Business Description
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.
Business History
Price Overview
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 10:04am (just now)Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
EPS (Diluted): 0.40
Total Equity: $332.33M
Shares: 71,599,000
Total Debt: $920.37M
Cash: $390.03M
EBITDA: $105.57M
Total Debt: $920.37M
Cash: $390.03M
Revenue: $700.43M
Revenue: $700.43M
Revenue: $700.43M
Total Equity: $332.33M
Tax Rate: 43.5%
Equity: $332.33M
Total Debt: $920.37M
Cash: $390.03M
Current Liabilities: $695.38M
Long-Term Debt: $685.90M
Total Debt: $920.37M
Total Equity: $332.33M
Shares: 71,599,000
Shares: 71,599,000
CapEx: -$8.07M
Shares: 71,599,000
Stock Price: $28.34
Net Income: $24.52M
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Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 6:37pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $425.7M | $522.9M | $590.0M | $653.3M | $700.4M |
| Cost of Revenue | $97.9M | $129.4M | $146.8M | $162.0M | $173.6M |
| Gross Profit | $327.8M | $393.6M | $443.2M | $491.4M | $526.8M |
| Operating Expenses | $366.4M | $449.8M | $428.9M | $472.8M | $493.4M |
| Operating Income | -$38.6M | -$56.2M | $14.3M | $18.5M | $33.4M |
| Net Income | -$115.2M | -$29.4M | $52.8M | $161.2M | $24.5M |
| EBITDA | -$10.8M | $1.3M | $116.5M | $183.8M | $105.6M |
| EPS | $-1.97 | $-0.49 | $0.87 | $2.59 | $0.40 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 6:37pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $539.7M | $201.0M | $271.1M | $885.9M | $390.0M |
| Total Current Assets | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $1.0B |
| Total Assets | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $1.8B | $1.8B |
| Current Liabilities | $322.6M | $367.8M | $642.6M | $422.2M | $695.4M |
| Long-Term Debt | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $892.7M | $685.9M |
| Total Liabilities | $1.5B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.3B | $1.4B |
| Total Equity | $325.0M | $111.9M | $260.9M | $446.7M | $332.3M |
| Retained Earnings | -$301.7M | -$273.0M | -$214.8M | -$49.0M | -$24.8M |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 6:37pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $80.1M | $56.0M | $126.6M | $190.8M | $169.6M |
| Capital Expenditure | -$23.3M | -$30.2M | -$27.6M | -$2.1M | -$8.1M |
| Free Cash Flow | $56.8M | $25.8M | $99.0M | $188.7M | $161.5M |
| Acquisitions (net) | $0 | -$157.7M | -$11.4M | $0 | -$16.2M |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | -$17.0M | -$9.5M | -$15.0M | -$17.5M | -$235.5M |
| Net Change in Cash | $172.1M | -$338.8M | $70.2M | $614.8M | -$495.9M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 10:04am (just now)| Metric | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$700.2M $699.9M – $700.3M
|
$766.8M $766.0M – $767.4M
|
$850.4M $841.3M – $861.3M
|
$953.9M $953.9M – $953.9M
|
| EBITDA |
$282.1M $282.0M – $282.2M
|
$309.0M $308.7M – $309.2M
|
$342.6M $339.0M – $347.0M
|
$384.4M $384.4M – $384.4M
|
| Net Income |
$147.5M $143.9M – $151.1M
|
$177.1M $174.9M – $179.2M
|
$200.3M $189.8M – $210.7M
|
$239.3M $237.0M – $242.1M
|
| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 6:37pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +22.8% | +12.8% | +10.7% | +7.2% |
| Gross Profit Growth | +20.0% | +12.6% | +10.9% | +7.2% |
| Operating Income Growth | -45.5% | +125.5% | +29.2% | +80.1% |
| Net Income Growth | +74.5% | +279.8% | +205.1% | -84.8% |
| EBITDA Growth | +111.6% | +9,183.3% | +57.8% | -42.6% |
Insider Trading (Recent)
All SEC Form 4 codes
- P Purchase
- Open-market or private purchase of shares.
- S Sale
- Open-market or private sale of shares.
- A Award / grant
- Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
- D Return to issuer
- Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
- F In-kind (tax)
- Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
- I Discretionary
- Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
- M Option exercise
- Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
- C Conversion
- Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
- E Short expiration
- Expiration of a short derivative position.
- H Long expiration
- Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
- O OTM exercise
- Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
- X ITM exercise
- Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
- G Gift
- Bona fide gift of securities.
- L Small acquisition
- Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
- W Inheritance
- Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
- Z Voting trust
- Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
- J Other
- Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
- K Equity swap
- Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
- U Tender / buyout
- Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.
Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Yamamoto Mika | S-Sale | 3,000.00 | $28.48 | $85,426 |
| 2026-06-01 | Stalick Michelle D | S-Sale | 780.00 | $30.93 | $24,125 |
| 2026-05-21 | HUGHES GREGORY | S-Sale | 1,637.00 | $30.25 | $49,519 |
| 2026-05-20 | Duan Jimmy C | F-InKind | 1,190.00 | $30.84 | $36,700 |
| 2026-05-20 | Duan Jimmy C | F-InKind | 751.00 | $30.84 | $23,161 |
| 2026-05-20 | Ryan Owen | F-InKind | 2,234.00 | $30.84 | $68,897 |
| 2026-05-20 | Ryan Owen | F-InKind | 2,027.00 | $30.84 | $62,513 |
| 2026-05-20 | Ryan Owen | F-InKind | 2,438.00 | $30.84 | $75,188 |
| 2026-05-20 | Stalick Michelle D | F-InKind | 143.00 | $30.84 | $4,410 |
| 2026-05-20 | Stalick Michelle D | F-InKind | 161.00 | $30.84 | $4,965 |
| 2026-05-20 | Stalick Michelle D | F-InKind | 266.00 | $30.84 | $8,203 |
| 2026-05-20 | Stalick Michelle D | F-InKind | 301.00 | $30.84 | $9,283 |
| 2026-05-20 | Villanova Patrick | F-InKind | 259.00 | $30.84 | $7,988 |
| 2026-05-20 | Villanova Patrick | F-InKind | 300.00 | $30.84 | $9,252 |
| 2026-05-20 | Villanova Patrick | F-InKind | 1,200.00 | $30.84 | $37,008 |
| 2026-05-20 | Van Houten Stuart | F-InKind | 1,720.00 | $30.84 | $53,045 |
| 2026-05-20 | Ung Jeremy | F-InKind | 1,388.00 | $30.84 | $42,806 |
| 2026-05-20 | Ung Jeremy | F-InKind | 875.00 | $30.84 | $26,985 |
| 2026-05-20 | Tucker Therese | F-InKind | 2,222.00 | $30.84 | $68,526 |
| 2026-05-20 | Tucker Therese | F-InKind | 2,016.00 | $30.84 | $62,173 |
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