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Best App Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top app stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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:

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) is the #1 top app stock out of 231 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -1 points lower than the app industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates RSKD as a "A".

RSKD passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Riskified has seen its stock return 32.01% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 98 percentage points.

Riskified has an average 1 year price target of $6.60, an upside of 7.84% from Riskified's current stock price of $6.12.

Riskified stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Riskified, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Dhi Group (NYSE:DHX) is the #2 top app stock out of 231 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Dhi Group (NYSE:DHX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Dhi Group (NYSE:DHX) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is equal to the app industry average of 31.

DHX passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dhi Group has seen its stock return 48.9% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 115 percentage points.

Dhi Group has an average 1 year price target of $6.75, an upside of 64.63% from Dhi Group's current stock price of $4.10.

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

Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) is the #3 top app stock out of 231 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) has a Due Diligence Score of 15, which is -16 points lower than the app industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AEYE as a "A".

AEYE passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Audioeye has seen its stock lose -42.54% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 24 percentage points.

Audioeye has an average 1 year price target of $14.63, an upside of 103.41% from Audioeye's current stock price of $7.19.

Audioeye stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Audioeye, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 75% have issued a Buy, 0% 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:

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 9.82%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.83%.

Marketwise's dividend payout ratio of 182.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB) has an annual dividend yield of 9.19%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.83%.

Yuanbao's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) has an annual dividend yield of 8.09%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.83%. Upbound Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% 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 99.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

App stocks were up 3.72% in the last day, and up 3.96% over the last week. Elastic Nv was the among the top gainers in the software - application industry, gaining 19.31% yesterday.

Elastic shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results and issued Q2 sales guidance above estimates. Also, the company raised its FY27 guidance.

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:

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) 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.

Open Text has a valuation score of 86, which is 61 points higher than the app industry average of 25. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -23.87% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 42 percentage points.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) 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.

8x8 has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the app industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

8x8's stock has dropped -1.49% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 65 percentage points.

Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) 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.

Progress Software has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the app industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Progress Software's stock has dropped -3.35% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 63 percentage points.

47.74% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 15.07% over the next year.

6.36% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.39% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.07% are rated C (Hold), 12.14% are rated D (Sell), and 4.05% are rated F (Strong Sell).