Why is APPN up?
Up 14% on Oct 15, and still 28% over its Oct 14 close.
- Appian rose 14% that day while software stocks rose a median 4%:
APPN's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to 13. Its high and its low were both higher than the day before.
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Up 14% on Oct 15, and still 28% over its Oct 14 close.
| Since its Nov 2021 high | Down 53% |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Aug 6 |
ReportReports Thursday, before the open. Every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. It rose after 4 of its last 4 reports, +9.2% on average. Past reports ›
After its last 4 reports it closed +9.2% on average, higher 4 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 5 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
APPN is #41 of 271 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: APPN -1.8%, FIG +145%, ZETA +13%, KVYO +4.2%.
Reports Thu Nov 5, before the open (in 3 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
APPN's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total revenue | $845M to $853M |
Sales grew 19% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count grew 1.6% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +0.8% | +1.5% | +16.2% |
| May 7, 2026 | +2.0% | +2.5% | -19.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +5.2% | +2.0% | +9.4% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $727M. It turned a profit in 2025 after a loss in 2024.
One insider bought $100K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: APPN is under 0.1% of FTEC, under 0.1% of VGT, and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Appian Corp is an enterprise software company whose platform unifies process orchestration, artificial intelligence, and data for automating complex business operations. Its platform combines low-code application development, process automation and process mining, AI agents, and a data fabric that connects information across an organization's existing systems without replicating it. The company also provides maintenance and support as well as consulting services and training related to its platform. The majority of its revenue is subscription-based, with the remainder coming from services, and much of that subscription revenue comes from its cloud-based platform. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from its Domestic operations and also has a presence internationally.
“Our main competitors fall into four categories: (1) providers of custom software solutions that address, or are developed to address, some of the use cases that applications developed on our platform target; (2) providers of development platforms; (3) providers of one or more automation technologies, including business process management, case management, process mining, and robotic process automation; and (4) potential customers using their own internal technology departments to develop, build, and modify their own proprietary systems.”
APPN scores 13 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #41 of 271 in Software by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 14% on Oct 15, and still 28% over its Oct 14 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
APPN scores 13 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #41 of 271 in Software by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind APPN's 13.
One insider bought $100K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest is Mark Dorsey, Chief Revenue Officer, who bought $100K on May 13. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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