BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI – Get Free Report) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for BIO-key International and Appian, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BIO-key International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Appian | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Appian has a consensus target price of $40.17, suggesting a potential upside of 17.79%. Given Appian’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Appian is more favorable than BIO-key International.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BIO-key International | $7.76 million | 0.50 | -$8.52 million | N/A | N/A |
| Appian | $545.36 million | 5.34 | -$111.44 million | ($1.22) | -27.95 |
BIO-key International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Appian.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
26.5% of BIO-key International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of BIO-key International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Appian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
BIO-key International has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares BIO-key International and Appian’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BIO-key International | -72.53% | -3,124.77% | -106.39% |
| Appian | -14.88% | -532.05% | -10.11% |
Summary
Appian beats BIO-key International on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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