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NASDAQ:APPN

Appian (APPN) Competitors

$45.64
+1.19 (+2.68%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$44.66
$46.30
50-Day Range
$33.73
$45.64
52-Week Range
$29.80
$57.47
Volume
454,468 shs
Average Volume
341,512 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.33 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$45.89

APPN vs. BB, BL, ESMT, CVLT, NCNO, VERX, RPD, VRNS, INTA, and AYX

Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include BlackBerry (BB), BlackLine (BL), EngageSmart (ESMT), Commvault Systems (CVLT), nCino (NCNO), Vertex (VERX), Rapid7 (RPD), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Intapp (INTA), and Alteryx (AYX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Appian vs.

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

BlackBerry presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.58%. Appian has a consensus target price of $45.89, indicating a potential upside of 0.55%. Given BlackBerry's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than Appian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BlackBerry
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Appian
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackBerry$656 million4.72-$734 million-$1.38-3.85
Appian$488.96 million6.81-$150.92 million-$2.27-20.11

In the previous week, Appian had 1 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Appian and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.00 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackBerry Neutral
Appian Positive

42.4% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of BlackBerry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of Appian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BlackBerry received 412 more outperform votes than Appian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 62.45% of users gave Appian an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackBerryOutperform Votes
743
71.86%
Underperform Votes
291
28.14%
AppianOutperform Votes
331
62.45%
Underperform Votes
199
37.55%

BlackBerry has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Appian has a net margin of -33.66% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -111.89%. BlackBerry's return on equity of -10.91% beat Appian's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackBerry -111.89% -10.91% -6.15%
Appian -33.66% -92.14% -27.26%

Summary

Appian beats BlackBerry on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

MetricAppianPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.33B$18.49B$15.61B$6.27B
Dividend YieldN/A1.99%4.86%6.40%
P/E Ratio-20.1145.08362.1314.13
Price / Sales6.816.65876.14100.39
Price / CashN/A64.3428.47105.95
Price / Book28.5328.8517.906.89
Net Income-$150.92M$270.08M$526.83M$193.40M
7 Day Performance12.52%2.84%1.61%2.27%
1 Month Performance29.77%12.01%6.55%5.07%
1 Year Performance-7.16%-6.00%-3.99%1.68%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BB
BlackBerry
1.1636 of 5 stars
$5.19
-1.0%
$5.50
+6.1%
-8.9%$3.02B$656M-3.763,181
BL
BlackLine
2.127 of 5 stars
$50.04
-2.3%
$63.55
+27.0%
-27.1%$3.03B$522.94M-100.081,814
ESMT
EngageSmart
2.6809 of 5 stars
$18.19
+0.2%
$25.88
+42.3%
-12.9%$3.03B$303.92M139.90789
CVLT
Commvault Systems
1.9255 of 5 stars
$69.40
-0.1%
$71.20
+2.6%
+11.4%$3.05B$784.59M-85.682,779Positive News
NCNO
nCino
2.3989 of 5 stars
$27.57
+0.5%
$32.67
+18.5%
-30.4%$3.09B$408.32M-29.651,791Analyst Report
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VERX
Vertex
1.9081 of 5 stars
$21.10
+0.8%
$21.33
+1.1%
+92.8%$3.20B$491.62M-100.471,400
RPD
Rapid7
1.2394 of 5 stars
$47.22
-3.3%
$53.18
+12.6%
-32.5%$2.85B$685.08M-26.382,623Options Volume
VRNS
Varonis Systems
2.1979 of 5 stars
$25.54
-0.4%
$30.95
+21.2%
-22.9%$2.80B$473.63M-24.562,143Positive News
INTA
Intapp
1.5461 of 5 stars
$41.61
+6.9%
$41.50
-0.3%
+110.7%$2.72B$272.07M-33.02749Insider Selling
AYX
Alteryx
2.3298 of 5 stars
$36.95
+3.1%
$73.42
+98.7%
-26.5%$2.60B$855.35M-8.442,900Analyst Upgrade
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This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 6/4/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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