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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 →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software-Infrastructure
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: May 25, 2017
Headquarters: 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, United States, 22102
Founder-Led: Yes — Matt Calkins (Founder, Chairman, CEO & President), Michael Beckley (Founder, CTO & Director), Marc Wilson (Founder & Chief Executive Ambassador), Robert Kramer (Founder, GM & Director)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$21.34
Market Cap
$1.44B
Float
35.6M
Shares Outstanding
42.3M
P/E (Forward)
416.67
P/E (TTM)
978.50
Price/Sales (TTM)
1.88
vs. Analyst Target
+25.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
0.12%
Operating Margin (TTM)
1.56%
Revenue (TTM)
$763M
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$26.80 (8 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
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
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$171M
-$312,000
Sep 2025
$187M
$7.8M
Dec 2025
$203M
-$5.1M
Mar 2026
$202M
-$1.5M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
6.7%
Institutional Ownership
101.0%
Short Float
17.4%
% of All Funds Holding
2.29%
Number of Funds Holding
188
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.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$22.22
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$29.47
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$30.64
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$35.70
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$28.79
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$30.54
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$34.79
Secular 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 Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$24.20
resistance
1.00x
0 months ago
$35.40
resistance
1.22x
3 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (37 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
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
-1.00%
-1.66%
41.67%
66.26%
-33.07%
1 Month
1.26%
-0.03%
50.00%
92.21%
-39.37%
Next earnings: July 26, 2026 (66 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
8.1%
55.6%
9
Feb
-3.4%
44.4%
9
Mar
-4.8%
22.2%
9
Apr
-3.5%
44.4%
9
May
1.1%
62.5%
8
Jun
8.0%
55.6%
9
Jul
1.0%
55.6%
9
Aug
9.3%
55.6%
9
Sep
-2.6%
33.3%
9
Oct
-3.7%
33.3%
9
Nov
12.8%
44.4%
9
Dec
-1.3%
33.3%
9
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
-0.09%
50.4%
423
Tuesday
0.15%
51.5%
464
Wednesday
0.26%
53.1%
461
Thursday
0.36%
54.5%
453
Friday
-0.20%
47.0%
455
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 101.0%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 6.7%
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)
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