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Appian (APPN) Competitors

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$38.56 +0.01 (+0.03%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

APPN vs. KC, FSLY, PEGA, BILL, PLAN, PAYC, OKTA, DAY, WIX, and PCTY

Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Fastly (FSLY), Pegasystems (PEGA), BILL (BILL), Anaplan (PLAN), Paycom Software (PAYC), Okta (OKTA), Dayforce (DAY), Wix.com (WIX), and Paylocity (PCTY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Appian vs.

Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Appian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingsoft Cloud. Appian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingsoft Cloud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingsoft Cloud$992.61M1.84-$306.53M-$1.20-6.01
Appian$595.66M5.53-$111.44M-$1.22-31.61

13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Appian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Appian received 327 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.03% of users gave Appian an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kingsoft CloudOutperform Votes
16
41.03%
Underperform Votes
23
58.97%
AppianOutperform Votes
343
61.03%
Underperform Votes
219
38.97%

Appian has a net margin of -14.88% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -28.41%. Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity of -18.26% beat Appian's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsoft Cloud-28.41% -18.26% -8.06%
Appian -14.88%-532.05%-10.11%

Kingsoft Cloud currently has a consensus price target of $4.62, suggesting a potential downside of 35.92%. Appian has a consensus price target of $40.20, suggesting a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Appian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kingsoft Cloud
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Appian
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Kingsoft Cloud had 17 more articles in the media than Appian. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud and 2 mentions for Appian. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Kingsoft Cloud's score of 0.45 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kingsoft Cloud
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Appian
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kingsoft Cloud and Appian tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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APPN vs. The Competition

MetricAppianPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.29B$25.44B$24.53B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%2.74%4.09%
P/E Ratio-31.6195.17244.2117.58
Price / Sales5.5313.823,320.41158.43
Price / CashN/A87.8434.0836.33
Price / Book-66.488.957.136.50
Net Income-$111.44M$444.73M$674.45M$226.22M
7 Day Performance5.85%7.31%4.95%3.76%
1 Month Performance25.60%12.83%6.02%4.63%
1 Year Performance6.93%29.20%21.57%29.20%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPN
Appian
2.6691 of 5 stars
$38.56
+0.0%
$40.20
+4.3%
+6.9%$3.29B$595.66M-31.612,243
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
1.4072 of 5 stars
$5.78
-11.5%
$4.10
-29.1%
+51.3%$1.47B$992.61M-4.8210,493Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FSLY
Fastly
2.9812 of 5 stars
$7.56
+16.7%
$7.94
+5.1%
-55.6%$1.06B$505.99M-6.671,207Insider Trade
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.5202 of 5 stars
$89.58
+3.1%
$85.90
-4.1%
+75.5%$7.68B$1.43B63.445,406Analyst Upgrade
BILL
BILL
3.728 of 5 stars
$89.98
+2.4%
$74.65
-17.0%
+43.8%$9.31B$1.29B0.002,187
PLAN
Anaplan
N/A$63.73
flat
N/AN/A$9.59B$592.18M-44.882,200
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.7389 of 5 stars
$226.90
+3.2%
$193.67
-14.6%
+29.8%$13.08B$1.69B26.437,308Positive News
OKTA
Okta
4.9193 of 5 stars
$75.45
+2.4%
$98.30
+30.3%
+6.5%$12.82B$2.26B-89.825,908Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
DAY
Dayforce
2.4648 of 5 stars
$78.43
+3.3%
$78.77
+0.4%
N/A$12.37B$1.51B230.049,084
WIX
Wix.com
4.3886 of 5 stars
$218.82
+4.1%
$210.44
-3.8%
+124.9%$12.00B$1.56B172.744,600Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
PCTY
Paylocity
4.7778 of 5 stars
$201.75
+3.3%
$196.64
-2.5%
+35.9%$11.25B$1.40B49.946,400Analyst Upgrade
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This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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