APPN vs. FSLY, KC, PEGA, BILL, DAY, INFA, GTLB, PCTY, DSGX, and APPF
Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include Fastly (FSLY), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Pegasystems (PEGA), BILL (BILL), Dayforce (DAY), Informatica (INFA), GitLab (GTLB), Paylocity (PCTY), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), and AppFolio (APPF). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) and Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Appian has higher revenue and earnings than Fastly. Appian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Appian presently has a consensus price target of $46.43, indicating a potential upside of 65.64%. Fastly has a consensus price target of $14.61, indicating a potential upside of 84.25%. Given Fastly's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fastly is more favorable than Appian.
Appian received 215 more outperform votes than Fastly when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave Appian an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Fastly an outperform vote.
Appian has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastly has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fastly had 19 more articles in the media than Appian. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Fastly and 6 mentions for Appian. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Fastly's score of 0.10 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Appian has a net margin of -19.20% compared to Fastly's net margin of -25.26%. Fastly's return on equity of -15.82% beat Appian's return on equity.
52.7% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Fastly shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of Appian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Fastly shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Appian beats Fastly on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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