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Best App Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top app stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best app stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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:

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) is the #1 top app stock out of 246 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -5 points lower than the app industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ADEA as a "A".

ADEA passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Adeia has seen its stock return 26.12% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 30 percentage points.

Adeia has an average 1 year price target of $18.33, an upside of 48.33% from Adeia's current stock price of $12.36.

Adeia stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Adeia, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Expensify (NASDAQ:EXFY) is the #2 top app stock out of 246 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Expensify (NASDAQ:EXFY) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is equal to the app industry average of 28.

EXFY passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Expensify has seen its stock return 81.48% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 85 percentage points.

Expensify has an average 1 year price target of $5.00, an upside of 70.07% from Expensify's current stock price of $2.94.

Expensify stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Expensify, 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.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the #3 top app stock out of 246 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -15 points lower than the app industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EGHT as a "A".

EGHT passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. 8x8 has seen its stock lose -19.82% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -16 percentage points.

8x8 has an average 1 year price target of $2.43, an upside of 36.69% from 8x8's current stock price of $1.78.

8x8 stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering 8x8, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 16.67% have issued a Sell rating, and 33.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

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

Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO) has an annual dividend yield of 13.17%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.36%. Mind Cti's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Mind Cti's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Mind Cti's dividend payout ratio of 104.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 10.89%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.36%.

Marketwise's dividend payout ratio of 38.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) has an annual dividend yield of 4.77%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.36%. Upbound Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times 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 66.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

App stocks were up 0.45% in the last day, and up 2.16% over the last week. Upbound Group was the among the top gainers in the software - application industry, gaining 19.1% yesterday.

Upbound Group shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results and raised its FY25 guidance.

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:

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 71, which is 52 points higher than the app industry average of 19. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -26.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -23 percentage points.

Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) 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.

Ncr Atleos has a valuation score of 57, which is 38 points higher than the app industry average of 19. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ncr Atleos's stock has gained 36.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 40 percentage points.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) 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.

8x8 has a valuation score of 14, which is -5 points higher than the app industry average of 19. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EGHT a Valuation Rating of "A".

8x8's stock has dropped -19.82% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -16 percentage points.

41.67% of app stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 23.2% over the next year.

7.54% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.1% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.79% are rated C (Hold), 10.05% are rated D (Sell), and 4.52% are rated F (Strong Sell).