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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 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 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 134.56% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 131 percentage points.

Corecard has an average 1 year price target of $21.00, a downside of -26.5% from Corecard's current stock price of $28.57.

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.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) 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 Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, 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 69.67% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 66 percentage points.

Pegasystems has an average 1 year price target of $95.50, an upside of 87.59% from Pegasystems's current stock price of $50.91.

Pegasystems stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Pegasystems, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 30% have issued a Buy, 30% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% 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: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

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 73.34% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 70 percentage points.

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 2.45%. 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 15.6%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.45%. 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 8.06%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.45%.

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

App stocks were up 0.77% in the last day, and down -0.59% over the last week. Webull was the among the top gainers in the software - application industry, gaining 11.86% yesterday.

Webull shares are trading higher after the company announced it will reintroduce crypto trading to its global customer base and integrate Webull Pay back into Webull Group.

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 -5.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -9 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 -8.43% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -12 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 -18.8% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -22 percentage points.

42.59% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 22.74% over the next year.

7% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 24.5% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.5% are rated C (Hold), 10.5% are rated D (Sell), and 1.5% are rated F (Strong Sell).