 Q1 $173.00K FY2025 Q2 $-374.00K FY2025 Q3 $-570.00K FY2025 Q4 $-351.00K FY2026 Q1 $-46.00K FY2026 Q2 $-57.00K FY2026 Q3 $139.00K
Revenue $3.92M
Net income $-468.00K
Diluted EPS -0.04
Operating cash flow $155.00K
Free cash flow $139.00K
Revenue $3.92M
Net income $-432.00K
Diluted EPS -0.04
Operating cash flow $-40.00K
Free cash flow $-57.00K
Revenue $3.91M
Net income $-86.00K
Diluted EPS -0.01
Operating cash flow $-39.00K
Free cash flow $-46.00K
Revenue $3.87M
Net income $-365.00K
Diluted EPS -0.02
Operating cash flow $-345.00K
Free cash flow $-351.00K
Revenue $3.85M
Net income $-789.00K
Diluted EPS -0.07
Operating cash flow $-565.00K
Free cash flow $-570.00K
Revenue $3.88M
Net income $-730.00K
Diluted EPS -0.10
Operating cash flow $-372.00K
Free cash flow $-374.00K
Revenue $3.79M
Net income $-634.00K
Diluted EPS -0.06
Operating cash flow $178.00K
Free cash flow $173.00K
Revenue $3.86M
Net income $-432.00K
Diluted EPS -0.04
Operating cash flow $217.00K
Free cash flow $212.00K

Is it cheap or expensive?

Fair value $0.57 vs current price $0.74

Our most-likely fair value is $0.57 a share — about 23.8% away from today's price of $0.74, so the stock currently looks fairly priced.

fair

We estimate the cash this business should generate over the next 10 years and beyond, then convert it to today's money for a fair value per share, in its trading currency. Cautious, middle and optimistic growth cases give a range. Not for banks/insurers.

Base

Growth 8.0% · Discount 8.2% · Terminal 3.0%

$0.57

Bear

Growth 3.0% · Discount 8.2% · Terminal 3.0%

$0.43

Bull

Growth 15.0% · Discount 8.2% · Terminal 3.0%

$0.82

Is it drowning in debt?

Healthy

Net cash $479,000 - more cash than debt. Interest coverage -17.3x.

Net debt $-479.00K
Interest coverage -17.34x

Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s profit covers its interest bill about 0.0 times over. which is weaker than most peers shown here and 4 peers sit below 1x, which is the danger zone where profit does not fully cover the interest bill.

Healthy
Worse cushion Baseline Better cushion
BLIN BASELINE Bridgeline Digital, Inc.

Total debt $986.00K Interest coverage -17.34x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.

-17.34x
UPLD Upland Software, Inc.

Total debt $226.26M Interest coverage 1.05x This peer still has a real interest-payment cushion, while BLIN does not.

1.05x
CXAI CXApp Inc.

Total debt $10.49M Interest coverage -22.01x Neither company has much profit cushion over interest right now.

-22.01x
INLX Intellinetics, Inc.

Total debt $1.59M Interest coverage -21.21x Neither company has much profit cushion over interest right now.

-21.21x
BNZI Banzai International Inc

Total debt $9.88M Interest coverage -7.74x Neither company has much profit cushion over interest right now.

-7.74x
DRCT Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.

Total debt $18.20M Interest coverage -2.84x Neither company has much profit cushion over interest right now.

-2.84x

What you should know

The case for and against BLIN

2 Rewards 1 Risk

Rewards

  • Revenue grew 1.6% last year.
  • Free cash flow was positive in 1/10 years.

Risks

  • Return on equity was -14.2% last year — the company lost money on shareholders' equity.

The numbers

All the key metrics, grouped by purpose

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Valuation

How expensive the stock looks

P/E (TTM)
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Forward P/E
6.19x
P/B
1.05x
P/S
0.60x
EV/EBITDA
-14.43x
PEG ratio
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Profitability

How much profit each dollar creates

Gross margin
65.2%
Operating margin
-10.2%
Net margin
-8.6%
ROE
-14.2%
ROA
-5.4%

Health

Liquidity and balance-sheet strength

Debt / equity
0.11x
Current ratio
0.61x
Quick ratio
0.51x
Total debt
$986.00K
Total cash
$1.47M

Growth

How the business has been compounding

Revenue TTM
$15.62M
Revenue 5Y CAGR
3.8%
EPS TTM
-0.10
EPS 5Y CAGR
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Cash flow

How much cash the business throws off

Operating CF TTM
$-269.00K
Free CF TTM
$-1.12M
FCF margin
-7.2%

Dividend

Shareholder payout

Yield
0.0%
Payout ratio
0.0%
Last ex-div date
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