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Best App Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top app stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best app stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the software - application industry.

Industry: Software - Application
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Market Cap
Price
Price Target
Upside/Downside
Top Analysts Upside/Downside
Consensus
Top Analysts Consensus
Analysts
Top Analysts
Fore. Revenue Growth
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YMM
FULL TRUCK ALLIANCE CO LTD
$11.98B$11.51$11.671.36%Buy325.26%37.56%299.47%268.31%
APP
APPLOVIN CORP
$121.85B$363.10$334.33-7.92%Strong Buy1824.04%43.24%485.75%83.74%
HTCR
HEARTCORE ENTERPRISES INC
$30.77M$1.47N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A27.01%13.15%
DCBO
DOCEBO INC
$1.30B$43.21$59.0036.54%Buy323.63%57.13%N/AN/A
UBER
UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC
$144.37B$68.56$93.6536.60%Strong Buy2317.39%23.73%56.85%17.83%
DAVE
DAVE INC
$1.15B$89.89$105.0016.81%Strong Buy529.92%-13.76%24.89%14.25%
APPF
APPFOLIO INC
$9.08B$250.03$272.679.05%Buy322.12%14.89%45.68%36.03%
TTD
TRADE DESK INC
$59.21B$119.96$133.5711.35%Strong Buy2823.05%57.60%67.67%32.28%
SSNC
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC
$19.81B$79.98$88.2510.34%Strong Buy45.80%30.65%N/AN/A
NXTT
NEXT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING INC
$9.77M$1.40N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
DJCO
DAILY JOURNAL CORP
$623.52M$452.80N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ZM
ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC
$24.57B$80.17$89.5511.70%Buy202.17%-0.80%N/AN/A
NICE
NICE LTD
$10.50B$161.88$250.6054.81%Buy1013.17%47.06%19.75%13.58%
DOCU
DOCUSIGN INC
$18.51B$91.60$94.272.92%Hold114.07%-48.63%14.22%7.50%
DUOL
DUOLINGO INC
$14.45B$328.60$355.368.14%Buy1127.02%42.08%N/AN/A
DV
DOUBLEVERIFY HOLDINGS INC
$3.39B$20.02$22.8113.95%Buy1613.95%20.73%12.27%10.57%
YALA
YALLA GROUP LTD
$650.21M$4.04N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PDFS
PDF SOLUTIONS INC
$1.07B$27.55$42.3353.66%Strong Buy320.23%300.00%N/AN/A
OTEX
OPEN TEXT CORP
$7.67B$28.84$32.8013.73%Hold5-1.28%47.51%27.00%8.10%
SHOP
SHOPIFY INC
$139.09B$107.68$104.56-2.90%Buy2522.78%20.42%N/AN/A
MNDO
MIND CTI LTD
$42.87M$2.10N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MNDY
MONDAYCOM LTD
$12.44B$248.13$312.6225.99%Strong Buy2126.38%86.41%N/AN/A
NOW
SERVICENOW INC
$231.75B$1,124.98$1.10k-2.39%Strong Buy2721.40%33.17%N/AN/A
INTU
INTUIT INC
$167.45B$597.95$731.8522.39%Buy1311.32%24.84%29.30%16.01%
SPNS
SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORP N V
$1.47B$26.35$36.0036.62%Hold34.85%11.80%N/AN/A
BL
BLACKLINE INC
$3.78B$60.46$67.3811.44%Buy811.20%-49.67%22.55%4.89%
SEMR
SEMRUSH HOLDINGS INC
$2.41B$16.42$18.3311.65%Strong Buy626.65%118.75%18.30%11.85%
VMEO
VIMEO INC
$1.08B$6.52$8.6732.93%Strong Buy34.88%8.22%14.38%9.16%
ENFN
ENFUSION INC
$1.43B$11.09$12.2510.46%Buy222.74%255.00%37.38%19.37%
PCTY
PAYLOCITY HOLDING CORP
$11.51B$206.50$215.144.19%Strong Buy148.22%13.39%29.29%8.05%
VTEX
VTEX
$1.16B$6.27$10.0059.49%Strong Buy215.61%193.40%13.45%9.45%
ANSS
ANSYS INC
$31.25B$357.37$350.00-2.06%Buy212.18%27.61%N/AN/A
ML
MONEYLION INC
$961.48M$86.61$94.008.53%Hold331.95%901.32%16.90%8.99%
CWAN
CLEARWATER ANALYTICS HOLDINGS INC
$6.98B$28.25$31.7512.39%Buy825.82%1,760.00%17.46%11.29%
DAY
DAYFORCE INC
$11.20B$71.02$81.6014.90%Buy1013.56%79.51%N/AN/A
VERX
VERTEX INC
$8.96B$57.44$57.500.10%Strong Buy1018.65%143.35%39.54%8.60%
YOU
CLEAR SECURE INC
$2.77B$24.19$37.5055.02%Buy413.16%18.47%N/AN/A
CREX
CREATIVE REALITIES INC
$26.53M$2.54$6.00136.22%Strong Buy110.96%110.00%28.06%11.75%
EGAN
EGAIN CORP
$183.41M$6.43$9.5047.74%Buy21.88%-68.42%7.16%3.47%
LGCL
LUCAS GC LTD
$47.14M$0.57N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MITK
MITEK SYSTEMS INC
$456.36M$10.16$12.6324.26%Buy41.51%800.00%15.16%7.87%
HKD
AMTD DIGITAL INC
$525.24M$2.73N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PAYC
PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC
$11.96B$207.50$218.005.06%Hold710.72%0.79%N/AN/A
RDVT
RED VIOLET INC
$490.98M$35.60N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8.12%7.60%
DDOG
DATADOG INC
$47.90B$140.99$159.5813.19%Strong Buy2421.91%9.16%N/AN/A
PUBM
PUBMATIC INC
$715.07M$14.97$19.1728.04%Buy69.70%12.91%N/AN/A
CCCS
CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC
$7.11B$11.36$13.8621.98%Strong Buy711.65%231.00%7.52%4.69%
