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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

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

PagerDuty has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Appian$617.02M3.76-$92.26M-$0.83-37.61
PagerDuty$467.50M3.11-$54.46M-$0.40-39.88

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
Appian-9.55% N/A -6.08%
PagerDuty -7.75%-8.73%-1.32%

In the previous week, Appian had 2 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Appian and 3 mentions for PagerDuty. PagerDuty's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Appian's score of -0.10 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Appian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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 presently has a consensus target price of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.23%. PagerDuty has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.26%. 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
Appian
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
PagerDuty
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

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

52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of PagerDuty shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Appian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of PagerDuty 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.

Summary

PagerDuty beats Appian on 9 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$2.32B$18.18B$27.57B$8.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%3.12%4.02%
P/E Ratio-37.6174.9637.3420.15
Price / Sales3.7675.661,937.07127.85
Price / CashN/A93.7138.4457.97
Price / Book-70.958.787.275.62
Net Income-$92.26M$339.44M$764.25M$248.50M
7 Day Performance3.58%2.51%1.73%5.54%
1 Month Performance-2.22%2.89%5.26%7.52%
1 Year Performance-2.50%63.38%52,407.62%22.06%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPN
Appian
3.8334 of 5 stars
$31.22
-0.3%
$36.29
+16.2%
-1.5%$2.32B$617.02M-37.612,033News Coverage
PD
PagerDuty
3.7087 of 5 stars
$15.29
+0.4%
$19.50
+27.5%
-25.2%$1.39B$467.50M-38.231,242
DAY
Dayforce
3.7838 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
2.3432 of 5 stars
$101.64
+0.2%
$123.40
+21.4%
+2.3%$8.72B$668.39M61.232,524High Trading Volume
CFLT
Confluent
3.1509 of 5 stars
$24.93
+1.9%
$30.11
+20.8%
-12.8%$8.49B$963.64M-25.443,060Positive News
APPF
AppFolio
2.851 of 5 stars
$230.28
+1.3%
$274.43
+19.2%
-3.8%$8.30B$824.47M42.961,634Positive News
LNW
Light & Wonder
3.1262 of 5 stars
$96.26
+0.5%
$106.55
+10.7%
-4.6%$8.12B$3.19B25.676,800News Coverage
Positive News
DBX
Dropbox
4.1323 of 5 stars
$28.60
+1.7%
$31.00
+8.4%
+23.0%$8.05B$2.54B18.692,204
MTCH
Match Group
4.9247 of 5 stars
$30.89
+0.1%
$35.96
+16.4%
+7.4%$7.74B$3.45B15.292,510Positive News
PSN
Parsons
2.9005 of 5 stars
$71.96
+2.0%
$85.30
+18.5%
-4.7%$7.69B$6.75B30.3619,600Analyst Upgrade
OTEX
Open Text
4.7551 of 5 stars
$29.20
+1.8%
$32.30
+10.6%
-2.6%$7.49B$5.77B11.9222,900News Coverage

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