Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.020-0.050 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.000. The company issued revenue guidance of $162.0 million-$164.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $167.0 million. Appian also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.170-0.220 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on APPN. Scotiabank began coverage on Appian in a report on Monday, January 6th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $37.00 target price on the stock. Barclays boosted their target price on Appian from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Appian in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Appian presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $40.17.

Appian Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:APPN opened at $34.80 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.97 billion, a P/E ratio of -27.62 and a beta of 1.64. Appian has a 1 year low of $26.28 and a 1 year high of $43.33. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $34.20 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.06.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $166.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $164.31 million. Appian had a negative net margin of 14.95% and a negative return on equity of 532.05%. The firm’s revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.06 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Appian will post -0.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Appian news, Director William D. Mccarthy sold 700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.78, for a total value of $27,146.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 7,966 shares in the company, valued at $308,921.48. This represents a 8.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 44.00% of the company’s stock.

About Appian

Appian Corporation, a software company that provides low-code design platform in the United States, Mexico, Portugal, and internationally. The company's platform offers artificial intelligence, process automation, data fabric, and process mining. It provides The Appian Platform, an integrated automation platform that enables organizations to design, automate, and optimize mission-critical business processes.