Appian (APPN) Competitors $30.78 -0.72 (-2.29%) Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$30.95 +0.17 (+0.55%) As of 09/12/2025 06:12 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock APPN vs. PD, MNDY, MTCH, SRAD, DSGX, NICE, OTEX, WIX, DBX, and PSNShould you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include PagerDuty (PD), monday.com (MNDY), Match Group (MTCH), Sportradar Group (SRAD), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Nice (NICE), Open Text (OTEX), Wix.com (WIX), Dropbox (DBX), and Parsons (PSN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry. Appian vs. Its Competitors PagerDuty monday.com Match Group Sportradar Group The Descartes Systems Group Nice Open Text Wix.com Dropbox Parsons PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends. Which has more volatility & risk, PD or APPN? PagerDuty has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate PD or APPN? PagerDuty presently has a consensus target price of $18.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.83%. Appian has a consensus target price of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.51%. Given PagerDuty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than Appian.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PagerDuty 2 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25Appian 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the media prefer PD or APPN? In the previous week, Appian had 3 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Appian and 10 mentions for PagerDuty. Appian's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat PagerDuty's score of 0.51 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PagerDuty 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Appian 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PD or APPN? PagerDuty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Appian. Appian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagerDuty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPagerDuty$483.61M3.17-$54.46M-$0.16-102.68Appian$617.02M3.69-$92.26M-$0.23-133.83 Is PD or APPN more profitable? Appian has a net margin of -2.62% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -2.87%. PagerDuty's return on equity of 2.81% beat Appian's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets PagerDuty-2.87% 2.81% 0.44% Appian -2.62%N/A -2.87% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PD or APPN? 97.3% of PagerDuty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of PagerDuty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Appian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryPagerDuty beats Appian on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Appian News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for APPN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart APPN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAppianINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.33B$19.87B$31.17B$10.14BDividend YieldN/A3.48%3.17%4.60%P/E Ratio-133.8278.92439.7025.97Price / Sales3.6986.841,755.71181.20Price / CashN/A83.6136.9460.44Price / Book-69.958.617.246.29Net Income-$92.26M$355.98M$808.32M$270.96M7 Day Performance0.69%3.58%3.61%3.87%1 Month Performance3.60%5.42%4.18%4.88%1 Year Performance-6.36%69.32%24,081.72%26.12% Appian Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)APPNAppian3.6868 of 5 stars$30.78-2.3%$33.40+8.5%-2.3%$2.33B$617.02M-133.822,033News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↓PDPagerDuty3.7401 of 5 stars$17.18+4.3%$18.70+8.9%-5.6%$1.60B$467.50M-107.351,242Short Interest ↓MNDYmonday.com4.4506 of 5 stars$190.68+2.7%$303.59+59.2%-25.9%$9.43B$1.10B257.682,508Positive NewsShort Interest ↑MTCHMatch Group4.9652 of 5 stars$38.77+1.6%$35.44-8.6%+7.9%$9.33B$3.48B19.102,510Positive NewsSRADSportradar Group2.805 of 5 stars$30.99+0.4%$30.88-0.4%+161.2%$9.28B$1.19B86.084,582Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑DSGXThe Descartes Systems Group3.867 of 5 stars$107.44-0.3%$123.60+15.0%+6.5%$9.23B$651M63.572,524Short Interest ↓NICENice4.1288 of 5 stars$142.95+1.8%$205.25+43.6%-12.7%$9.04B$2.74B17.088,726Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓OTEXOpen Text4.126 of 5 stars$33.79+1.7%$33.10-2.0%+10.4%$8.59B$5.17B20.4821,400Positive NewsWIXWix.com4.7772 of 5 stars$153.080.0%$215.63+40.9%+11.7%$8.59B$1.76B54.484,568Analyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeDBXDropbox3.2073 of 5 stars$30.34+1.6%$30.330.0%+27.4%$8.19B$2.55B18.502,204News CoveragePositive NewsInsider TradePSNParsons3.3811 of 5 stars$74.93-0.9%$88.70+18.4%-19.8%$8.00B$6.75B33.4519,600Trending News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PD Competitors MNDY Competitors MTCH Competitors SRAD Competitors DSGX Competitors NICE Competitors OTEX Competitors WIX Competitors DBX Competitors PSN Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rulesMUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's lates...Stansberry Research | SponsoredTrump's Law S.1582: $21T Dollar Revolution ComingDo you have money in any of these banks? 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