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APPIAN CORP APPN
APPIAN CORP (APPN) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $726.9M at a 0.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.097 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.884 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.001 |
| Equity / liabilities | -0.064 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPN | APPIAN CORP | 6/9 | -2.3 | 1308.1 | +17.8% |
| DSGX | DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC | 5/9 | 8.69 | 49.4 | +12% |
| CWAN | Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | 2/9 | 2.68 | — | +61.9% |
| BRZE | Braze, Inc. | 3/9 | -0.77 | — | +24.4% |
| NTSK | Netskope Inc | 5/9 | -4.34 | — | +31.7% |
| VERX | Vertex, Inc. | 7/9 | 0.09 | 267.9 | +12.2% |
| SPSC | SPS COMMERCE INC | 6/9 | 8.11 | 23.2 | +17.8% |
About APPIAN CORP
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.
FAQ
Is APPN financially healthy?
APPIAN CORP's Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does APPN pay a dividend?
No, APPIAN CORP does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is APPN?
In FY2025, APPIAN CORP had a net margin of 0.2%.
What is APPN's P/E ratio?
APPIAN CORP's trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is about 1308.1×, based on its latest annual earnings.
What is the analyst price target for APPN?
The average Wall-Street price target for APPIAN CORP is $26.20, about 24.8% below the recent price, from 5 analysts.
Is APPN a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on APPIAN CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 1308.1×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.