Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.170-0.220 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.120. The company issued revenue guidance of $680.0 million-$684.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $683.1 million. Appian also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.020-0.050 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have commented on APPN shares. Scotiabank assumed coverage on shares of Appian in a research note on Monday, January 6th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $37.00 price target for the company. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Appian in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on Appian from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $40.17.

Appian Stock Performance

Appian stock opened at $32.04 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $34.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $34.02. Appian has a 1-year low of $26.28 and a 1-year high of $43.33.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by ($0.11). Appian had a negative return on equity of 532.05% and a negative net margin of 14.88%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Appian will post -0.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director William D. Mccarthy sold 700 shares of Appian stock in a transaction dated 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 owns 7,966 shares in the company, valued at approximately $308,921.48. The trade was a 8.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 44.00% of the company’s stock.

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.