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APPN vs. PD, DAY, DSGX, CFLT, APPF, LNW, DBX, MTCH, PSN, and OTEX

Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include PagerDuty (PD), Dayforce (DAY), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Confluent (CFLT), AppFolio (APPF), Light & Wonder (LNW), Dropbox (DBX), Match Group (MTCH), Parsons (PSN), and Open Text (OTEX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Appian vs. Its Competitors

PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

PagerDuty presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.16%. Appian has a consensus target price of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.68%. Given PagerDuty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than Appian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PagerDuty
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Appian
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

In the previous week, PagerDuty had 1 more articles in the media than Appian. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PagerDuty and 3 mentions for Appian. PagerDuty's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Appian's score of -0.20 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PagerDuty
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Appian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

97.3% of PagerDuty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of PagerDuty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Appian shares are held 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PagerDuty$467.50M3.06-$54.46M-$0.40-39.26
Appian$617.02M3.74-$92.26M-$0.83-37.47

PagerDuty has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

PagerDuty has a net margin of -7.75% compared to Appian's net margin of -9.55%. Appian's return on equity of 0.00% beat PagerDuty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PagerDuty-7.75% -8.73% -1.32%
Appian -9.55%N/A -6.08%

Summary

PagerDuty beats Appian on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding APPN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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APPN vs. The Competition

MetricAppianINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.31B$18.38B$27.34B$8.92B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%3.13%4.00%
P/E Ratio-37.4774.0736.9720.07
Price / Sales3.7468.952,033.48118.22
Price / CashN/A86.8534.7728.59
Price / Book-70.688.657.235.58
Net Income-$92.26M$339.44M$763.56M$248.65M
7 Day Performance4.15%1.64%1.68%7.15%
1 Month Performance-3.36%1.53%5.17%8.13%
1 Year Performance0.03%63.84%52,367.93%21.59%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPN
Appian
3.8838 of 5 stars
$31.10
+2.0%
$36.29
+16.7%
-1.9%$2.31B$617.02M-37.472,033
PD
PagerDuty
3.7539 of 5 stars
$15.29
+0.4%
$19.50
+27.5%
-26.7%$1.39B$467.50M-38.231,242Positive News
DAY
Dayforce
4.2998 of 5 stars
$55.44
+0.5%
$70.86
+27.8%
+12.6%$8.86B$1.76B346.529,600
DSGX
The Descartes Systems Group
2.5965 of 5 stars
$101.64
+0.2%
$123.40
+21.4%
+4.4%$8.72B$668.39M61.232,524Positive News
High Trading Volume
CFLT
Confluent
3.2412 of 5 stars
$24.93
+1.9%
$30.11
+20.8%
-10.0%$8.49B$963.64M-25.443,060Positive News
APPF
AppFolio
2.8698 of 5 stars
$230.28
+1.3%
$274.43
+19.2%
-6.7%$8.30B$824.47M42.961,634Positive News
LNW
Light & Wonder
2.7888 of 5 stars
$96.26
+0.5%
$106.55
+10.7%
-4.1%$8.12B$3.19B25.676,800Analyst Upgrade
DBX
Dropbox
4.0426 of 5 stars
$28.60
+1.7%
$31.00
+8.4%
+25.2%$8.05B$2.54B18.692,204
MTCH
Match Group
4.9861 of 5 stars
$30.89
+0.1%
$35.96
+16.4%
+10.5%$7.74B$3.45B15.292,510Positive News
PSN
Parsons
2.8414 of 5 stars
$71.96
+2.0%
$85.30
+18.5%
-6.3%$7.69B$6.75B30.3619,600
OTEX
Open Text
4.4912 of 5 stars
$29.20
+1.8%
$32.30
+10.6%
-3.5%$7.49B$5.77B11.9222,900Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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