Appian (APPN) Competitors

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) and Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is APPN or KD more profitable?

Kyndryl has a net margin of 0.91% compared to Appian's net margin of -14.95%. Kyndryl's return on equity of 7.22% beat Appian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Appian	-14.95%	-532.05%	-10.88%
Kyndryl	0.91%	7.22%	0.81%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, APPN or KD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Appian	$633.61M	3.64	-$92.26M	-$0.83	-37.46
Kyndryl	$15.06B	0.62	-$340M	$1.03	39.23

Which has more volatility & risk, APPN or KD?

Appian has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyndryl has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend APPN or KD?

Appian presently has a consensus price target of $36.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.71%. Kyndryl has a consensus price target of $43.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Given Appian's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Kyndryl.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Appian	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Kyndryl	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in APPN or KD?

52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Appian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kyndryl 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APPN or KD?

Appian received 329 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Appian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Appian	Outperform Votes 345 60.00%	Underperform Votes 230 40.00%
Kyndryl	Outperform Votes 16 61.54%	Underperform Votes 10 38.46%

Does the media prefer APPN or KD?

In the previous week, Appian had 19 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Appian and 8 mentions for Kyndryl. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Kyndryl's score of 0.49 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Appian	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kyndryl	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Kyndryl beats Appian on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.