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APPN (Appian) Profitability Rank : 3 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Appian Profitability Rank?

Appian has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Appian's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was -0.50%. As of today, Appian's Piotroski F-Score is 5.


Competitive Comparison of Appian's Profitability Rank

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Appian's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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 Profitability Rank Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Appian's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Appian's Profitability Rank falls into.


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Appian Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Appian has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Appian's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-0.834 / 166.426
=-0.50 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Appian has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Appian Corp operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Appian Business Description

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7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Appian Corp is a low-code enterprise platform-as-a-service company focusing on business process management. The company's 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. The company also provides maintenance and support as well as consulting services and training related to its platform. The majority of its revenue is subscription-based with the remainder from services, with much of its subscription revenue being derived from its cloud-based platform. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from its business in the United States.
Executives
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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
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