Financial Review: AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) & Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT)

Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Quantum Computing and AppFolio, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quantum Computing	1	1	2	0	2.25
AppFolio	0	1	6	0	2.86

Quantum Computing currently has a consensus target price of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 148.43%. AppFolio has a consensus target price of $310.20, suggesting a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Quantum Computing’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quantum Computing is more favorable than AppFolio.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of AppFolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Quantum Computing has a beta of 3.82, meaning that its stock price is 282% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Quantum Computing and AppFolio’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quantum Computing	N/A	N/A	N/A
AppFolio	22.48%	25.97%	20.95%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Quantum Computing and AppFolio”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quantum Computing	$263,000.00	9,032.21	-$152.39 million	($0.68)	-15.59
AppFolio	$794.20 million	11.21	$204.07 million	$5.57	44.52

AppFolio has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum Computing. Quantum Computing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

AppFolio beats Quantum Computing on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing Inc., an integrated photonics company, offers accessible and affordable quantum machines. The company offers Dirac systems are portable, low power, and room temperature qubit and qudit entropy quantum computers (EQC); reservoir computing; remote sensing; and single photon imaging. It also provides Quantum random number generator (uQRNG), a portable device that provides genuine random numbers directly from quantum processes; and quantum authentication which eliminates vulnerabilities inherent in classical cryptographic schemes by offering a comprehensive entanglement-based quantum cyber solution that seamlessly integrates into existing telecom fiber and communication infrastructure. The company was formerly known as Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. Quantum Computing, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

About AppFolio

AppFolio, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud business management solutions for the real estate industry in the United States. The company provides a cloud-based platform that enables users to automate and optimize common workflows; tools that assist with leasing, maintenance, and accounting; and other technology and services offered by third parties. It offers AppFolio Property Manager Core, a platform that provides the basic functionalities required to operate a property management business, as well as serves as a system of record; AppFolio Property Manager Plus, which offers housing management, student housing management, complex accounting, leasing insights, large-scale operations support, role-based permissions, stack integrations, and enhanced customer support services; AppFolio Property Manager Max offers customer relationship management functionality, field customization, customer database functionality, and customer success management services; and AppFolio Investment Manager, a software that provides investment management, asset management, and relationship management solutions. The company also provides value-added services that are designed to enhance, automate, and streamline processes and workflows for property management businesses, such as electronic payment, tenant screening, and insurance services. AppFolio, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.