APPF vs. BIDU, ZS, IOT, PINS, ZM, GDDY, SRAD, CHKP, MDB, and PTC
Should you be buying AppFolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppFolio include Baidu (BIDU), Zscaler (ZS), Samsara (IOT), Pinterest (PINS), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), GoDaddy (GDDY), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), MongoDB (MDB), and PTC (PTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
AppFolio vs.
AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) and Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
AppFolio has a net margin of 25.69% compared to Baidu's net margin of 17.90%. AppFolio's return on equity of 26.21% beat Baidu's return on equity.
85.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Baidu had 21 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Baidu and 6 mentions for AppFolio. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Baidu's score of 0.46 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baidu received 1328 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.64% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 56.45% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
AppFolio presently has a consensus target price of $276.29, indicating a potential upside of 29.25%. Baidu has a consensus target price of $111.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.94%. Given Baidu's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than AppFolio.
Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than AppFolio. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AppFolio has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AppFolio and Baidu tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APPF) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
