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Best App Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top app stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best app stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Software - Application

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App is Zen Rated B and is the 50th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
CREX	CREATIVE REALITIES INC	$3.40	3.03%	-12.37%	-8.11%	-9.33%	-7.10%	11.48%	21.43%	-33.72%	-80.12%	$4.42	$2.19	23.11%	55.46%	1.14	51,400	-47.01%
FRGT	FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.38	-15.54%	17.61%	17.77%	-4.85%	-46.65%	-91.16%	-99.98%	-100.00%	N/A	$55.59	$2.51	92.13%	74.03%	0.91	90,000	-48.86%
CXAI	CXAPP INC	$0.14	-4.79%	-11.46%	-36.53%	-22.78%	-52.07%	-86.24%	-98.37%	-98.59%	N/A	$1.15	$0.13	87.91%	6.11%	0.86	5,052,000	171.03%
BMR	BEAMR IMAGING LTD	$1.21	-13.57%	-15.38%	-25.77%	-32.78%	-36.65%	-61.46%	-52.36%	N/A	N/A	$3.85	$1.06	68.57%	14.04%	1.46	315,000	1,365.12%
IFBD	INFOBIRD CO LTD	$1.19	2.59%	9.17%	6.25%	12.80%	32.22%	13.88%	-98.92%	-99.99%	N/A	$2.18	$0.66	45.29%	80.30%	0.77	2,300	-89.64%
YAAS	YOUXIN TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.72	-1.51%	-12.67%	-29.71%	-25.93%	-56.01%	-97.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$50.72	$0.65	98.59%	10.31%	0.73	72,400	-72.99%
AWRE	AWARE INC	$1.15	-4.17%	-16.67%	-19.01%	-8.00%	-37.84%	-48.89%	-26.75%	-67.14%	-74.78%	$2.95	$1.04	61.02%	10.58%	0.77	47,000	9.30%
ATHR	AETHER HOLDINGS INC	$4.49	2.51%	4.18%	53.24%	38.97%	-19.68%	-63.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.18	$1.87	68.34%	140.11%	0.71	2,000	-83.05%
YXT	YXTCOM GROUP HOLDING LTD	$3.52	-2.76%	-0.56%	-9.72%	-4.86%	-58.10%	-59.07%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.50	$3.20	69.39%	10.00%	0.16	1,200	-84.81%
AMST	AMESITE INC	$1.05	0.96%	-8.70%	-17.32%	-40.34%	-50.00%	-67.29%	-70.51%	-95.85%	N/A	$4.78	$0.77	78.03%	36.19%	0.78	60,600	-14.65%
SAGT	SAGTEC GLOBAL LTD	$0.89	-0.67%	-6.71%	-14.42%	-51.89%	-55.28%	-55.94%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.39	$0.72	73.75%	23.61%	0.58	45,200	-5.83%
RYDE	RYDE GROUP LTD	$0.58	-5.25%	-15.00%	-15.99%	-61.21%	70.00%	48.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.55	$0.21	62.71%	181.95%	0.83	75,000	12.61%
RSSS	RESEARCH SOLUTIONS INC	$2.20	0.00%	-4.76%	-2.22%	-9.47%	-22.26%	-19.12%	6.28%	-25.17%	103.70%	$4.12	$2.00	46.60%	10.00%	0.31	32,500	212.50%
RMSG	REAL MESSENGER CORP	$0.39	3.69%	-11.09%	-30.20%	-84.59%	-69.06%	-79.32%	-96.44%	N/A	N/A	$5.46	$0.35	92.80%	13.26%	0.43	180,000	-12.62%
