SKKY vs NOW vs APPN Stock Comparison

Skkynet Cloud Systems, ServiceNow and Appian Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$102.35 -25.8% 1M -41.8% 1Y
Market cap
$106.27B
P/E
73.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
6 wins
APPN Appian Corp
$54.03 +45.0% 1M +84.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.75B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$842.94M
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

ServiceNow leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (ServiceNow 6, Appian 3, Skkynet Cloud Systems 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSKKYNOWAPPNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $37.20M $106.27B $3.75B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -122.7x 73.5x -614.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.4x 48.2x NOW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -7.4% +21.8% +22.0% APPN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -12.8% 9.4% -0.7% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -30.7% 5.2% 15.8% APPN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x 3.8x NOW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.3% -41.8% +84.2% APPN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.5%/yr -5.9%/yr -9.9%/yr SKKY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 179.1% 66.9% 68.7% NOW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 30/100 51/100 47/100 NOW

Percentile Scorecard

SKKYNOWAPPN

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

AxisSKKYNOWAPPN
Valuation 11 #89 of 100 39 #61 of 100 34 #66 of 100
Growth 1 #98 of 99 50 #50 of 99 78 #23 of 99
Profitability 26 #71 of 96 75 #25 of 96 57 #42 of 96
Financial Health 83 #20 of 112 52 #54 of 112 30 #79 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 38 #42 of 67 35 #44 of 67
Overall 30 51 47
  • SKKY ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • NOW ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • APPN ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSKKYNOWAPPNSPY
1 month +14.8%-25.8%+45.0% -5.9%
3 months +40.0%-12.8%+77.7% -4.6%
6 months +159.3%+9.4%+127.4% +0.2%
Year to date +118.8%-33.2%+52.5% +7.5%
1 year +27.3%-41.8%+84.2% +8.2%
3 years +75.0%-16.0%+44.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +20.5%-5.7%+13.1% +19.0%
5 years +12.9%-26.0%-40.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year +2.5%-5.9%-9.9% +9.4%
10 years —+515.1%— +251.5%
10 years, per year —+19.9%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureSKKYNOWAPPNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 179.1%66.9%68.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 283.5%76.8%59.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.250.790.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.15-0.631.23 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.9%-64.5%-81.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.7%-41.8%0.0% -5.9%
52-week high $0.75$175.93$54.03 $779.14
52-week low $0.21$83.00$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.

MultipleSKKYNOWAPPN
P/E now vs peer median -122.7xmedian 24.7x 73.3xmedian 24.7x -634.1xmedian 24.7x
P/S now vs peer median 15.7xmedian 2.8x 6.9xmedian 2.8x 4.6xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -46.8xmedian 16.5x 31.7xmedian 16.5x 137.8xmedian 16.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3,113xmedian 15.3x 22.4xmedian 15.3x 99.9xmedian 15.3x
P/B now vs peer median 42.4xmedian 2.7x 8.1xmedian 2.7x -39.5xmedian 2.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.77median 0.77 -21.45median 0.77 -9.85median 0.77

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 monthsSKKYNOWAPPN
Revenue $2.37M $15.43B $842.94M
Gross profit – $11.28B $610.63M
Operating income -$671.70K $1.49B $18.33M
Net income -$303.29K $1.45B -$6.10M
Free cash flow -$11.95K $4.75B $38.68M
R&D – $3.47B $189.33M
EPS (diluted) $-0.01 $1.39 $-0.08
Cash & equivalents $1.59M $2.39B $47.33M
Total debt $220.71K $7.52B $199.49M
Shares (diluted) 53.14M 1.04B 72.74M
Enterprise value $31.46M $85.53B $3.10B

