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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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

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$467.50M3.13-$54.46M-$0.40-40.20
Appian$617.02M3.77-$92.26M-$0.83-37.71

PagerDuty presently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.27%. Appian has a consensus price target of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 15.93%. Given PagerDuty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Appian shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, Appian had 3 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Appian and 3 mentions for PagerDuty. PagerDuty's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Appian's score of -0.15 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

PagerDuty beats Appian on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$2.32B$18.20B$27.46B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A2.46%3.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio-37.7174.0437.2820.11
Price / Sales3.7774.911,922.61119.76
Price / CashN/A93.5838.4157.86
Price / Book-71.148.657.195.56
Net Income-$92.26M$339.44M$763.56M$248.40M
7 Day Performance3.85%2.06%1.38%4.67%
1 Month Performance-1.97%2.44%4.82%6.64%
1 Year Performance-2.25%62.59%52,367.78%21.31%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPN
Appian
3.8255 of 5 stars
$31.30
+0.3%
$36.29
+15.9%
-1.5%$2.32B$617.02M-37.712,033News Coverage
PD
PagerDuty
3.7352 of 5 stars
$15.29
+0.4%
$19.50
+27.5%
-25.2%$1.39B$467.50M-38.231,242Positive News
DAY
Dayforce
3.7789 of 5 stars
$55.44
+0.5%
$70.86
+27.8%
+19.9%$8.86B$1.76B346.529,600Positive News
DSGX
The Descartes Systems Group
2.5276 of 5 stars
$101.64
+0.2%
$123.40
+21.4%
+2.3%$8.72B$668.39M61.232,524Positive News
High Trading Volume
CFLT
Confluent
3.1761 of 5 stars
$24.93
+1.9%
$30.11
+20.8%
-12.8%$8.49B$963.64M-25.443,060
APPF
AppFolio
2.844 of 5 stars
$230.28
+1.3%
$274.43
+19.2%
-3.8%$8.30B$824.47M42.961,634Positive News
LNW
Light & Wonder
3.1339 of 5 stars
$96.26
+0.5%
$106.55
+10.7%
-4.6%$8.12B$3.19B25.676,800News Coverage
DBX
Dropbox
4.0462 of 5 stars
$28.60
+1.7%
$31.00
+8.4%
+23.0%$8.05B$2.54B18.692,204
MTCH
Match Group
4.9823 of 5 stars
$30.89
+0.1%
$35.96
+16.4%
+7.4%$7.74B$3.45B15.292,510Positive News
PSN
Parsons
2.9261 of 5 stars
$71.96
+2.0%
$85.30
+18.5%
-4.7%$7.69B$6.75B30.3619,600Analyst Upgrade
OTEX
Open Text
4.5701 of 5 stars
$29.20
+1.8%
$32.30
+10.6%
-2.6%$7.49B$5.77B11.9222,900

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This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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