INLX	INTELLINETICS INC	$5.83	2.10%	-2.83%	-17.89%	-19.31%	-26.67%	-56.65%	56.30%	22.74%	-88.34%	$14.30	$5.25	59.23%	11.05%	0.17	3,900	387.50%
SWVL	SWVL HOLDINGS CORP	$1.47	5.00%	1.38%	-3.92%	-4.55%	-43.24%	-67.04%	14.84%	-99.39%	N/A	$4.44	$1.30	66.89%	13.08%	1.13	13,200	55.29%
QH	QUHUO LTD	$6.09	-6.02%	4.82%	-35.62%	190.00%	-78.54%	-99.84%	-99.88%	-99.99%	N/A	$5.07k	$0.51	99.88%	1,087.13%	1.24	26,000	-39.25%
SURG	SURGEPAYS INC	$0.33	-0.31%	-18.75%	-26.14%	-49.77%	-82.89%	-88.98%	-94.20%	-94.58%	N/A	$3.22	$0.29	89.91%	10.92%	0.76	536,000	-38.67%
PSQH	PSQ HOLDINGS INC	$3.22	-16.36%	-50.54%	-55.26%	-66.77%	-79.36%	-91.09%	-97.91%	-97.77%	N/A	$42.60	$3.22	92.44%	0.00%	0.74	64,000	-13.51%
PERF	PERFECT CORP	$1.92	0.00%	10.34%	14.97%	10.34%	10.34%	-16.52%	-60.41%	-80.17%	N/A	$2.67	$1.24	28.09%	54.84%	0.48	340,000	-17.07%
PLTS	PLATINUM ANALYTICS CAYMAN LTD	$17.50	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.50	$4.60	10.26%	280.43%	0.30	0	N/A
OLB	OLB GROUP INC	$0.37	-3.65%	10.45%	-10.63%	-15.91%	-53.11%	-77.23%	-96.50%	-99.34%	N/A	$1.80	$0.31	79.44%	18.59%	1.27	126,000	-57.58%
TGL	TREASURE GLOBAL INC	$3.79	-3.32%	0.26%	-10.82%	-6.65%	-40.69%	-83.38%	-99.99%	N/A	N/A	$57.79	$3.40	93.44%	11.47%	0.81	14,700	40.00%
SMSI	SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE INC	$2.57	-0.77%	-3.38%	-16.56%	-27.48%	-13.00%	-54.51%	-94.73%	-98.82%	-97.67%	$4.79	$2.05	46.39%	25.37%	1.32	15,000	-36.44%
NXXT	NEXTNRG INC	$0.25	-15.52%	-25.53%	-37.50%	-38.44%	-77.93%	-86.39%	-95.81%	N/A	N/A	$2.88	$0.24	91.49%	0.41%	0.48	3,246,000	113.97%
NXTT	NEXT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING INC	$0.96	-5.25%	-10.56%	-40.93%	-52.62%	-86.13%	-99.81%	-99.95%	-99.89%	N/A	$503.98	$0.45	99.81%	112.20%	64.42	66,000	-8.33%
NTWK	NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.45	2.30%	2.30%	1.14%	26.06%	39.94%	7.75%	101.36%	6.97%	-24.58%	$5.75	$2.73	22.61%	63.00%	0.45	14,900	413.79%
NXPL	NEXTPLAT CORP	$6.06	-8.32%	-9.01%	-0.16%	10.79%	-16.99%	-22.41%	-75.56%	-90.89%	-95.51%	$11.10	$3.38	45.41%	79.56%	0.83	14,300	-84.62%
DFNS	T3 DEFENSE INC	$0.05	-28.99%	-66.67%	-77.21%	-92.75%	-98.60%	-99.38%	-99.93%	-99.91%	N/A	$15.59	$0.05	99.69%	6.52%	-0.32	38,119,000	163.95%
MYSZ	MY SIZE INC	$0.44	-0.68%	-8.14%	6.54%	-34.33%	-49.13%	-65.89%	-95.09%	-99.83%	N/A	$1.65	$0.38	73.33%	15.18%	1.08	49,000	122.73%
ACCS	ACCESS NEWSWIRE INC	$6.94	-4.93%	-2.60%	17.43%	-16.89%	-26.41%	-42.12%	-63.91%	-74.79%	5.79%	$13.00	$5.80	46.62%	19.66%	0.31	12,200	-47.41%
TWAV	TAOWEAVE INC	$1.18	-4.07%	-13.24%	-28.05%	-27.16%	-44.08%	-76.31%	-97.88%	-99.92%	-99.94%	$5.50	$0.58	78.55%	103.10%	1.91	26,900	-68.72%

