Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN - Get Free Report) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.150--0.110 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of -0.130. The company issued revenue guidance of $158.0 million-$162.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $161.7 million. Appian also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.180-0.260 EPS.

Appian Stock Down 1.1 %

NASDAQ:APPN traded down $0.34 on Friday, hitting $31.69. The stock had a trading volume of 794,974 shares, compared to its average volume of 553,858. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $29.40 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $33.34. Appian has a 52-week low of $24.00 and a 52-week high of $43.33. The stock has a market cap of $2.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.15 and a beta of 1.83.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.12. Appian had a negative return on equity of 532.05% and a negative net margin of 14.95%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.24) EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Appian will post -0.28 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on APPN shares. Scotiabank cut their price target on Appian from $37.00 to $34.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Citigroup decreased their target price on Appian from $53.00 to $40.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Appian from $28.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Appian from $27.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, DA Davidson increased their target price on shares of Appian from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Appian has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $36.14.

Insider Transactions at Appian

In other news, Director Albert G.W. Biddle III sold 990 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.21, for a total value of $32,877.90. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 29,348 shares in the company, valued at approximately $974,647.08. This trade represents a 3.26 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Abdiel Capital Advisors, Lp sold 78,528 shares of Appian stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.49, for a total transaction of $2,080,206.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 9,942,140 shares in the company, valued at $263,367,288.60. This represents a 0.78 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 240,510 shares of company stock valued at $6,648,635. 43.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Appian Company Profile

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.