Appian (APPN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Appian Corporation is a global technology company specializing in low-code automation platforms designed to streamline business processes. Founded in 1999 by Matt Calkins, the company provides an integrated suite of tools that enables organizations to build enterprise applications and workflows rapidly with minimal hand coding. The platform combines process management, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and data integration into a single environment, allowing businesses to accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

The core offering, the Appian Low-Code Platform, empowers users—ranging from professional developers to business analysts—to visually model, design and deploy applications that can automate complex operations, orchestrate tasks across systems, and deliver real-time analytics. Appian’s process mining and decision management modules further enhance operational visibility and adaptability, supporting continuous improvement and regulatory compliance in industries such as financial services, healthcare, government and manufacturing.

Appian is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and serves a broad customer base across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, with offices and partners worldwide. Its solutions are used by enterprises to address challenges such as customer onboarding, claims processing, supply chain management and case management. By abstracting much of the underlying technical complexity, Appian’s platform enables organizations to respond more quickly to market changes and drive cost efficiencies.

Leadership at Appian is anchored by co-founder and CEO Matt Calkins, who has guided the company since its inception. Under his direction, Appian has grown from a startup into a publicly traded company, listing on the NASDAQ in May 2017. Appian continues to innovate its platform by incorporating emerging technologies such as intelligent document processing and conversational AI, while expanding its partner ecosystem to support implementation and integration efforts worldwide.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $20.32 to $21.55
• 50-Day Range: $18.72 to $26.57
• 52-Week Range: $18.63 to $46.06
• Volume: 378,473 shs
• Average Volume: 1.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,137.54
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $26.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Appian Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Appian scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 262nd out of 623 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Appian has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Appian has a consensus price target of $26.00, representing about 22.0% upside from its current price of $21.32.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Appian has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 57.89%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Appian are expected to grow by 57.89% in the coming year, from $0.38 to $0.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Appian is 2,132.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Appian is 2,132.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 168.53.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.97% of the float of Appian has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Appian has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.14.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Appian has recently increased by 8.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Appian does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Appian does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.46

News Sentiment

Appian has a news sentiment score of 0.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Appian this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for APPN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 80% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added Appian to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $99,993.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0064% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Appian insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $99,993.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

44.00% of the stock of Appian is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.70% of the stock of Appian is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Today: 5/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:APPN
• CIK: 1441683
• Web: www.appian.com
• Phone: (703) 442-8844
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,149
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Appian: $26.00
• High Price Target: $37.00
• Low Price Target: $22.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,131.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: 56.00
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.23 million
• Net Margins: 0.12%
• Pretax Margin: 0.78%
• Return on Equity: -26.12%
• Return on Assets: 2.16%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.13
• Quick Ratio: 1.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $762.69 million
• Price / Sales: 2.05
• Cash Flow: $0.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 100.37
• Book Value: ($0.80) per share
• Price / Book: -26.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 73,412,000
• Free Float: 41,111,000
• Market Cap: $1.56 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88