All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
10 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-16.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 10 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 9 times, the latest 2026-10-16); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-03-02) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.8% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 2 of 8.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $14 million in fiscal 2018 to $15 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 2 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 49% of 216 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -26%: lost 26¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 38%: owes 38¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Bridgeline Digital, Inc. lost about 26 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 67 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 38 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 22% of 218 in its family; net margin -16.4%.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $15 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 16% by size; a net margin of -16.4% ranks in the bottom 34%; revenue growth of -2.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 17% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 24% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kahn, Roger E. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-05-19, 10.5 years (top 12% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.1 years (top 15%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 44% of 216 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against debt of $326 thousand leaves 8.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 40% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -7.3% of revenue (bottom 24%); a gross margin of 66.6% (bottom 43%); research spending of 26.2% of revenue (top 32%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 33% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.9% a year over the last three filed years against 1.8% over all 8, slowing (top 48% of its family); the newest year grew 0.2% (bottom 17%); research spending grew 7.7% a year (top 48%); capital spending grew -46.4% a year (bottom 11%) (its annual reports). Bridgeline Digital, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Subscription Saas at $10 million (67%), Services at $3 million (20%), Subscription Hosting at $2 million (10%), and 1 more; 1 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 49% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Bridgeline Digital, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $15 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4.8% above the $15 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $3 million (bottom 36%); a net margin of -16.4% against -19.8% before (bottom 38%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made