Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

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

Appian Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ APPN opened at $32.04 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $34.43 and its 200 day simple moving average is $34.02. Appian has a fifty-two week low of $26.28 and a fifty-two week high of $43.33.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) last released its quarterly 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%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Appian will post -0.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Appian

In other news, Director William D. Mccarthy sold 700 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.78, for a total transaction of $27,146.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 7,966 shares in the company, valued at approximately $308,921.48. This trade represents a 8.08 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 44.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.