Alarum Technologies (NASDAQ:ALAR – Get Free Report) and BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Alarum Technologies and BlackLine’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alarum Technologies | 22.21% | 46.33% | 31.59% |
| BlackLine | 19.83% | 31.02% | 4.92% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Alarum Technologies and BlackLine, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alarum Technologies | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| BlackLine | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.08 |
Volatility and Risk
Alarum Technologies has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackLine has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
3.2% of Alarum Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Alarum Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of BlackLine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Alarum Technologies and BlackLine”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alarum Technologies | $31.56 million | 2.33 | -$5.53 million | $1.08 | 9.83 |
| BlackLine | $639.61 million | 5.44 | $58.17 million | $0.98 | 56.80 |
BlackLine has higher revenue and earnings than Alarum Technologies. Alarum Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackLine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackLine beats Alarum Technologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alarum Technologies
Alarum Technologies Ltd. provides internet access and web data collection solutions in North, South, and Central America, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments, Enterprise Internet Access Solutions and Consumer Internet Access Solutions. The company offers security blanket against ransomware, viruses, phishing, and other online threats, as well as secured and encrypted connection, masking the customers online activity and keeping them safe from hackers. It also provides privacy solutions and services, a software solution that uses an encryption protocol which is defined upon the process being used to generate a secured encrypted path and keep the users' data private and safe; and web data collection solution allows organizations to collect vast amounts of web and internet data by simultaneously connecting to the Internet from different IP addresses. In addition, the company offers static residential proxy network, rotating residential proxy network, data center proxy network, premium dedicated static residential proxies, mobile proxies, SERP data collection service, and social data collection service, as well as advertising services to enterprise customers. The company offers its products through resellers and internet service providers. It serves advertising and media companies, financial organizations, cyber security companies, industrial and commercial companies, online companies, education institutions, and AI recruitment market and other sectors. The company was formerly known as Safe-T Group Ltd. and changed its name to Alarum Technologies Ltd. in January 2023. Alarum Technologies Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
About BlackLine
BlackLine, Inc. operates a cloud-based software platform which is designed to transform accounting and finance operations for organizations of all types and sizes. Its scalable platform supports critical accounting processes such as the financial close, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and controls assurance. The company was founded by Therese Tucker in May 2001 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA.
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