Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.020-0.050 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Appian Stock Down 2.6 %

Shares of APPN stock opened at $36.27 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $3.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -30.10 and a beta of 1.64. The business’s fifty day moving average is $34.27 and its 200 day moving average is $34.06. Appian has a twelve month low of $26.28 and a twelve month high of $43.33.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by ($0.11). Appian had a negative return on equity of 532.05% and a negative net margin of 14.88%. The company had revenue of $166.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $164.31 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.06 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that Appian will post -0.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Appian

In related news, Director William D. Mccarthy sold 700 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.78, for a total transaction of $27,146.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 7,966 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $308,921.48. This trade represents a 8.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 44.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Appian Company Profile

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.