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Bridgeline Digital, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Bridgeline Digital, Inc. had return on equity of -25.7% and a net margin of -16.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−1.6%−3.0%−3.6%−14.7%−26.2%−87.2%−49.2%−9.8%−53.2%−95.2%3.0%−50.4%12.8%−59.4%−12.8%−16.4%−8.6%
Return on equity−1.8%−3.7%−4.3%−15.7%−29.1%−131.0%−91.1%−14.1%−92.0%—8.0%−61.0%11.3%−59.3%−18.3%−25.7%−14.6%
Return on assets−1.2%−2.5%−2.9%−10.2%−17.6%−63.6%−42.4%−9.1%−50.5%−85.5%3.0%−29.3%6.9%−41.8%−11.8%−16.3%−8.8%
Effective tax rate——————————3.3%—1.4%————
R&D as % of revenue3.9%7.1%5.5%5.6%10.1%9.9%9.9%9.7%11.8%22.0%15.0%18.0%19.1%23.2%27.1%26.2%22.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $15m
Short-term assets $3mLonger-term assets $12m
What it owes, and who funded it · $15m
Short-term liabilities $5mLonger-term liabilities $1mShareholders' equity $9m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3m of assets due within a year against $5m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3m short-term assets against $1m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $1m of cash against $187,000 of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 2% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 9% to 2% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$269,000 of operating cash flow against $187,000 of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.

From Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

39 /100

Weak moat

How hard Bridgeline Digital's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 16.5% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 65.3%, moving by 8.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -14.3%; its worst year was -103.2%.

  • Cash conversion 2 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -5.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 8 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 37529.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (54 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Bridgeline Digital, Inc.