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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.

Industry: Software - Application
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App is Zen Rated B and is the 43rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Zen Rating
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Revenue
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Rev. Y/Y
Rev. 5Y
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Earnings Date
RNG
RINGCENTRAL INC
$2.76B$2.46B$285.78M-$12.18M-$0.136.47%18.94%N/AN/A
LYFT
LYFT INC
$6.59B$6.11B$265.96M$92.19M$0.2419.94%13.34%N/AN/A
ZM
ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC
$24.37B$4.75B$1.65B$1.19B$3.903.63%28.69%35.89%36.27%
DBD
DIEBOLD NIXDORF INC
$2.24B$3.67B$275.40M-$12.90M-$0.34N/AN/AN/AN/A
CALX
CALIX INC
$3.88B$869.19M-$17.81M-$26.88M-$0.40-8.80%13.80%N/AN/A2025-10-27
NATL
NCR ATLEOS CORP
$2.92B$4.27B$771.00M$132.00M$1.80-0.58%N/AN/AN/A
PD
PAGERDUTY INC
$1.54B$476.13M$978.00k-$36.90M-$0.408.55%21.64%N/AN/A2025-09-03
FRSH
FRESHWORKS INC
$3.93B$782.10M-$72.00k-$54.90M-$0.1919.78%N/AN/AN/A
PTC
PTC INC
$25.58B$2.47B$885.58M$512.73M$4.2611.42%12.00%71.77%41.16%
CVLT
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
$8.30B$1.05B$104.26M$81.08M$1.8521.62%9.08%-53.63%87.42%2025-10-28
HIT
HEALTH IN TECH INC
$150.35M$22.38MN/A$1.07M$0.0211.25%N/A-60.00%N/A
PEGA
PEGASYSTEMS INC
$9.27B$1.68B$337.29M$220.20M$1.2912.47%11.19%63.69%N/A2025-10-22
GTM
ZOOMINFO TECHNOLOGIES INC
$3.47B$1.23B$251.10M$89.20M$0.26-0.54%26.16%550.00%N/A
PRO
PROS HOLDINGS INC
$745.65M$342.71M$1.99M-$7.18M-$0.167.96%5.65%N/AN/A
KARO
KAROOOOO LTD
$1.63B$271.38MN/A$54.90M$1.7815.51%N/A25.20%N/A2025-10-09
ESTC
ELASTIC NV
$9.04B$1.55B$42.69M-$83.49M-$0.7917.42%27.15%N/AN/A
YALA
YALLA GROUP LTD
$1.22B$348.19MN/A$146.31M$0.926.79%31.13%10.84%22.76%
WDAY
WORKDAY INC
$61.63B$8.96B$1.20B$583.00M$2.1913.94%17.53%-62.69%N/A
AMTM
AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC
$6.07B$12.68B$850.45M$52.20MN/A52.54%N/AN/AN/A
EGHT
8X8 INC
$270.01M$718.28M$41.70M-$21.24M-$0.16-0.73%8.79%N/AN/A2025-10-29
VTEX
VTEX
$742.41M$230.43M-$2.32M$13.35M$0.094.82%N/A304.35%N/A
INTU
INTUIT INC
$186.06B$18.18B$5.46B$3.47B$12.4014.99%21.54%13.04%19.35%
OTEX
OPEN TEXT CORP
$8.41B$5.17B$1.45B$435.87M$1.66-10.42%10.69%-2.92%14.06%2025-10-30
QTWO
Q2 HOLDINGS INC
$4.92B$742.95M$77.46M$4.88M$0.0813.34%15.82%N/AN/A2025-10-29
SPT
SPROUT SOCIAL INC
$918.59M$418.41M-$43.76M-$59.62M-$1.0417.79%30.66%N/AN/A2025-10-30
ADSK
AUTODESK INC
$67.35B$6.35B$1.50B$1.01B$4.7112.44%13.13%1.29%27.83%
U
UNITY SOFTWARE INC
$16.65B$1.78B-$109.30M-$433.91M-$1.06-13.74%22.68%N/AN/A
PRGS
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP
$2.00B$869.02M$151.46M$57.59M$1.3422.10%14.91%-20.24%5.20%2025-09-30
DSP
VIANT TECHNOLOGY INC
$654.69M$318.47M$14.13M$2.35M$0.1530.92%N/AN/AN/A
BLKB
BLACKBAUD INC
$3.24B$1.14B-$130.63M-$279.38M-$5.480.16%4.52%N/AN/A2025-10-29
DCBO
DOCEBO INC
