Appian (APPN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, APPN or APPF?

Appian has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer APPN or APPF?

Appian currently has a consensus target price of $34.14, indicating a potential upside of 8.72%. AppFolio has a consensus target price of $274.43, indicating a potential upside of 33.81%. Given AppFolio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AppFolio is more favorable than Appian.

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
AppFolio	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, APPN or APPF?

AppFolio has higher revenue and earnings than Appian. Appian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, 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	$617.02M	3.77	-$92.26M	-$1.26	-24.92
AppFolio	$824.47M	9.06	$204.07M	$5.36	38.26

Does the media prefer APPN or APPF?

In the previous week, AppFolio had 37 more articles in the media than Appian. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for AppFolio and 13 mentions for Appian. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Appian's score of 0.52 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Appian	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AppFolio	18 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APPN or APPF?

Appian received 50 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.35% of users gave Appian an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Appian	Outperform Votes 344 60.35%	Underperform Votes 226 39.65%
AppFolio	Outperform Votes 294 56.32%	Underperform Votes 228 43.68%

Is APPN or APPF more profitable?

AppFolio has a net margin of 25.69% compared to Appian's net margin of -14.95%. AppFolio's return on equity of 26.21% beat Appian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Appian	-14.95%	-532.05%	-10.88%
AppFolio	25.69%	26.21%	20.82%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in APPN or APPF?

52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of Appian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AppFolio beats Appian on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.