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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Appian beats BlackBerry on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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