Appian Corporation $APPN Shares Bought by SG Americas Securities LLC

SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Appian Corporation (NASDAQ:APPN) by 81.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 73,261 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 32,825 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC owned approximately 0.10% of Appian worth $2,595,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Appian by 282.5% in the 3rd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 599 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in Appian by 693.4% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 968 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 846 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of Appian by 175.2% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,131 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 720 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its holdings in shares of Appian by 115.5% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 886 shares during the period. Finally, Aquatic Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Appian during the third quarter worth approximately $75,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 52.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

APPN has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered shares of Appian from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. UBS Group set a $21.00 target price on shares of Appian in a research note on Friday, February 20th. TD Cowen lowered their target price on shares of Appian from $35.00 to $30.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Appian from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Appian from $48.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $30.00.

Appian Stock Performance

Shares of APPN opened at $24.47 on Friday. Appian Corporation has a twelve month low of $21.77 and a twelve month high of $46.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,447.00 and a beta of 1.00. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $25.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.42.

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 19th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $202.87 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $189.33 million. Appian had a net margin of 0.17% and a negative return on equity of 11.83%. Appian’s revenue was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Appian has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.820-0.960 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.160-0.200 EPS. Analysts predict that Appian Corporation will post -0.28 EPS for the current year.

Appian Profile

Appian Corporation is a global technology company specializing in low-code automation platforms designed to streamline business processes. Founded in 1999 by Matt Calkins, the company provides an integrated suite of tools that enables organizations to build enterprise applications and workflows rapidly with minimal hand coding. The platform combines process management, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and data integration into a single environment, allowing businesses to accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

The core offering, the Appian Low-Code Platform, empowers users—ranging from professional developers to business analysts—to visually model, design and deploy applications that can automate complex operations, orchestrate tasks across systems, and deliver real-time analytics.