CVLT
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
$6.99B$159.88$181.6013.59%Buy59.30%-29.67%38.83%11.25%
MANH
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC
$17.67B$289.38$307.296.19%Strong Buy710.86%1.51%81.52%32.46%
MASK
3 E NETWORK TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
N/A$2.89N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PTC
PTC INC
$22.70B$188.96$215.8314.22%Strong Buy610.73%30.83%22.05%11.10%
DT
DYNATRACE INC
$16.61B$55.64$60.278.32%Strong Buy1512.24%20.29%N/AN/A
MTLS
MATERIALISE NV
$484.35M$8.20N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A6.67%4.18%
UPBD
UPBOUND GROUP INC
$1.62B$29.57$35.3319.49%Buy33.92%52.60%49.08%11.65%
DSGX
DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC
$10.19B$119.13$128.007.45%Buy67.50%9.60%13.87%11.62%
VERB
VERB TECHNOLOGY COMPANY INC
$6.18M$6.22$800.0012,761.74%Buy1N/AN/A-49.74%-40.51%
PEGA
PEGASYSTEMS INC
$9.27B$108.11$93.91-13.14%Buy117.15%25.64%37.71%11.29%
SAP
SAP SE
$322.15B$276.29$272.00-1.55%Buy412.97%180.34%20.09%11.89%
SMRT
SMARTRENT INC
$304.26M$1.58$2.0026.58%Hold365.71%N/A3.16%2.15%
OLO
OLO INC
$1.19B$7.28$8.6719.05%Buy320.57%N/A0.25%0.22%
TYL
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC
$25.33B$591.93$664.8212.31%Strong Buy1113.49%53.79%12.87%8.44%
KARO
KAROOOOO LTD
$1.41B$45.75$51.0011.48%Buy19.95%7.48%38.73%23.63%
PLUS
EPLUS INC
$2.18B$81.32N/AN/AN/AN/A4.69%8.52%13.97%7.78%
AGYS
AGILYSYS INC
$2.58B$92.24$138.0049.61%Buy512.09%25.36%N/AN/A
OBLG
OBLONG INC
$4.51M$3.94N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CXM
SPRINKLR INC
$2.22B$8.73$9.9614.11%Hold132.66%-11.99%8.87%4.54%
ALRM
ALARMCOM HOLDINGS INC
$3.04B$61.46$64.404.78%Hold55.83%-34.66%13.29%4.66%
SURG
SURGEPAYS INC
$31.86M$1.58$8.50437.97%Buy19.36%N/A31.01%24.78%
PERF
PERFECT CORP
$242.40M$2.38$5.00110.08%Buy119.21%39.45%7.00%5.67%
WDAY
WORKDAY INC
$68.70B$258.28$299.3815.91%Buy219.52%-7.06%N/AN/A
SRAD
SPORTRADAR GROUP AG
$6.18B$20.75$17.33-16.47%Strong Buy916.06%33.95%51.31%20.54%
BILL
BILL HOLDINGS INC
$9.72B$93.88$85.24-9.21%Buy1713.75%-2.09%N/AN/A
LSPD
LIGHTSPEED COMMERCE INC
$2.24B$14.66$18.3825.34%Buy813.29%N/AN/AN/A
FICO
FAIR ISAAC CORP
$44.19B$1,814.85$2.29k26.10%Buy1016.18%25.78%-114.17%63.98%
BSY
BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC
$13.93B$46.10$56.4022.34%Buy513.87%-13.36%32.47%9.88%
LYT
LYTUS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTV LTD
$1.32M$0.71N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
RSKD
RISKIFIED LTD
$861.29M$5.25$5.545.45%Hold75.83%N/A-1.67%-1.33%
ADSK
AUTODESK INC
$64.68B$300.83$329.199.43%Buy217.63%15.26%65.12%16.81%
GRAB
GRAB HOLDINGS LTD
$18.40B$4.57$5.9329.74%Buy722.48%N/A8.23%5.70%
ALKT
ALKAMI TECHNOLOGY INC
$3.54B$35.19$43.7124.22%Buy731.44%N/A4.16%3.33%
LGTY
LOGILITY SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS INC
$401.88M$11.32$17.0050.18%Strong Buy1-0.37%10.53%4.91%3.54%
PRGS
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP
$2.30B$53.00$73.4338.55%Buy728.07%164.56%51.50%8.94%
CRM
SALESFORCE INC
$319.52B$333.88$382.7514.64%Buy326.72%15.94%N/AN/A
FROG
JFROG LTD
$3.88B$34.81$36.003.42%Strong Buy1621.66%N/A-2.26%-1.58%
CDNS
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
$87.90B$320.48$320.800.10%Buy1012.95%19.17%38.89%19.36%
ROP
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC
$56.98B$531.37$625.0017.62%Buy78.10%17.47%13.92%8.17%
ZETA
ZETA GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP
$4.41B$18.57$37.43101.56%Strong Buy1421.85%N/A15.50%8.47%
CCRD
CORECARD CORP
$174.30M$22.06$15.00-32.00%Hold1N/AN/A13.91%11.45%
GWRE
GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC
$17.20B$205.96$213.333.58%Strong Buy1213.25%63.21%9.86%4.82%
QXO
QXO INC
$5.62B$13.73N/AN/AN/AN/A531.65%N/A6.49%6.47%
FRSH
FRESHWORKS INC
$5.54B$18.30$18.541.30%Buy1315.43%N/AN/AN/A
DBD
DIEBOLD NIXDORF INC
$1.69B$44.98$57.5027.83%Strong Buy20.98%825.86%22.56%6.16%
LIF
LIFE360 INC
$3.54B$47.43$50.676.82%Strong Buy635.44%N/A11.65%9.26%
HUBS
HUBSPOT INC
$37.51B$726.61$721.38-0.72%Buy2117.52%N/AN/AN/A
NCNO
NCINO INC
$3.77B$32.57$41.6928.01%Buy139.07%N/A5.07%3.64%
TRAK
REPOSITRAK INC
$391.88M$21.46N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
IDN
INTELLICHECK INC
$57.11M$2.89$3.003.81%Buy2N/AN/A-5.90%-4.78%
RUM
RUMBLE INC
$5.30B$13.61$14.002.87%Buy229.16%N/A-18.76%-14.35%
ANY
SPHERE 3D CORP
$21.00M$0.99$3.00203.34%Buy1N/AN/A-62.80%-50.87%
NTWK
NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC
$30.52M$2.66N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

