BlackLine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BL – Get Free Report) CFO Mark Partin sold 5,648 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.00, for a total transaction of $299,344.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 226,844 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,022,732. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.
BlackLine Stock Performance
Shares of BL traded up $2.29 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $55.14. 1,689,369 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 930,800. BlackLine, Inc. has a 52 week low of $43.37 and a 52 week high of $69.31. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $49.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $52.93. The firm has a market cap of $3.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 238.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.80 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a quick ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.74.
BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The technology company reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $160.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $158.21 million. BlackLine had a net margin of 19.46% and a return on equity of 33.96%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.69) earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that BlackLine, Inc. will post 0.94 EPS for the current year.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quadrature Capital Ltd boosted its position in BlackLine by 346.5% in the first quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 31,846 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,055,000 after buying an additional 24,713 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers acquired a new position in shares of BlackLine during the first quarter worth $1,572,000. Comerica Bank lifted its holdings in shares of BlackLine by 11.8% during the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 124,266 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $8,025,000 after purchasing an additional 13,066 shares during the period. State of Alaska Department of Revenue acquired a new position in shares of BlackLine during the first quarter worth $2,000,000. Finally, Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky acquired a new position in shares of BlackLine during the first quarter worth $907,000. 95.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
BlackLine Company Profile
BlackLine, Inc provides cloud-based solutions to automate and streamline accounting and finance operations worldwide. It offers financial close management solutions, such as account reconciliations that provides a centralized workspace for users to collaborate on account reconciliations; transaction matching that 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.
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