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APPF vs. BIDU, WIT, CRWV, GDDY, IOT, SRAD, ZM, CHKP, DUOL, and PINS

Should you be buying AppFolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppFolio include Baidu (BIDU), Wipro (WIT), CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (CRWV), GoDaddy (GDDY), Samsara (IOT), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Duolingo (DUOL), and Pinterest (PINS). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

AppFolio has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Baidu received 1328 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.56% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AppFolioOutperform Votes
295
56.41%
Underperform Votes
228
43.59%
BaiduOutperform Votes
1623
75.56%
Underperform Votes
525
24.44%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AppFolio$824.47M9.10$204.07M$5.3638.87
Baidu$133.13B0.22$3.26B$9.179.17

In the previous week, Baidu had 40 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Baidu and 24 mentions for AppFolio. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Baidu's score of 0.65 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AppFolio
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Baidu
25 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AppFolio currently has a consensus target price of $274.43, indicating a potential upside of 31.73%. Baidu has a consensus target price of $107.82, indicating a potential upside of 28.25%. Given AppFolio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AppFolio is more favorable than Baidu.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AppFolio
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Baidu
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AppFolio25.69% 26.21% 20.82%
Baidu 17.90%8.67%5.51%

Summary

AppFolio beats Baidu on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APPF vs. The Competition

MetricAppFolioPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.43B$26.39B$25.07B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A1.74%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio37.54118.7844.3819.71
Price / Sales9.1022.362,068.55120.55
Price / Cash57.9286.0634.7834.62
Price / Book14.619.276.704.50
Net Income$204.07M$436.62M$739.31M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-1.93%0.03%-0.32%0.56%
1 Month Performance-5.43%22.57%13.46%13.17%
1 Year Performance-12.17%19.24%52,670.39%7.30%

AppFolio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPF
AppFolio
3.7203 of 5 stars
$208.32
+1.0%
$274.43
+31.7%
-13.5%$7.43B$824.47M37.541,780Positive News
Insider Trade
BIDU
Baidu
4.667 of 5 stars
$91.27
+5.1%
$110.83
+21.4%
-18.7%$31.53B$133.13B9.9545,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
WIT
Wipro
2.4141 of 5 stars
$2.99
+5.9%
N/A-46.5%$31.22B$890.88B20.59240,000Positive News
Gap Up
CRWV
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock
N/A$58.49
+13.9%
$48.50
-17.1%
N/A$27.15B$1.92B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.7544 of 5 stars
$187.05
+2.4%
$214.86
+14.9%
+32.2%$26.65B$4.66B29.006,910Positive News
Insider Trade
IOT
Samsara
1.7603 of 5 stars
$45.28
+4.6%
$48.87
+7.9%
+11.6%$25.78B$1.25B-96.341,620Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.7264 of 5 stars
$23.16
+0.4%
$27.00
+16.6%
+113.7%$25.77B$1.11B115.812,960Positive News
High Trading Volume
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
3.4927 of 5 stars
$82.67
+1.7%
$85.90
+3.9%
+28.8%$25.23B$4.67B27.568,480Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
3.979 of 5 stars
$217.23
-0.5%
$232.04
+6.8%
+45.8%$23.89B$2.60B29.085,800Positive News
DUOL
Duolingo
3.3477 of 5 stars
$517.83
+1.0%
$426.29
-17.7%
+184.3%$23.54B$811.21M282.97600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
PINS
Pinterest
4.5103 of 5 stars
$32.82
+12.3%
$40.27
+22.7%
-22.3%$22.26B$3.65B12.203,990Positive News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:APPF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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