$897.65M$230.50M$21.78M$21.42M$0.7015.11%N/A29.63%N/A
TRAK
REPOSITRAK INC
$296.08M$22.03M$8.62M$6.35M$0.359.73%3.08%20.69%54.31%2025-09-24
RMNI
RIMINI STREET INC
$400.60M$427.20M$24.75M-$2.83M-$0.02-0.52%7.20%N/AN/A2025-10-29
KLTR
KALTURA INC
$244.25M$180.92M-$12.95M-$21.34M-$0.142.40%N/AN/AN/A
HUBS
HUBSPOT INC
$25.46B$2.85B$126.48M-$11.92M-$0.2218.95%30.16%N/AN/A
TEAM
ATLASSIAN CORP
$46.64B$5.22B$24.03M-$256.69M-$0.9819.66%26.43%N/AN/A2025-10-30
ZETA
ZETA GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP
$4.68B$1.16B$27.17M-$36.55M-$0.1640.60%N/AN/AN/A2025-10-29
RDVT
RED VIOLET INC
$702.24M$82.40M$21.99M$8.71M$0.6322.14%19.61%-44.74%N/A
MITK
MITEK SYSTEMS INC
$463.39M$177.38M$38.07M$13.33M$0.287.76%13.99%N/A20.55%
NICE
NICE LTD
$8.79B$2.84B$794.25M$537.12M$8.5211.39%11.87%36.32%21.94%
GWRE
GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC
$18.27B$1.14B$62.21M$34.61M$0.4218.61%9.99%N/AN/A2025-09-04
IDN
INTELLICHECK INC
$109.20M$20.66M-$271.00k-$918.00k-$0.057.13%16.13%N/AN/A
INTA
INTAPP INC
$3.78B$504.12M$6.57M-$18.22M-$0.2317.09%21.96%N/AN/A
VMEO
VIMEO INC
$695.98M$415.40M$24.64M$13.19M$0.09-1.35%N/A-55.00%N/A2025-10-29
UPBD
UPBOUND GROUP INC
$1.47B$4.48B$1.73B$102.12M$1.847.49%10.64%82.18%-8.82%2025-10-29
LIF
LIFE360 INC
$7.01B$427.40M$31.41M$27.57M$0.3730.04%N/AN/AN/A
ONTF
ON24 INC
$241.99M$143.07M-$29.58M-$36.26M-$0.86-6.88%N/AN/AN/A
YOU
CLEAR SECURE INC
$4.83B$835.53M$61.60M$176.88M$1.8719.85%N/A139.74%N/A
WK
WORKIVA INC
$4.61B$806.98M-$34.99M-$66.58M-$1.1919.02%20.01%N/AN/A2025-10-29
CMRC
COMMERCECOM INC
$375.42M$337.54M$7.84M-$18.12M-$0.224.06%21.26%N/AN/A
CRM
SALESFORCE INC
$244.98B$38.59B$10.99B$6.21B$6.477.97%16.19%14.92%N/A2025-09-03
DOMO
DOMO INC
$590.65M$317.05M-$59.11M-$73.98M-$1.89-0.81%11.84%N/AN/A
FROG
JFROG LTD
$5.66B$450.58M-$40.50M-$78.95M-$0.7121.66%N/AN/AN/A
JAMF
JAMF HOLDING CORP
$1.23B$642.90M-$256.00k-$47.40M-$0.3710.75%23.90%N/AN/A
EXFY
EXPENSIFY INC
$181.11M$141.78M$8.95M-$9.44M-$0.10-1.63%N/AN/AN/A
NOW
SERVICENOW INC
$190.83B$12.06B$2.64B$1.66B$8.0321.12%24.98%43.91%15.60%2025-10-29
DT
DYNATRACE INC
$15.26B$1.78B$244.36M$493.02M$1.6518.70%25.15%217.31%N/A2025-10-29
ADEA
ADEIA INC
$1.63B$380.29M$201.20M$75.54M$0.707.16%2.20%89.19%N/A
DUOL
DUOLINGO INC
$13.54B$811.21M$123.84M$96.75M$2.1839.14%N/A101.85%N/A
YB
YUANBAO INC
$1.06BN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
UPLD
UPLAND SOFTWARE INC
$81.43M$251.76M$7.13M-$49.76M-$1.79-12.09%-0.68%N/AN/A2025-10-30
CDNS
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
$95.49B$5.09B$1.74B$1.01B$3.7222.29%15.88%-4.86%0.05%2025-10-27
APP
APPLOVIN CORP
$161.88B$5.31B$3.16B$2.43B$7.1848.15%N/A194.26%N/A
PCOR
PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES INC
$10.44B$1.23B-$23.33M-$142.76M-$0.9616.08%N/AN/AN/A2025-10-29
AEYE
AUDIOEYE INC
$160.09M$36.85M-$1.08M-$4.89M-$0.4116.52%23.09%N/AN/A
DDOG
DATADOG INC
$47.20B$2.83B$280.34M$165.76M$0.4925.54%46.23%36.11%117.79%
CXM
SPRINKLR INC
