Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Scotiabank assumed coverage on Appian in a research note on Monday, January 6th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $37.00 price target on the stock. Barclays lifted their price target on Appian from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of Appian in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $40.17.

Appian Stock Performance

APPN opened at $34.80 on Friday. Appian has a 52-week low of $26.28 and a 52-week high of $43.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion, a PE ratio of -27.62 and a beta of 1.64. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $34.20 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.06.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by ($0.11). The business 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%. Appian’s quarterly revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.06 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Appian will post -0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director William D. Mccarthy sold 700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.78, for a total value 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 represents a 8.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 44.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.