APPN vs. ALKT, RPD, PYCR, AVDX, SEMR, PRGS, INTA, BB, SWI, and PD
Should you be buying Appian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Appian include Alkami Technology (ALKT), Rapid7 (RPD), Paycor HCM (PYCR), AvidXchange (AVDX), Semrush (SEMR), Progress Software (PRGS), Intapp (INTA), BlackBerry (BB), SolarWinds (SWI), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Alkami Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Appian. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alkami Technology and 4 mentions for Appian. Appian's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Alkami Technology's score of 0.93 indicating that Alkami Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Appian received 298 more outperform votes than Alkami Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.24% of users gave Alkami Technology an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Appian an outperform vote.
55.0% of Alkami Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.0% of Alkami Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.6% of Appian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alkami Technology currently has a consensus price target of $26.90, indicating a potential downside of 2.92%. Appian has a consensus price target of $46.43, indicating a potential upside of 40.06%. Given Alkami Technology's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Alkami Technology.
Alkami Technology has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Appian has a net margin of -19.20% compared to Appian's net margin of -20.42%. Appian's return on equity of -15.31% beat Alkami Technology's return on equity.
Alkami Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Appian. Alkami Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Appian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alkami Technology beats Appian on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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