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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:

Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) is the #1 top app stock out of 243 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 Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 12 points higher than the app industry average of 27.

MITK passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mitek Systems has seen its stock lose -32.67% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -37 percentage points.

Mitek Systems has an average 1 year price target of $13.50, an upside of 53.41% from Mitek Systems's current stock price of $8.80.

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

Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) is the #2 top app stock out of 243 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 Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) has a Due Diligence Score of 19, which is -8 points lower than the app industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PD as a "A".

PD passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pagerduty has seen its stock lose -22.79% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -27 percentage points.

Pagerduty has an average 1 year price target of $19.29, an upside of 24.83% from Pagerduty's current stock price of $15.45.

Pagerduty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Pagerduty, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVT) is the #3 top app stock out of 243 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 Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVT) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the app industry average of 27.

RDVT passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Red Violet has seen its stock return 74.05% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 70 percentage points.

Out of 18 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 15.6%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.62%. 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 115.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 8.1%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.62%.

Marketwise's dividend payout ratio of 46.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) has an annual dividend yield of 5.55%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.62%. 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 83.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

App stocks were down -2.35% in the last day, and down -4.1% over the last week. Asure Software was the among the top losers in the software - application industry, dropping -13.71% yesterday.

Asure Software shares are trading lower after the company reported Q2 financial results and missed its adjusted EPS and revenue estimates.

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:

Wm Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) 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.

Wm Technology has a valuation score of 43, which is 26 points higher than the app industry average of 17. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wm Technology's stock has dropped -8.71% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -13 percentage points.

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) 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.

Open Text has a valuation score of 71, which is 54 points higher than the app industry average of 17. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -6.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -11 percentage points.

Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) 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.

Ringcentral has a valuation score of 0, which is -17 points higher than the app industry average of 17. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates RNG a Valuation Rating of "A".

Ringcentral's stock has dropped -29.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -34 percentage points.

45.28% of app stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 28.62% over the next year.

6.09% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20.81% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 61.93% are rated C (Hold), 9.14% are rated D (Sell), and 2.03% are rated F (Strong Sell).