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: $21.73 to $23.29
• 50-Day Range: $20.22 to $27.34
• 52-Week Range: $19.79 to $46.06
• Volume: 1.37 million shs
• Average Volume: 998,441 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.71 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,318.00
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $27.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Appian Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Appian scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 249th out of 626 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: 3.5 / 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 $27.33, representing about 17.9% upside from its current price of $23.18.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Appian has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 69.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Appian are expected to grow by 69.70% in the coming year, from $0.33 to $0.56 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Appian is 2,318.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.23.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Appian is 2,318.00, 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 164.59.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.52% 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 7.18.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Appian has recently increased by 18.74%, 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: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.27

News Sentiment

Appian has a news sentiment score of 0.27. 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 0.60 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Appian this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

10 people have searched for APPN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Appian to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

43.00% 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.

APPN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have APPN shares performed this year?

Appian's stock was trading at $35.42 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, APPN stock has decreased by 34.6% and is now trading at $23.18.

How were Appian's earnings last quarter?

Appian Corporation (NASDAQ:APPN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 19th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.04. The company's revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Appian IPO?

Appian (APPN) raised $75 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 25th 2017. The company issued 6,250,000 shares at a price of $11.00-$13.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs and Barclays served as the underwriters for the IPO and Pacific Crest Securities (a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets), Canaccord Genuity and Cowen and Company were co-managers.

Who are Appian's major shareholders?

Appian's top institutional shareholders include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.16%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.02%), Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. (0.02%) and Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Abdiel Capital Advisors, Lp, Albert GW Biddle III, Christopher Winters, Christopher M Jones, William D Mccarthy and Mark Matheos.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Appian?

Shares of APPN 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 Appian own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Appian investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET), Broadcom (AVGO) and PayPal (PYPL).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/19/2026
• Today: 5/06/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/07/2026
• Investor Day 2026: 5/14/2026
• 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: $27.33
• High Price Target: $38.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,318.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 70.24
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.23 million
• Net Margins: 0.17%
• Pretax Margin: 0.89%
• Return on Equity: -11.83%
• Return on Assets: 0.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.15
• Quick Ratio: 1.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $726.94 million
• Price / Sales: 2.36
• Cash Flow: $0.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 108.07
• Book Value: ($0.63) per share
• Price / Book: -36.79

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 73,960,000
• Free Float: 42,157,000
• Market Cap: $1.71 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88