Appian Corporation (APPN)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | McLean, United States | NasdaqGM
26.05 USD
+0.69
(2.721%)
⇧
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 25.68 -0.37 (-0.370%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:33 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Appian is currently broken by a severe disconnect between its historical performance and its current reality. Despite showing strong revenue growth of 21.5%, the stock has suffered four consecutive years of price declines, erasing nearly half its value since the 2021 peak. This multi-year structural deterioration is the primary driver for a low long-term rating; the market is pricing in significant fundamental issues that outweigh the top-line growth. Compounding this distress is a toxic mix of insider selling, with the CEO offloading millions in shares, and a lack of analyst support, evidenced by a 'none' recommendation key and a target price barely above current levels. On the short end, the technical picture remains grim, trading well below its 200-day average, while the options market confirms a defensive posture with heavy put buying. With no dividend to provide income and a balance sheet showing negative book value, the security offers no margin of safety. The recent price rebound appears to be a dead-cat bounce rather than a reversal, leaving the outlook bleak for both time horizons. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.087546 |
| AutoTheta | 0.098056 |
| MSTL | 0.098625 |
| MSTL_70 | 0.115154 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.116348 |
| MSTL_84 | 0.129599 |
| MSTL_70_84 | 0.146821 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 3.62 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.654 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Revenue per Share | 10.309 |
| Market Cap | 1,912,385,664 |
| Trailing P/E | 1302.50 |
| Forward P/E | 20.74 |
| Beta | 0.85 |
| Profit Margins | 0.12% |
| Website | https://www.appian.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 17.5 and 20.0) compared to negligible call volume. While there is some speculative call activity at strikes 35 and 45 for 2027, the overwhelming weight of the options chain suggests a bearish bias, with traders betting on further declines rather than a recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.12822276 |
| Address1 | 7,950 Jones Branch Drive |
| All Time High | 260.0 |
| All Time Low | 14.6 |
| Ask | 33.04 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 788,890 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 977,378 |
| Average Volume | 977,378 |
| Average Volume10Days | 788,890 |
| Beta | 0.853 |
| Bid | 18.9 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | -0.802 |
| City | McLean |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 26.05 |
| Current Ratio | 1.127 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 26.81 |
| Day Low | 25.4 |
| Display Name | Appian |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Ebitda | 25,318,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0332 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 79.059 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.624 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,001,609,728 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.98548 |
| Eps Forward | 1.25588 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.02 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 22.608 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.4419994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.15224697 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -12.822276 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 46.059 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -20.008999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43442106 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 18.63 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 7.42 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.39828235 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 18.63 - 46.059 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,495,719,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 35,700,314 |
| Forward Eps | 1.25588 |
| Forward P E | 20.742428 |
| Free Cashflow | 88,268,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 2,149 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.72470003 |
| Gross Profits | 552,721,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06623 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97092 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 73,412,120 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Appian Corporation operates as a software company in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers The Appian Platform, an integrated automation platform that enables organizations to design, automate, and optimize critical business processes. The company also offers cloud subscriptions bundled with maintenance and support and hosting services, license subscriptions, and maintenance and support for license subscriptions; and professional and customer support services. In addition, the company offers platforms, such as artificial intelligence, low-code, data fabric, process automation, intelligent document processing, process mining, process intelligence, and case management studio; and solutions, including federal acquisition, public sector case management, state and local e-procurement, contract lifecycle management, insurance connected underwriting, and insurance claims processing. It serves financial services, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, and transportation industries. The company has a collaboration with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited for the development of New AI-Powered Policing Solutions. Appian Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. |
| Long Name | Appian Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,912,385,664 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_6512739 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 885,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,861,731,362 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 25.4 |
| Operating Cashflow | 66,735,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01561 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 703 442 8844 |
| Post Market Change | -0.36999893 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.4203414 |
| Post Market Price | 25.68 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,985,617 |
| Previous Close | 25.36 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 26.433819 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -32.481297 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.5074186 |
| Profit Margins | 0.00116 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.966 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.689999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.72081 |
| Regular Market Day High | 26.81 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 25.4 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 25.4 - 26.81 |
| Regular Market Open | 25.4 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 25.36 |
| Regular Market Price | 26.05 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 845,503 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01622 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.215 |
| Revenue Per Share | 10.309 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 42,324,735 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0832 |
| Shares Short | 6,106,533 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,930,973 |
| Short Name | Appian Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.15359999 |
| Short Ratio | 5.52 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | APPN |
| Target High Price | 37.0 |
| Target Low Price | 22.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 26.2 |
| Target Median Price | 24.0 |
| Total Cash | 205,988,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.806 |
| Total Debt | 295,212,000 |
| Total Revenue | 762,691,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.02 |
| Trailing P E | 1,302.5 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 28.378325 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.3283253 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.082045905 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 845,503 |
| Website | https://www.appian.com |
| Zip | 22,102 |