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APPN vs. PD, WIX, ESTC, DAY, AUR, CFLT, DSGX, APPF, LNW, and MTCH

Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include PagerDuty (PD), Wix.com (WIX), Elastic (ESTC), Dayforce (DAY), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Confluent (CFLT), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), AppFolio (APPF), Light & Wonder (LNW), and Match Group (MTCH). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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

Appian currently has a consensus price target of $36.29, indicating a potential upside of 25.95%. PagerDuty has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.38%. Given PagerDuty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 8 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Appian and 0 mentions for PagerDuty. Appian's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat PagerDuty's score of 0.00 indicating that Appian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Appian Positive
PagerDuty Neutral

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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of PagerDuty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$617.02M3.47-$92.26M-$0.83-34.71
PagerDuty$467.50M2.85-$54.46M-$0.40-36.55

Summary

Appian and PagerDuty tied by winning 8 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$2.11B$18.17B$28.69B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.82%3.07%4.03%
P/E Ratio-34.7172.1143.9220.09
Price / Sales3.4776.951,807.2699.01
Price / CashN/A93.3238.0658.27
Price / Book-65.488.757.635.65
Net Income-$92.26M$337.83M$779.03M$257.91M
7 Day Performance0.42%4.62%2.35%2.09%
1 Month Performance-4.35%10.23%7.48%11.13%
1 Year Performance-18.55%59.68%52,761.55%18.40%

Appian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPN
Appian
4.2942 of 5 stars
$28.81
+1.3%
$36.29
+25.9%
-20.1%$2.11B$617.02M-34.712,033News Coverage
PD
PagerDuty
3.4118 of 5 stars
$15.71
-1.8%
$19.50
+24.1%
-32.7%$1.43B$467.50M-39.281,242
WIX
Wix.com
4.8414 of 5 stars
$163.68
-0.4%
$228.95
+39.9%
-4.3%$9.18B$1.76B65.214,568Analyst Forecast
ESTC
Elastic
3.439 of 5 stars
$86.26
-1.1%
$113.52
+31.6%
-25.3%$9.10B$1.48B-82.153,537
DAY
Dayforce
3.6426 of 5 stars
$56.63
-1.1%
$70.86
+25.1%
+3.7%$9.05B$1.76B353.969,600Insider Trade
AUR
Aurora Innovation
2.3867 of 5 stars
$5.11
-3.6%
$10.75
+110.4%
+48.4%$9.04B$68M-10.651,800Positive News
CFLT
Confluent
2.6784 of 5 stars
$25.82
-1.8%
$30.11
+16.6%
-2.4%$8.79B$963.64M-26.353,060Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DSGX
The Descartes Systems Group
2.4144 of 5 stars
$102.35
-1.9%
$123.40
+20.6%
+5.1%$8.78B$651M61.662,524News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
APPF
AppFolio
2.6055 of 5 stars
$240.77
+2.2%
$274.43
+14.0%
-3.4%$8.67B$794.20M44.921,634News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LNW
Light & Wonder
4.1442 of 5 stars
$98.79
-0.7%
$106.55
+7.9%
-4.9%$8.34B$3.19B26.346,800Analyst Forecast
MTCH
Match Group
4.9858 of 5 stars
$31.83
-2.2%
$35.96
+13.0%
-9.0%$7.97B$3.48B15.762,510Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:APPN) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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