AppTech Payments (APCX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AppTech Payments Corp., a financial technology company, provides electronic payment processing technologies and merchant services in the United States. Its merchant transaction services offer processing payments for credit and debit cards through point-of-sale equipment, e-commerce gateways, periodic automatic clearing house payments, and gift and loyalty programs. The company also offers integrated solutions for frictionless digital and mobile payment acceptance, as well as multi-use case, multi-channel, API-driven, and account-based issuer processing for card, digital tokens, and payment transfer transaction services; hosted ecommerce checkout, a flexible payment gateway; and text payment technology, alternative payment methods (APMs), and contactless payments. In addition, it provides FinZeo, a fintech platform. The company was formerly known as AppTech Corp. AppTech Payments Corp. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.24 to $0.29
• 50-Day Range: $0.22 to $0.32
• 52-Week Range: $0.06 to $1.49
• Volume: 30,424 shs
• Average Volume: 206,679 shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.52 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

AppTech Payments Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AppTech Payments scored higher than 9% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for AppTech Payments.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AppTech Payments is -0.58, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AppTech Payments is -0.58, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AppTech Payments has a P/B Ratio of 1.40. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of AppTech Payments has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AppTech Payments has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AppTech Payments has recently increased by 3,600.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

AppTech Payments does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

AppTech Payments does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of AppTech Payments has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AppTech Payments has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AppTech Payments has recently increased by 3,600.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.16

News Sentiment

AppTech Payments has a news sentiment score of 0.16. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for AppTech Payments this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AppTech Payments insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

37.88% of the stock of AppTech Payments is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 5.15% of the stock of AppTech Payments is held by institutions.

APCX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have APCX shares performed this year?

AppTech Payments' stock was trading at $0.5201 at the start of the year. Since then, APCX stock has decreased by 46.2% and is now trading at $0.28.

How were AppTech Payments' earnings last quarter?

AppTech Payments Corp. (NASDAQ:APCX) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 14th. The company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. AppTech Payments had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 398.98% and a negative net margin of 3,119.45%.

How do I buy shares of AppTech Payments?

Shares of APCX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of AppTech Payments own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that AppTech Payments investors own include Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (RYCEY), Energy Transfer (ET), Knightscope (KSCP), Pure Storage (PSTG), Tellurian (TELL) and Torm (TRMD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/14/2025
• Today: 8/14/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:APCX
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:APCX
• CIK: 1070050
• Web: www.apptechcorp.com
• Phone: (760) 707-5959
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 20
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.48)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$18.51 million
• Net Margins: -3,119.45%
• Pretax Margin: -3,115.34%
• Return on Equity: -398.98%
• Return on Assets: -153.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.04
• Current Ratio: 0.06
• Quick Ratio: 0.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $276 thousand
• Price / Sales: 34.45
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.20 per share
• Price / Book: 1.40

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 33,983,000
• Free Float: 25,285,000
• Market Cap: $9.51 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.14