App Stocks FAQ

What are the best app stocks to buy right now in Jan 2025?

According to Due Diligence Score, the 3 best software stocks to buy right now are:

1. Full Truck Alliance Co (NYSE:YMM)


Full Truck Alliance Co (NYSE:YMM) is the top app stock with a Due Diligence Score of 63, which is 36 points higher than the app industry average of 27. It passed 21 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Full Truck Alliance Co has seen its stock return 67.78% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 58 percentage points.

Full Truck Alliance Co has an average 1 year price target of $11.67, an upside of 1.36% from Full Truck Alliance Co's current stock price of $11.51.

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

2. Applovin (NASDAQ:APP)


Applovin (NASDAQ:APP) is the second best app stock with a Due Diligence Score of 62, which is 35 points higher than the app industry average of 27. It passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Applovin has seen its stock return 738.37% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 729 percentage points.

Applovin has an average 1 year price target of $334.33, a downside of -7.92% from Applovin's current stock price of $363.10.

Applovin stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 18 analysts covering Applovin, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.56% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Heartcore Enterprises (NASDAQ:HTCR)


Heartcore Enterprises (NASDAQ:HTCR) is the third best app stock with a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 34 points higher than the app industry average of 27. It passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Heartcore Enterprises has seen its stock return 198.17% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 189 percentage points.

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. Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO)


Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO) has an annual dividend yield of 11.46%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 1.76%. 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 96% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Logility Supply Chain Solutions (NASDAQ:LGTY)


Logility Supply Chain Solutions (NASDAQ:LGTY) has an annual dividend yield of 3.89%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 1.76%. Logility Supply Chain Solutions's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Logility Supply Chain Solutions's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Logility Supply Chain Solutions's dividend payout ratio of 231.6% indicates that its 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 3.75%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 1.76%. 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 99.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are app stocks down?

App stocks were down -0.77% in the last day, and up 0.54% over the last week.

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

What are the most undervalued app stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued app stocks right now are:

1. Nice (NASDAQ:NICE)


Nice (NASDAQ:NICE) is the most undervalued app stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Nice has a valuation score of 86, which is 68 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nice's stock has dropped -25.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -35 percentage points.

2. Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS)


Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) is the second most undervalued app stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Progress Software has a valuation score of 86, which is 68 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Progress Software's stock has dropped -10.62% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -20 percentage points.

3. Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX)


Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) is the third most undervalued app stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Creative Realities has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Creative Realities's stock has dropped -9.61% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -19 percentage points.

Are app stocks a good buy now?

45.03% of app stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 18.91% over the next year.

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

The average P/E ratio of the software - application industry is 39.32x.
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