Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Vs. DT, XM, PTC, CTXS, CDAY, BKI, S, BSY, PCTY, and YMM
Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include Dynatrace (DT), Qualtrics International (XM), PTC (PTC), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Black Knight (BKI), SentinelOne (S), Bentley Systems (BSY), Paylocity (PCTY), and Full Truck Alliance (YMM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Appian vs.
Qualtrics International (NYSE:XM) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
15.4% of Qualtrics International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Qualtrics International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Appian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Appian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Qualtrics International. Appian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualtrics International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Appian received 272 more outperform votes than Qualtrics International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.27% of users gave Qualtrics International an outperform vote while only 64.47% of users gave Appian an outperform vote.
Qualtrics International currently has a consensus price target of $50.71, indicating a potential upside of 99.87%. Appian has a consensus price target of $110.67, indicating a potential upside of 115.72%. Given Appian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Qualtrics International.
Appian has a net margin of -20.00% compared to Qualtrics International's net margin of -78.49%. Qualtrics International's return on equity of 0.00% beat Appian's return on equity.
In the previous week, Qualtrics International and Qualtrics International both had 12 articles in the media. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Qualtrics International's score of -0.16 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Appian beats Qualtrics International on 9 of the 16 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.
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.
Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) vs. Its Competitors
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