App Stocks FAQ

What are the best app stocks to buy right now in Jul 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best software stocks to buy right now are:

1. 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT)

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the #1 top app stock out of 232 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 8 points higher than the app industry average of 30.

EGHT passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. 8x8 has seen its stock return 4.1% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 63 percentage points.

8x8 has an average 1 year price target of $3.00, an upside of 47.78% from 8x8's current stock price of $2.03.

8x8 stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering 8x8, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Commercecom (NASDAQ:CMRC)

Commercecom (NASDAQ:CMRC) is the #2 top app stock out of 232 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Commercecom (NASDAQ:CMRC) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Commercecom (NASDAQ:CMRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -10 points lower than the app industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CMRC as a "A".

CMRC passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Commercecom has seen its stock lose -37.09% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 21 percentage points.

Commercecom has an average 1 year price target of $5.13, an upside of 66.94% from Commercecom's current stock price of $3.07.

Commercecom stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Commercecom, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Vtex (NYSE:VTEX)

Vtex (NYSE:VTEX) is the #3 top app stock out of 232 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Vtex (NYSE:VTEX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Vtex (NYSE:VTEX) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 18 points higher than the app industry average of 30.

VTEX passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vtex has seen its stock lose -40.69% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 18 percentage points.

Vtex has an average 1 year price target of $4.55, an upside of 14.32% from Vtex's current stock price of $3.98.

Vtex stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Vtex, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the app stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 20 app stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 app stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB)

Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB) has an annual dividend yield of 9.01%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.56%.

Yuanbao's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW)

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 8.21%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.56%.

Marketwise's dividend payout ratio of 90.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD)

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) has an annual dividend yield of 6.85%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.56%. Upbound Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Upbound Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Upbound Group's dividend payout ratio of 106.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are app stocks up?

App stocks were up 1.31% in the last day, and up 0.32% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why app stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued app stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued app stocks right now are:

1. Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX)

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) is the most undervalued app stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Open Text has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the app industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -17.42% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 41 percentage points.

2. Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM)

Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM) is the second most undervalued app stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Zoominfo Technologies has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the app industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Zoominfo Technologies's stock has dropped -69.76% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -11 percentage points.

3. Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB)

Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) is the third most undervalued app stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Blackbaud has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the app industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Blackbaud's stock has dropped -48.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 10 percentage points.

Are app stocks a good buy now?

52.98% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 28.06% over the next year.

6.9% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20.69% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.47% are rated C (Hold), 9.77% are rated D (Sell), and 5.17% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the software - application industry?

The average P/E ratio of the software - application industry is 62.66x.

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Sectors & Industries TechnologySoftware - Application
Best App Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top app stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best app stocks to buy now. Learn More.

App Stocks FAQ

1. 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT)

2. Commercecom (NASDAQ:CMRC)

3. Vtex (NYSE:VTEX)

1. Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB)

2. Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW)

3. Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD)

1. Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX)

2. Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM)

3. Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB)

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Sectors & IndustriesTechnologySoftware - ApplicationBest App Stocks to Buy Now (2026)Top app stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best app stocks to buy now. Learn More.

App Stocks FAQ

1. 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT)

2. Commercecom (NASDAQ:CMRC)

3. Vtex (NYSE:VTEX)

1. Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB)

2. Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW)

3. Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD)

1. Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX)

2. Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM)

3. Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB)

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Sectors & Industries TechnologySoftware - Application
Best App Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top app stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best app stocks to buy now. Learn More.