Reviewing Trident Digital Tech (NASDAQ:TDTH) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN)

Trident Digital Tech (NASDAQ:TDTH) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Trident Digital Tech and Appian, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trident Digital Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Appian	1	4	1	0	2.00

Appian has a consensus target price of $33.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.82%. Given Appian’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than Trident Digital Tech.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Trident Digital Tech and Appian”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trident Digital Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Appian	$617.02 million	3.50	-$92.26 million	($0.83)	-35.05

Trident Digital Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Appian.

Profitability

This table compares Trident Digital Tech and Appian’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trident Digital Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Appian	-2.62%	N/A	-2.88%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.7% of Appian shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Appian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Appian beats Trident Digital Tech on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Trident Digital Tech

Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of business consulting services and information technology customization solutions. Its products include Tridentity, TriVerse, TriEvents, and TriFood. The company was founded by Soon Huat Lim in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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.