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BlackLine (BL) vs PDF Solutions, Inc. (PDFS)

BlackLine and PDF Solutions, Inc. are both Software Application companies. BlackLine and PDF Solutions, Inc. are of similar size ($1.8B and $1.7B). BlackLine trades at the lower P/E: 75.7× against 157×. PDF Solutions, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.1% against 8.62%. BlackLine has the higher net margin (4.75% vs 4.27%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.32% vs 3.79%). Across the 20 metrics below, BlackLine leads on 13 and PDF Solutions, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BL PDFS Software Application median
P/E 75.67 156.92 25.41
P/S 2.38 6.66 2.73
P/B 5.52 4.31 2.57
Price to free cash flow 11.70 n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA 22.57 41.72 15.36
EV/Sales 2.59 6.46 2.59
Earnings yield 1.32% 0.64% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 8.55% (1.86%) 2.24%

Profitability

Metric BL PDFS Software Application median
Gross margin 75.56% 71.46% 67.03%
Operating margin 4.32% 8.15% 0.00%
Net margin 4.75% 4.27% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 20.36% (0.56%) 5.01%
Return on equity 9.53% 3.27% 0.00%
Return on assets 2.13% 2.26% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.32% 3.79% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BL PDFS Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.62% 23.05% 12.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.91%) (120.00%) 32.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.77% 19.99% 14.21%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BL PDFS Software Application median
Debt to equity 2.12 0.18 0.02
Current ratio 1.72 3.45 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (1.49) 1.22 0.08

Dividend

Metric BL PDFS Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 0.95%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric BL PDFS Software Application median
Market cap 1.77b 1.74b 357.77m

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