Appian (NASDAQ:APPN – Get Free Report) and Global Arena (OTCMKTS:GAHC – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Appian has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Arena has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Appian and Global Arena’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Appian | -14.95% | -532.05% | -10.88% |
| Global Arena | -61.77% | N/A | -111.08% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Appian | $617.02 million | 4.35 | -$92.26 million | ($1.26) | -24.96 |
| Global Arena | $830,000.00 | 0.00 | -$1.19 million | N/A | N/A |
Global Arena has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Appian.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Appian and Global Arena, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Appian | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Global Arena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Appian presently has a consensus price target of $40.17, indicating a potential upside of 27.72%. Given Appian’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Global Arena.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of Appian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Global Arena shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Appian beats Global Arena on 8 of the 11 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 Global Arena
Global Arena Holding Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides technology-enabled paper absentee/mail ballot and online election services in the United States. The company offers voter authentication and registration software, which authenticates and registers voting members in a data look-up system; and scanning and tabulation software, an advanced OMR/OCR/Barcode scanning and tabulation software, as well as an online voting platform. It also explores opportunities in the oil, gas, mineral, and energy business. The company provides its services to craft and trade organizations, labor unions, political parties, co-operatives and housing organizations, associations and professional societies, universities, and political organizations. The company was formerly known as Global Arena Holding Subsidiary Corp and changed its name to Global Arena Holding Inc. in May 2011. Global Arena Holding Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.
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