APPN — Appian Corp

Founder-Led

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates APPN Bearish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 44, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction44
Actionability0 (extended)

Key signals behind this score

About Appian Corp

Appian Corporation operates as a software company in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers The Appian Platform, an integrated automation platform that enables organizations to design, automate, and optimize critical business processes. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$24.40
Market Cap$1.79B
Float35.7M
Shares Outstanding42.3M
P/E (Forward)416.67
P/E (TTM)1,220.00
Price/Sales (TTM)2.35
vs. Analyst Target+7.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin0.12%
Operating Margin (TTM)1.56%
Revenue (TTM)$763M
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$26.20 (8 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $305M -$33.5M $216M -$26.3M
2021 $369M -$88.6M $265M -$81.7M
2022 $468M -$151M $335M -$141M
2023 $545M -$111M $402M -$80.9M
2024 $617M -$92.3M $467M -$57.6M
2025 $727M $1.2M $527M $37.0M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $171M -$312,000
Sep 2025 $187M $7.8M
Dec 2025 $203M -$5.1M
Mar 2026 $202M -$1.5M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership6.6%
Institutional Ownership97.1%
Short Float15.4%
% of All Funds Holding2.29%
Number of Funds Holding188

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$22.48Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$28.32Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$29.57Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$34.92Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$27.59Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$29.33Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$33.88Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$35.40 resistance 1.22x 5 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (37 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -1.66% -0.55% 48.65% 12.13% -13.93%
1 Day -2.42% -1.92% 35.14% 20.42% -22.38%
1 Week -1.33% -4.00% 35.14% 37.70% -29.56%
2 Weeks -1.24% -1.77% 40.54% 66.26% -33.07%
1 Month 1.26% -0.03% 50.00% 92.21% -39.37%

Next earnings: August 6, 2026 (32 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan8.1%55.6%9
Feb-3.4%44.4%9
Mar-4.8%22.2%9
Apr-3.5%44.4%9
May2.3%66.7%9
Jun7.0%50.0%10
Jul1.0%55.6%9
Aug9.3%55.6%9
Sep-2.6%33.3%9
Oct-3.7%33.3%9
Nov12.8%44.4%9
Dec-1.3%33.3%9

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.06% 50.2% 428
Tuesday 0.15% 51.5% 470
Wednesday 0.22% 52.7% 467
Thursday 0.36% 54.5% 459
Friday -0.16% 47.6% 460

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 97.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 6.6%

Founder-led management: Matt Calkins (Founder, Chairman, CEO & President), Michael Beckley (Founder, CTO & Director), Marc Wilson (Founder & Chief Executive Ambassador), Robert Kramer (Founder, GM & Director)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings10
Net Value-$1.1M
Net Shares Change-3,328,258
% of Float-9.3%
C-Suite Filings2
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP -$98.1M 7 7 sell
Calkins Matthew W CEO and President -$1.2M 1 N/A
Lynch Mark Steven -$166,901.749 1 1 sell
Dorsey Mark Chief Revenue Officer +$99,992.51 1 1 buy

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-13 Dorsey Mark Chief Revenue Officer +$99,992.51 Transaction at $19.13, now +27.5%
2026-03-03 Lynch Mark Steven -$166,901.749 Transaction at $18.24, now +33.7%
2025-08-08 Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP -$31.4M Transaction at $29.65, now -17.7%
2025-07-29 Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP -$19.2M Transaction at $30.13, now -19.0%
2025-07-24 Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP -$17.1M Transaction at $29.70, now -17.8%
2025-07-11 Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP -$9.0M Transaction at $31.04, now -21.4%

View full insider transaction history on Trend Edge →

AI Consult Analysis

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