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How Appian Corporation stacks up
APPN · against 413 other Technology companies of similar size
Profitability
36/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #304 of 414 · scores higher than 26% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including APPN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 36?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Technology peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 75% of peers. Operating margin: 0.1% vs peer median 6.3%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 3.9% vs peer median 6.8%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.2% vs peer median 2.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = APPN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | APPN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 389 reported | 3.9% | 9.2% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 412 reported | 0.1% | 7.9% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 403 reported | 3.2% | 3.8% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 396 reported | Not reported | 10.4% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 414 reported | 72.4% | 35.3% | 89% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around APPN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.8B AUD (≈$3.2B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 2 | 117.8B TWD (≈$3.7B) | 99 | 94 | |
| 2 | 170.7B INR (≈$2.0B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 2 | 4.0B USD | 99 | 84 | |
| 5 | 388.6B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 304 | 46.2B CNY (≈$6.5B) | 36 | 45 | |
| 304 | 122.6B TWD (≈$3.8B) | 36 | 23 | |
| 304 | 23.8B CNY (≈$3.3B) | 36 | 41 | |
| 304 | 6.3B USD | 36 | 47 | |
| 304 | 3.5B USD | 36 | 35 | |
| 309 | 89.3B TWD (≈$2.8B) | 35 | 42 | |
| 309 | 38.9B CNY (≈$5.4B) | 35 | 30 | |
| 309 | 355.6B JPY (≈$2.4B) | 35 | 58 | |
| 309 | 35.4B NOK (≈$3.4B) | 35 | 50 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score