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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:

Corecard (NYSE:CCRD) is the #1 top app stock out of 242 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 Corecard (NYSE:CCRD) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Corecard (NYSE:CCRD) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 13 points higher than the app industry average of 27.

CCRD passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Corecard has seen its stock return 142.15% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 132 percentage points.

Corecard has an average 1 year price target of $21.00, a downside of -26.75% from Corecard's current stock price of $28.67.

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

Wm Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) is the #2 top app stock out of 242 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 Wm Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Wm Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 13 points higher than the app industry average of 27.

MAPS passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Wm Technology has seen its stock return 4.57% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -6 percentage points.

Wm Technology has an average 1 year price target of $2.61, an upside of 153.4% from Wm Technology's current stock price of $1.03.

Wm Technology stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Wm Technology, 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.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) is the #3 top app stock out of 242 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 Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 28 points higher than the app industry average of 27.

PEGA passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pegasystems has seen its stock return 80.17% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 70 percentage points.

Pegasystems has an average 1 year price target of $102.73, an upside of 99.04% from Pegasystems's current stock price of $51.61.

Pegasystems stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Pegasystems, 45.45% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 27.27% have issued a Buy, 27.27% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 19 app stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 app stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Qxo (NYSE:QXO) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the app industry average of 2.39%. Qxo's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Qxo's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Qxo's dividend payout ratio of -262.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO) has an annual dividend yield of 15.07%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.39%. 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 8.04%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.39%.

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

App stocks were down -1.8% in the last day, and down -3.95% over the last week. Autodesk was the among the top losers in the software - application industry, dropping -6.89% yesterday.

Autodesk shares are trading lower following a report suggesting the company is weighing a buyout of PTC.

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 gained 4.57% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -6 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 -6.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -16 percentage points.

Bumble (NASDAQ:BMBL) 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.

Bumble has a valuation score of 14, which is -3 points higher than the app industry average of 17. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BMBL a Valuation Rating of "A".

Bumble's stock has dropped -28.17% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -38 percentage points.

42.68% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 22.38% over the next year.

8% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 24.5% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 56% are rated C (Hold), 10.5% are rated D (Sell), and 1% are rated F (Strong Sell).