Appian (NASDAQ:APPN – Get Free Report) and BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Volatility & Risk
Appian has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BIO-key International has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of BIO-key International shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of Appian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of BIO-key International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Appian | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| BIO-key International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Appian presently has a consensus price target of $40.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.79%. Given Appian’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than BIO-key International.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Appian and BIO-key International”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Appian | $545.36 million | 5.34 | -$111.44 million | ($1.22) | -27.95 |
| BIO-key International | $7.76 million | 0.50 | -$8.52 million | N/A | N/A |
BIO-key International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Appian.
Profitability
This table compares Appian and BIO-key International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Appian | -14.88% | -532.05% | -10.11% |
| BIO-key International | -72.53% | -3,124.77% | -106.39% |
Summary
Appian beats BIO-key International on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Appian
Appian Corporation, a software company that provides low-code design platform in the United States, Mexico, Portugal, and internationally. The company's platform offers artificial intelligence, process automation, data fabric, and process mining. It provides The Appian Platform, an integrated automation platform that enables organizations to design, automate, and optimize mission-critical business processes. The company also offers professional and customer support services. It serves to financial services, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, and transportation industries. Appian Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
About BIO-key International
BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.
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