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Appian Corp. (APPN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Appian Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Appian Corp.

Appian Corporation provides process automation technology through a scalable platform used by large enterprises and governments. Its platform includes tools for business rules, API integrations, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and data unification to help organizations design, automate, and optimize critical processes. Appian serves industries such as financial services, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare, offering subscription-based software and professional services to support implementation and ongoing process improvement.

Snapshot

Revenue
$726.9M
Revenue growth (YoY)
17.8%
Net income
$1.2M
Diluted EPS
$0.02
Gross margin
72.5%
Operating margin
0.1%
Net margin
0.2%
FCF margin
8.2%
ROE
—
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
n/m
not meaningful: a reported loss in the fiscal year or the trailing twelve months
Market cap
$2.79B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Appian

  • Revenue grew 17.8% to $727M in FY2025, faster than the 13.1% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 0.1% in FY2025, from a 22.7% operating loss in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $203M, up 19.1% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $60M in FY2025, 8.2% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $1M in FY2025, from a $92M loss in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Appian’s fundamentals sit among the 331 software companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin72.5%
61st percentile of 264
Operating margin0.1%
45th percentile of 302
Net margin0.2%
46th percentile of 306
FCF margin8.2%
37th percentile of 284
Revenue growth (YoY)+17.8%
68th percentile of 324
Short interest6.36d
82nd percentile of 329

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 9 insider sales totaling $4.8M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
6
1 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$68.9M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$32.3M1.4MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$14.2M619.0KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$7.7M335.6KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$7.6M332.1KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$4.0M175.6KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$2.5M109.6KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$614,79626.8KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
9
$4.8M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-10-07
filed 2026-10-08
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell32.6K$37.32$1.2M
2026-10-07
filed 2026-10-08
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell12.4K$37.97$471K
2026-09-08
filed 2026-09-10
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell23.9K$34.73$830K
2026-09-08
filed 2026-09-10
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell19.1K$35.58$680K
2026-09-08
filed 2026-09-10
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell2.0K$37.07$74K
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell31.5K$34.79$1.1M
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell9.3K$34.34$318K
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell2.6K$31.66$82K
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell1.6K$33.09$53K
2026-07-07
filed 2026-07-08
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell37.5K$24.61$923K
2026-07-07
filed 2026-07-08
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell12.5K$25.07$313K
2026-06-08
filed 2026-06-10
Matthew W. CalkinsCEO and PresidentSell50.0K$24.13$1.2M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.9M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+28.9%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.36
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
767.5K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-304.9M+28.9%6.36
2026-09-153.8M+8.8%3.79
2026-08-313.5M-13.0%4.38
2026-08-144.0M-11.3%4.27
2026-07-314.5M-24.7%5.30
2026-07-156.0M-1.9%9.30
2026-06-306.1M+11.1%6.40
2026-06-155.5M-7.3%4.53

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$726.9M$617.0M$545.4M$468.0M$369.3M
Gross profit
Operating income$609,000$-60.9M$-108.0M$-145.0M$-83.9M
Net income$1.2M$-92.3M$-111.4M$-150.9M$-88.6M
Diluted EPS$0.02$-1.26$-1.52$-2.08$-1.25

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$62.9M$6.9M$-110.4M$-106.6M$-53.9M
Capital expenditure$3.3M$3.8M$9.6M$9.1M$6.1M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$203.3M19.1%$-11.8M$-0.16
Q1 FY2026$202.2M21.5%$-1.5M$-0.02
Q4 FY202521.7%
Q3 FY2025$187.0M21.4%$7.8M$0.10
Q2 FY2025$170.6M16.5%$-312,000$0.00
Q1 FY2025$166.4M11.1%$-1.2M$-0.02
Q4 FY202414.7%
Q3 FY2024$154.1M12.4%$-2.1M$-0.03

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Prepackaged Software
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2008
SEC CIK1441683

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-19
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-06-08
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8-K2026-05-07
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8-K2026-02-19
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.