Head to head
Appian vs Microsoft
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: APPN · MSFT
APPN
Appian
37.76+1.37%
1-year price shape — +28% over the period
Quant Rating C · 67/100
vs
MSFT
Microsoft
529.76+0.09%
1-year price shape — +2% over the period
Quant Rating C · 40/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Microsoft edges it on the scoreable measures. Microsoft pays the highest dividend yield; Microsoft earns the most per share.
| APPN | MSFT | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | Software - Infrastructure | Software - Infrastructure |
| Last price | 37.76 | 529.76 |
| Change today | +1.37% | +0.09% |
| 1-year return | +28.0% | +1.9% |
| Market cap | $2.70B | $3.93T |
| 52-week range | 18.63 – 46.06 | 348.54 – 549.20 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | -269.71 | 29.51 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 7th | 30th |
| P/B | -25.72 | 8.89 |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.67% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 0.02 | 17.95 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $1.43M | $133.29B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $795.31M | $331.84B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +19.1% | +17.7% |
| Gross margin | 72.4% | 67.9% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 46.8% |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 40.3% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $76.75M | $66.99B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 55.7% | 75.3% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 33 buy / 17 sell | 31 buy / 16 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 5.3% | 0.9% |
| Analyst consensus | 17% buy / 67% hold / 17% sell (6) | 100% buy (32) |
| Analyst price target | $32 (-14%) | $582 (+10%) |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | C (67) | C (40) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 2,149 | 223,000 |
| Founded | 1999 | 1975 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.