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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 230 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: B, 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 31.29% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 92 percentage points.

Riskified has an average 1 year price target of $6.50, an upside of 4.67% from Riskified's current stock price of $6.21.

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

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the #2 top app stock out of 230 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 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 14 points higher than the app industry average of 31.

EGHT passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. 8x8 has seen its stock lose -19.91% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 41 percentage points.

8x8 has an average 1 year price target of $3.13, an upside of 76.55% from 8x8's current stock price of $1.77.

8x8 stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering 8x8, 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.

Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) is the #3 top app stock out of 230 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 Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 29 points higher than the app industry average of 31.

MITK passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mitek Systems has seen its stock return 61.49% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 122 percentage points.

Out of 20 app stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 app stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB) has an annual dividend yield of 10.16%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.78%.

Yuanbao's dividend payout ratio of 27.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 9.58%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.78%.

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

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) has an annual dividend yield of 9.11%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.78%. 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 down -1.5% in the last day, and down -0.42% over the last week. Datadog was the among the top losers in the software - application industry, dropping -2.58% yesterday.

Shares of cybersecurity-related companies are trading lower. Reports suggesting that hackers used Anthropic's Claude assistant to access the internal code of OpenAI's ChatGPT may highlight to investors the challenges facing legacy security software makers amid AI's growth.

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 62 points higher than the app industry average of 24. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -39.66% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 21 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 86, which is 62 points higher than the app industry average of 24. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

8x8's stock has dropped -19.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 41 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 43, which is 19 points higher than the app industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Progress Software's stock has dropped -7.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 53 percentage points.

48.7% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 27.78% over the next year.

4.71% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.35% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.29% are rated C (Hold), 12.35% are rated D (Sell), and 5.29% are rated F (Strong Sell).