$2.24B$805.94M$67.26M$109.41M$0.426.75%N/A90.91%N/A2025-09-03
SAP
SAP SE
$317.34B$42.22B$11.98B$7.70B$6.5920.66%5.99%178.44%9.00%2025-10-22
GRND
GRINDR INC
$3.00B$385.10M-$4.51M-$55.51M-$0.3428.35%N/AN/AN/A
ASAN
ASANA INC
$3.44B$738.70M-$186.81M-$231.83M-$1.009.84%N/AN/AN/A2025-09-03
DAVE
DAVE INC
$2.88B$433.07M$78.36M$55.12M$4.2347.97%N/A81.55%N/A
SSNC
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC
$21.65B$6.05B$2.10B$806.40M$3.296.75%5.35%16.25%10.58%2025-10-23
API
AGORA INC
$319.41M$133.55M-$16.40M-$22.15M$0.46-3.42%4.80%-40.00%N/A
BSY
BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC
$16.90B$1.42B$396.18M$254.28M$0.8010.45%13.06%-33.33%12.70%
EGAN
EGAIN CORP
$172.04M$87.66M$5.79M$2.90M$0.09-7.70%4.45%-68.97%-11.94%2025-09-04
MNDY
MONDAYCOM LTD
$9.95B$1.10B-$6.53M$39.98M$0.7930.24%N/A-4.82%N/A
MAPS
WM TECHNOLOGY INC
$194.12M$183.68M$25.37M$8.76M$0.080.13%20.95%N/A-55.59%
DHX
DHI GROUP INC
$132.03M$134.40M$8.83M-$9.37M-$0.20-8.31%4.66%N/AN/A
DOCU
DOCUSIGN INC
$15.49B$3.03B$419.54M$1.11B$5.427.85%23.45%942.31%N/A2025-09-04
CCCS
CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC
$6.43B$996.96M$193.84M$1.92M-$0.019.60%N/AN/AN/A
BMBL
BUMBLE INC
$954.08M$1.05B-$437.15M-$568.18M-$4.84-2.39%N/AN/AN/A
SMWB
SIMILARWEB LTD
$881.64M$268.35M-$11.23M-$29.09M-$0.3416.06%N/AN/AN/A
DV
DOUBLEVERIFY HOLDINGS INC
$2.66B$714.26M$151.47M$52.72M$0.3116.54%N/A-13.89%N/A
BRZE
BRAZE INC
$2.93B$620.01M-$89.58M-$103.89M-$1.0122.66%N/AN/AN/A2025-09-04
PLUS
EPLUS INC
$1.93B$2.16B$191.39M$118.34M$4.47-1.15%6.71%9.02%11.15%
MASK
3 E NETWORK TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
$7.54MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
TTAN
SERVICETITAN INC
$9.72BN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2025-09-04
TYL
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC
$24.35B$2.25B$512.74M$306.80M$7.1510.69%15.10%45.33%8.30%2025-10-22
AMPL
AMPLITUDE INC
$1.51B$316.57M-$81.49M-$96.34M-$0.769.93%N/AN/AN/A
ALRM
ALARMCOM HOLDINGS INC
$2.92B$955.37M$210.10M$128.47M$2.586.72%12.01%42.54%18.59%
CRNC
CERENCE INC
$456.16M$245.95M-$1.02M-$25.77M-$0.59-31.20%-5.27%N/AN/A
GBTG
GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL GROUP INC
$3.99B$2.44B$313.00M-$57.00M-$0.133.61%2.86%N/AN/A
SNOW
SNOWFLAKE INC
$79.64B$3.84B-$1.13B-$1.40B-$4.2027.50%N/AN/AN/A
MANH
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC
$13.03B$1.06B$284.54M$221.16M$3.636.13%11.83%9.34%22.24%2025-10-21
LAW
CS DISCO INC
$337.73M$148.02M-$49.94M-$56.56M-$0.944.05%N/AN/AN/A
PAYC
PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC
$13.13B$1.91B$706.01M$394.21M$7.039.87%19.66%-14.37%15.57%2025-10-28
FSLY
FASTLY INC
$1.12B$570.97M-$37.09M-$147.59M-$1.037.43%18.31%N/AN/A2025-10-29
SAIL
SAILPOINT INC
$11.49BN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2025-09-09
ALIT
ALIGHT INC
$2.09B$2.31B-$660.00M-$1.16B-$2.20-1.07%N/AN/AN/A2025-10-30
SEMR
SEMRUSH HOLDINGS INC
$1.17B$396.02M$36.29M$6.95M$0.0622.75%N/A-33.33%N/A