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
MetricSKKYNOWAPPN
P/E -122.7x 73.3x -634.1x
P/FCF -3,113x 22.4x 99.9x
P/Operating cash flow -3,113x 19.9x 82.8x
P/S 15.7x 6.9x 4.6x
P/B 42.4x 8.1x -39.5x
P/Tangible book 42.4x 11.2x -39.3x
EV/EBITDA -46.8x 31.7x 137.8x
EV/EBIT -53.4x 73.1x 216.8x
EV/Revenue 15.1x 7.1x 4.7x
EV/FCF -2,999x 23.0x 102.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -2,999x 20.5x 85.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.77 -21.45 -9.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSKKYNOWAPPN
Revenue growth (1Y) -7.4% 21.8% 22.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.2% 22.1% 17.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.1% 23.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 19.2% 17.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -1,158% -14.9% 189.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -78.5% 32.1% 28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -379.8% -16.5% 16.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -72.7% -3.1% 64.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -413.4% -16.2% 14.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -69.4% -3.4% 64.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -105.0% 10.2% -38.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.3% 21.8% 34.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -105.0% 20.0% -46.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.3% 25.9% 32.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSKKYNOWAPPN
Gross margin – 73.1% 72.4%
EBITDA margin -32.3% 22.3% 3.4%
Operating margin -28.3% 9.7% 2.2%
Pretax margin -26.6% 13.1% -0.2%
Net margin -12.8% 9.4% -0.7%
FCF margin -0.5% 30.8% 4.6%
Operating cash flow margin -0.5% 34.6% 5.5%
Return on equity -35.4% 11.3% –
Return on assets -15.8% 4.6% -1.0%
Return on invested capital -30.7% 5.2% 15.8%
Return on capital employed -60.0% 7.5% 13.0%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 3.7x -7.6x
Stock comp / revenue 9.4% 10.4% 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSKKYNOWAPPN
Debt / assets 11.6% 23.6% 33.2%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.6x -2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x 3.8x
Debt / FCF -18.5x 1.6x 5.2x
Liabilities / assets 53.7% 58.9% 116.3%
Equity / assets 46.3% 41.1% -16.3%
Interest coverage – 14.6x 1.1x
Current ratio 2.4x 0.7x 0.9x
Quick ratio 2.4x 0.6x 0.8x
Cash ratio 2.0x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 17.66 4.19 3.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSKKYNOWAPPN
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 2.4% 2.1%
Shareholder yield – 2.4% 2.1%
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.

ConsensusSKKYNOWAPPN
Forward P/E – 27.4xFY2026 48.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.74FY2026 $1.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +6.6%FY2026 +83.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +25.1% +20.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $15.26BFY2026 $897.68MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +14.9%FY2026 +23.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +17.5% +12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSKKYNOWAPPN
Held by institutions – 81.6% 94.9%
Institutions holding – 2,228 212
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.1% -1.3%
Institutions buying – 1,287 119
Institutions selling – 781 52
Buyers to sellers – 1.65 2.29

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.

SKKYNOWAPPN
SKKY 1.00 -0.04 0.06
NOW -0.04 1.00 0.58
APPN 0.06 0.58 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SKKY, NOW and APPN?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) $37.20M, ServiceNow (NOW) $106.27B, Appian (APPN) $3.75B.

Which company is growing faster?

Appian (APPN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) -7.4%, ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%, Appian (APPN) +22.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

ServiceNow (NOW) has the highest net margin (Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) -12.8%, ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%, Appian (APPN) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Appian (APPN) leads (Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) -30.7%, ServiceNow (NOW) 5.2%, Appian (APPN) 15.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Appian (APPN) returned the most: Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) +27.3%, ServiceNow (NOW) -41.8%, Appian (APPN) +84.2%. Over five years, Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) compounded fastest (Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) +2.5%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) -5.9%/yr, Appian (APPN) -9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ServiceNow (NOW) has been the steadiest (Skkynet Cloud Systems (SKKY) 179.1%, ServiceNow (NOW) 66.9%, Appian (APPN) 68.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SKKY, NOW 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, ServiceNow (NOW) leads on 6. 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.