EGAN vs PATH vs APPN Stock Comparison

Egain, UiPath and Appian Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EGAN EGAIN Corp
$5.59 -4.1% 1M -61.3% 1Y
Market cap
$152.08M
P/E
17.1x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
2 wins
PATH UiPath, Inc.
$14.28 +14.5% 1M -13.3% 1Y
Market cap
$7.32B
P/E
20.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.72B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins
APPN Appian Corp
$51.57 +43.2% 1M +63.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.71B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$795.31M
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

UiPath leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (UiPath 4, Appian 3, Egain 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEGANPATHAPPNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $152.08M $7.32B $3.71B PATH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.1x 20.2x -349.6x EGAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 111.8x 18.8x 46.0x PATH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +15.0% +20.9% APPN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 21.0% -1.3% PATH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 6.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 3.4x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -61.3% -13.3% +63.1% APPN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.6%/yr -22.5%/yr -11.3%/yr APPN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.8% 64.5% 68.3% EGAN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 77/100 52/100 PATH

Percentile Scorecard

EGANPATHAPPN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEGANPATHAPPN
Valuation 96 #5 of 102 78 #23 of 102 39 #63 of 102
Growth – 87 #14 of 98 91 #10 of 98
Profitability – 76 #24 of 95 56 #42 of 95
Financial Health 79 #24 of 109 89 #13 of 109 32 #74 of 109
Shareholder Returns – 54 #30 of 64 43 #37 of 64
Overall – 77 52
  • EGAN ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • PATH ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • APPN ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEGANPATHAPPNSPY
1 month -4.1%+14.5%+43.2% -0.8%
3 months -17.9%+23.0%+101.8% +3.5%
6 months -26.7%+36.5%+134.8% +7.0%
Year to date -45.7%-12.9%+45.6% +12.2%
1 year -61.3%-13.3%+63.1% +13.0%
3 years -3.8%-4.4%+29.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year -1.3%-1.5%+8.9% +23.1%
5 years -46.1%-72.1%-45.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.6%-22.5%-11.3% +11.0%
10 years +96.1%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +7.0%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEGANPATHAPPNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.8%64.5%68.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.3%66.0%59.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.701.050.51 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.01-0.210.92 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.9%-83.7%-81.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.8%-26.0%-1.5% -1.8%
52-week high $15.46$19.29$52.35 $779.14
52-week low $5.11$9.38$18.72 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEGANPATHAPPN
P/E now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 28.8x 20.5xmedian 28.8x -354.0xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 2.8x 3.8xmedian 2.8x 4.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.7x 17.7xmedian 17.7x 186.1xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 15.8x 18.0xmedian 15.8x 48.2xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 3.2x 3.3xmedian 3.2x -35.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.85 0.33median 0.85 -5.97median 0.85

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEGANPATHAPPN
Revenue – $1.72B $795.31M
Gross profit – $1.42B $565.62M
Operating income – $152.95M $10.14M
Net income – $361.92M -$10.62M
Free cash flow – $362.96M $76.75M
R&D – $368.32M $185.95M
EPS (diluted) – $0.69 $-0.15
Cash & equivalents $73.34M $607.41M $121.11M
Total debt – – $236.03M
Shares (diluted) 27.86M 523.01M 72.90M
Enterprise value -$138.12M $1.85B $2.96B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEGANPATHAPPN
P/E 17.1x 20.5x -354.0x
P/FCF 7.1x 18.0x 48.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.5x 45.9x
P/S 1.6x 3.8x 4.7x
P/B 1.7x 3.3x -35.2x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 3.5x -35.0x
EV/EBITDA – 17.7x 186.1x
EV/EBIT – 34.2x 371.8x
EV/Revenue – 3.0x 4.7x
EV/FCF – 14.4x 49.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 14.0x 46.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.33 -5.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEGANPATHAPPN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 15.0% 20.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.4% 16.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.6% 19.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.8% 15.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 430.0% 172.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 38.3% 27.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 1,695% 38.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 59.2% 59.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 1,763% 37.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 61.2% 59.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 11.5% 66.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 27.9% 42.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.2% 66.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 29.3% 39.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEGANPATHAPPN
Gross margin – 82.6% 71.1%
EBITDA margin – 17.2% 2.5%
Operating margin – 8.9% 1.3%
Pretax margin – 12.3% -0.7%
Net margin – 21.0% -1.3%
FCF margin – 21.1% 9.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 21.7% 10.2%
Return on equity – 18.8% –
Return on assets – 12.5% -1.8%
Return on invested capital – – 6.5%
Return on capital employed – 7.3% 5.3%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.0x -7.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 13.6% 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEGANPATHAPPN
Debt / assets – – 40.3%
Debt / equity – – -2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 3.4x
Debt / FCF – – 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 43.1% 33.0% 118.0%
Equity / assets 56.9% 67.0% -18.0%
Interest coverage – – 0.6x
Current ratio 1.7x 2.4x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.7x 2.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 1.2x 1.6x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 4.51 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEGANPATHAPPN
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 3.9% 2.0%
Shareholder yield – 3.9% 2.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEGANPATHAPPN
Forward P/E 111.8xFY2027 18.8xFY2026 46.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.05FY2027 $0.76FY2026 $1.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -89.4%FY2027 +5.6%FY2026 +83.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -60.0% +14.5% +20.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $89.04MFY2027 $1.87BFY2026 $897.68MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.3%FY2027 +16.3%FY2026 +23.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -12.3% -3.3% +12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEGANPATHAPPN
Held by institutions 53.0% 79.0% 94.9%
Institutions holding 106 525 212
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +14.3% -1.3%
Institutions buying 55 276 120
Institutions selling 34 169 52
Buyers to sellers 1.62 1.63 2.31

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EGANPATHAPPN
EGAN 1.00 0.40 0.31
PATH 0.40 1.00 0.56
APPN 0.31 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EGAN, PATH and APPN?

UiPath (PATH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Egain (EGAN) $152.08M, UiPath (PATH) $7.32B, Appian (APPN) $3.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, EGAN, PATH and APPN?

Egain (EGAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Egain (EGAN) 17.1x, UiPath (PATH) 20.2x, Appian (APPN) -349.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, UiPath (PATH) is cheapest (Egain (EGAN) 111.8x, UiPath (PATH) 18.8x, Appian (APPN) 46.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Appian (APPN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: UiPath (PATH) +15.0%, Appian (APPN) +20.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

UiPath (PATH) has the highest net margin (UiPath (PATH) 21.0%, Appian (APPN) -1.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Appian (APPN) returned the most: Egain (EGAN) -61.3%, UiPath (PATH) -13.3%, Appian (APPN) +63.1%. Over five years, Appian (APPN) compounded fastest (Egain (EGAN) -11.6%/yr, UiPath (PATH) -22.5%/yr, Appian (APPN) -11.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Egain (EGAN) has been the steadiest (Egain (EGAN) 60.8%, UiPath (PATH) 64.5%, Appian (APPN) 68.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EGAN, PATH and APPN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, UiPath (PATH) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.