APPN vs. RPD, AI, SPT, QTWO, ALKT, PYCR, ASAN, AVDX, INTA, and PRGS
Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include Rapid7 (RPD), C3.ai (AI), Sprout Social (SPT), Q2 (QTWO), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Asana (ASAN), AvidXchange (AVDX), Intapp (INTA), and Progress Software (PRGS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) and Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Appian has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rapid7. Appian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rapid7, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rapid7 received 195 more outperform votes than Appian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.71% of users gave Appian an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Appian had 8 more articles in the media than Rapid7. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Appian and 4 mentions for Rapid7. Rapid7's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Appian's score of 0.38 indicating that Rapid7 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Appian has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rapid7 has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Appian presently has a consensus price target of $48.86, suggesting a potential upside of 33.27%. Rapid7 has a consensus price target of $56.20, suggesting a potential upside of 20.89%. Given Appian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Rapid7.
Rapid7 has a net margin of -19.19% compared to Appian's net margin of -20.43%. Rapid7's return on equity of -1.36% beat Appian's return on equity.
52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Rapid7 shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.6% of Appian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Rapid7 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Appian beats Rapid7 on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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