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Appian (Appian) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -134.84% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Appian Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Appian's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-40.0 Mil. Appian's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.7 Mil. Therefore, Appian's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -134.84%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

APPN' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -181.11   Med: -89.86   Max: -13.52
Current: -181.11

During the past 10 years, Appian's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was -13.52%. The lowest was -181.11%. And the median was -89.86%.

APPN's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked worse than
92.94% of 2381 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 7.59 vs APPN: -181.11

Appian Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Appian Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Appian Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -36.43 -13.52 -36.26 -96.41 -164.55

Appian Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -106.78 -148.18 -252.51 -203.51 -134.84

Competitive Comparison of Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Appian's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Appian Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Appian's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-111.441/( (114.1+21.346 )/ 2 )
=-111.441/67.723
=-164.55 %

Appian's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-40.024/( (38.018+21.346)/ 2 )
=-40.024/29.682
=-134.84 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Appian  (NAS:APPN) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Appian (Appian) Business Description

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7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Appian is a low-code enterprise platform-as-a-service company focusing on business process management. The Appian platform is an integrated automation platform providing tools for organizations to design, automate, and optimize end-to-end processes and complex business operations. Capabilities include case management, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, data fabric, and process mining. Most of Appian's revenue is subscription based with the remainder from services, with much of its subscription revenue being derived from its cloud-based platform, Appian Cloud.
Executives
Abdiel Qualified Master Fund Lp 10 percent owner 90 PARK AVENUE, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Christopher M Jones officer: Chief Revenue Officer 935 STEWART DR, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Mark Matheos officer: Chief Accounting Officer 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Christopher Winters officer: General Counsel 11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700, RESTON VA 20190
Abdiel Partners, Llc 10 percent owner C/O ABDIEL CAPITAL, 90 PARK AVENUE, FLOOR 29, NEW YORK NY 10016
Shirley Ann Edwards director 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Mark Steven Lynch officer: Chief Financial Officer 11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700, RESTON VA 20190
Pavel Zamudio-ramirez officer: Chief Customer Officer 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Robert Charles Kramer director, officer: General Manager 11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700, RESTON VA 20190
William D. Mccarthy director 3111 CORONADO DRIVE, C/O INFOBLOX INC., SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Eric Calvin Cross officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O APPIAN CORPORATION, 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, TYSONS VA 22102
Biddle Albert G.w. Iii director, 10 percent owner 11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700, RESTON VA 20190
Michael G Devine director 6480 DOBBIN ROAD, COLUMBIA MD 21045
Prashanth Boccassam director 11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700, RESTON VA 20190
Michael J. Mulligan director 11955 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 1700, RESTON VA 20190