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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:

Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) is the #1 top app stock out of 239 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -6 points lower than the app industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PD as a "A".

PD passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pagerduty has seen its stock lose -11.07% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -6 percentage points.

Pagerduty has an average 1 year price target of $18.67, an upside of 16.23% from Pagerduty's current stock price of $16.06.

Pagerduty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Pagerduty, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Calix (NYSE:CALX) is the #2 top app stock out of 239 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 Calix (NYSE:CALX) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Calix (NYSE:CALX) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is equal to the app industry average of 28.

CALX passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Calix has seen its stock return 93.39% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 99 percentage points.

Calix has an average 1 year price target of $77.75, an upside of 13.64% from Calix's current stock price of $68.42.

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

Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) is the #3 top app stock out of 239 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 Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 7 points higher than the app industry average of 28.

NATL passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ncr Atleos has seen its stock return 40.95% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 46 percentage points.

Ncr Atleos has an average 1 year price target of $41.00, an upside of 11.11% from Ncr Atleos's current stock price of $36.90.

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

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 20.47%, which is 17 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.97%. 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 146.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 10.01%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.97%.

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 6.04%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.97%. 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 103.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

App stocks were up 1.8% in the last day, and down -1.8% over the last week. Amtd Digital was the among the top gainers in the software - application industry, gaining 74.56% yesterday.

AMTD Digital shares are trading higher after the company reported a 1,085.9% year-over-year increase in revenue to $73.2 million for the six months ended April 30.

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 100, which is 82 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wm Technology's stock has gained 35.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 41 percentage points.

Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) 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.

Ringcentral has a valuation score of 0, which is -18 points higher than the app industry average of 18. 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 -16.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -11 percentage points.

Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) 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.

Mitek Systems has a valuation score of 57, which is 39 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mitek Systems's stock has gained 7.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 13 percentage points.

47.5% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 26.57% over the next year.

7.03% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.92% are rated C (Hold), 10.27% are rated D (Sell), and 3.78% are rated F (Strong Sell).