App Stocks FAQ

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

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:

1. Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG)


Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) is the #1 top app stock out of 245 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 Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -10 points lower than the app industry average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates RNG as a "A".

RNG passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ringcentral has seen its stock lose -9.87% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 1 percentage points.

Ringcentral has an average 1 year price target of $29.33, a downside of -3.86% from Ringcentral's current stock price of $30.51.

Ringcentral stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Ringcentral, 11.11% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 11.11% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT)


Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) is the #2 top app stock out of 245 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 Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 4 points higher than the app industry average of 26.

LYFT passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Lyft has seen its stock return 40.43% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 51 percentage points.

Lyft has an average 1 year price target of $17.44, an upside of 7.51% from Lyft's current stock price of $16.22.

Lyft stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 16 analysts covering Lyft, 12.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 62.5% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM)


Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM) is the #3 top app stock out of 245 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 Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 22 points higher than the app industry average of 26.

ZM passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Zoom has seen its stock return 16.41% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 27 percentage points.

Zoom has an average 1 year price target of $89.82, an upside of 10.32% from Zoom's current stock price of $81.42.

Zoom stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 17 analysts covering Zoom, 11.76% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 29.41% have issued a Buy, 52.94% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.88% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the app stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 21 app stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 app stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS)


Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the app industry average of 2.55%. Progress Software's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Progress Software's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Progress Software's dividend payout ratio of 13.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO)


Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO) has an annual dividend yield of 18.33%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.55%. 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.

3. Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW)


Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 9.47%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.55%.

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

Why are app stocks down?

App stocks were down -0.17% in the last day, and up 1.75% over the last week. Webull was the among the top losers in the software - application industry, dropping -7.36% yesterday.

Webull shares are trading lower following the company's Q2 earnings report.

What are the most undervalued app stocks?

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:

1. Wm Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS)


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 71, which is 54 points higher than the app industry average of 17. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wm Technology's stock has gained 25.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 36 percentage points.

2. Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG)


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 -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 -9.87% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 1 percentage points.

3. Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL)


Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) 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.

Ncr Atleos has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the app industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ncr Atleos's stock has gained 36.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 47 percentage points.

Are app stocks a good buy now?

42.77% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 26.56% over the next year.

3.55% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 24.37% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.36% are rated C (Hold), 13.2% are rated D (Sell), and 1.52% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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

The average P/E ratio of the software - application industry is 28.94x.
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