AppFolio (APPF) Competitors

Wipro (NYSE:WIT) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, WIT or APPF?

Wipro has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate WIT or APPF?

AppFolio has a consensus price target of $276.29, indicating a potential upside of 21.37%. Given AppFolio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AppFolio is more favorable than Wipro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wipro	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
AppFolio	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WIT or APPF?

Wipro has higher revenue and earnings than AppFolio. Wipro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wipro	$887.93B	0.04	$1.33B	$0.14	22.21
AppFolio	$794.20M	10.43	$204.07M	$5.55	41.01

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WIT or APPF?

2.4% of Wipro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wipro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of AppFolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WIT or APPF?

Wipro received 46 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.45% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wipro	Outperform Votes 339 50.90%	Underperform Votes 327 49.10%
AppFolio	Outperform Votes 293 56.45%	Underperform Votes 226 43.55%

Does the media prefer WIT or APPF?

In the previous week, AppFolio had 2 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AppFolio and 9 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat AppFolio's score of 0.88 indicating that Wipro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wipro	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AppFolio	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WIT or APPF more profitable?

AppFolio has a net margin of 25.69% compared to Wipro's net margin of 13.96%. AppFolio's return on equity of 26.21% beat Wipro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wipro	13.96%	15.46%	10.11%
AppFolio	25.69%	26.21%	20.82%

Summary

AppFolio beats Wipro on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.