For the quarter ended March 2025, Appian (APPN) reported revenue of $166.43 million, up 11.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.13, compared to -$0.24 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $162.84 million, representing a surprise of +2.20%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +333.33%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.03.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Appian performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Subscriptions gross margin: 88.9% compared to the 89.4% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Professional services gross margin: 25.1% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 26%.
- Revenue- Professional services: $32.07 million versus $32.36 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.2% change.
- Revenue- Subscriptions: $134.35 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $131.44 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +14.2%.
- Revenue from Contracts with Customers- Subscriptions- Term license subscriptions: $26.91 million compared to the $25.37 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.2% year over year.
- Revenue from Contracts with Customers- Subscriptions- Maintenance and support: $7.61 million versus $8.21 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4% change.
- Revenue from Contracts with Customers- Subscriptions- Cloud subscriptions: $99.83 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $98.43 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +15.3%.
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Shares of Appian have returned +8.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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