As Application Software businesses, HubSpot Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) and Appian Corporation (NASDAQ:APPN), are affected by contrast. This especially applies to their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 550.22M | 13.89 | 59.48M | -1.66 | 0.00 |
| Appian Corporation | 234.63M | 9.42 | 57.44M | -0.81 | 0.00 |
Demonstrates HubSpot Inc. and Appian Corporation earnings per share (EPS), top-line revenue and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 hightlights the return on assets, net margins and return on equity of the two companies.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -10.81% | -27.7% | -8.2% |
| Appian Corporation | -24.48% | -87.6% | -26.9% |
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of HubSpot Inc. are 3 and 3 respectively. Its competitor Appian Corporation’s Current Ratio is 1.6 and its Quick Ratio is 1.6. HubSpot Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than Appian Corporation.
Analyst Recommendations
HubSpot Inc. and Appian Corporation Recommendations and Ratings are available in the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2.60 |
| Appian Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
The consensus price target of HubSpot Inc. is $179.4, with potential downside of -1.17%.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
The shares of both HubSpot Inc. and Appian Corporation are owned by institutional investors at 95.7% and 58.1% respectively. Insiders held roughly 6.2% of HubSpot Inc.’s shares. Insiders Comparatively, held 1.2% of Appian Corporation shares.
Performance
In this table we provide the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -3.56% | 3.59% | 25.52% | 14.76% | 46.22% | 30.43% |
| Appian Corporation | -3.05% | 9.54% | 21.21% | 1.64% | 21.96% | 32.01% |
For the past year HubSpot Inc.’s stock price has smaller growth than Appian Corporation.
Summary
HubSpot Inc. beats Appian Corporation on 8 of the 11 factors.
HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, CRM, analytics, and reporting that enables businesses to attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads, and close leads into customers and delight customers. The company also offers professional, and phone and email-based support services. HubSpot, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Appian Corporation provides low-code software development platform that enables organizations to develop various applications in the United States and internationally. The companyÂ’s platform automates the creation of forms, data flows, records, reports, and other software elements that are needed to be manually coded or configured. Its principal software markets include the markets for low-code development platforms, case management software, business process management, and platform-as-a-service. The company also offers professional and customer support services. Its customers include financial services, healthcare, government, telecommunications, media, energy, manufacturing, and transportation organizations. Appian Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
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