Appian Corporation Class A Common Stock (APPN) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

The market values Appian Corporation Class A Common Stock (APPN) at $3.49B. The company sits in the Technology sector, in the Software - Infrastructure industry. The company reports 2,149 employees.

APPN last closed at $48.73 on October 21, 2026. That is +$4.22 (+9.48%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $18.63 to $49.31. The latest close sits 161.57% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

In fiscal 2025, Appian Corporation Class A Common Stock reported revenue of $726.94M. That is +17.81% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $617.02M. Net income for the same year was $1.23M. Profit margin runs at −1.34%. That is 3.9 percentage points below the Software - Infrastructure median of 2.53%. Trailing earnings per share are −0.14.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $467.99M in 2022 to $726.94M in 2025. Of those 4 years, 1 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

No trailing P/E applies: the last reported earnings figure is negative. The forward P/E on file is 34.27. The price-to-sales ratio is 4.39. On price-to-sales that is 34.33% above the Software - Infrastructure median of 3.27. 182 Software - Infrastructure companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Over the trailing twelve months the total return is +63.63%. Measured over 5 years, that is −13.16% a year compounded. The reported beta is 0.92. Daily returns over the trailing 9 years annualize to a volatility of 66.33%.

Growth & Income

The record shows no dividend for APPN.

2026 is still running; the total return is +37.58% year to date. The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2020 at +324.21%; the weakest is 2021 at −59.77%. Of the 8 complete calendar years on file, 4 finished higher.