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Appian (APPN) Competitors

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$34.77 -0.51 (-1.45%)
(As of 05:45 PM ET)

APPN vs. DAY, WIX, NICE, PCOR, PCTY, YMM, ESTC, KVYO, PSN, and CFLT

Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include Dayforce (DAY), Wix.com (WIX), NICE (NICE), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Paylocity (PCTY), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), Elastic (ESTC), Klaviyo (KVYO), Parsons (PSN), and Confluent (CFLT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Appian vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Appian$595.66M4.98-$111.44M-$1.22-28.50
Dayforce$1.69B6.89$54.80M$0.33224.21

Appian has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dayforce has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

52.7% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of Appian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Dayforce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Appian presently has a consensus target price of $40.80, indicating a potential upside of 17.34%. Dayforce has a consensus target price of $79.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.93%. Given Appian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Dayforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Appian
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Dayforce
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Dayforce had 10 more articles in the media than Appian. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Dayforce and 2 mentions for Appian. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Dayforce's score of 0.88 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Appian
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dayforce
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dayforce has a net margin of 3.12% compared to Appian's net margin of -14.88%. Dayforce's return on equity of 6.69% beat Appian's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Appian-14.88% -532.05% -10.11%
Dayforce 3.12%6.69%1.79%

Appian received 317 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Appian an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AppianOutperform Votes
343
60.92%
Underperform Votes
220
39.08%
DayforceOutperform Votes
26
65.00%
Underperform Votes
14
35.00%

Summary

Dayforce beats Appian on 12 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$2.97B$25.35B$26.32B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%2.79%4.27%
P/E Ratio-28.5096.69238.6117.14
Price / Sales4.9825.003,360.22122.78
Price / CashN/A91.3135.9937.84
Price / Book48.9712.728.174.78
Net Income-$111.44M$448.65M$682.39M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-6.76%0.61%0.33%-0.68%
1 Month Performance-9.83%8.82%5.84%1.03%
1 Year Performance-12.33%24.95%22.07%15.71%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPN
Appian
3.5723 of 5 stars
$34.77
-1.4%
$40.80
+17.3%
-11.0%$2.97B$595.66M-28.502,243
DAY
Dayforce
2.6835 of 5 stars
$77.45
+0.4%
$79.08
+2.1%
N/A$12.21B$1.69B233.859,084
WIX
Wix.com
4.1951 of 5 stars
$218.45
-0.5%
$210.71
-3.5%
+80.3%$11.98B$1.70B138.994,600
NICE
NICE
3.7689 of 5 stars
$189.07
+1.3%
$260.57
+37.8%
-12.3%$11.89B$2.64B28.908,384Positive News
PCOR
Procore Technologies
2.7842 of 5 stars
$77.63
-1.5%
$83.71
+7.8%
+10.3%$11.54B$950.01M-157.643,694
PCTY
Paylocity
4.5464 of 5 stars
$203.35
+1.6%
$205.71
+1.2%
+19.8%$11.34B$1.40B51.196,400
YMM
Full Truck Alliance
3.2773 of 5 stars
$10.71
-4.5%
$11.67
+8.9%
+68.5%$11.28B$1.19B26.697,585Positive News
ESTC
Elastic
3.9334 of 5 stars
$104.59
+0.5%
$126.33
+20.8%
-8.2%$10.84B$1.38B189.183,187
KVYO
Klaviyo
3.1285 of 5 stars
$40.10
+2.7%
$39.69
-1.0%
+51.7%$10.81B$868.92M-217.001,815Analyst Forecast
PSN
Parsons
3.6805 of 5 stars
$98.08
+1.6%
$108.88
+11.0%
+51.4%$10.42B$5.44B146.3118,500
CFLT
Confluent
2.8036 of 5 stars
$31.30
+2.7%
$32.04
+2.4%
+23.5%$10.27B$915.61M-27.472,744Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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