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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:

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) 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 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 3 points higher than the app industry average of 27.

LYFT passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Lyft has seen its stock return 34.22% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 34 percentage points.

Lyft has an average 1 year price target of $17.44, an upside of 12% from Lyft's current stock price of $15.57.

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.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) 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 Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -10 points lower than the app industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates DBD as a "A".

DBD passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Diebold Nixdorf has seen its stock return 59.99% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 60 percentage points.

Diebold Nixdorf has an average 1 year price target of $75.00, an upside of 22.81% from Diebold Nixdorf's current stock price of $61.07.

Diebold Nixdorf stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Diebold Nixdorf, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) 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 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 -11 points lower than the app industry average of 27. 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 -11.95% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -12 percentage points.

Ringcentral has an average 1 year price target of $31.00, an upside of 3.09% from Ringcentral's current stock price of $30.07.

Ringcentral stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Ringcentral, 7.69% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 23.08% have issued a Buy, 61.54% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 7.69% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 19 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 18.8%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.7%. 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 9.15%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.7%.

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 4.71%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.7%. 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 83.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

App stocks were down -1.01% in the last day, and up 1.28% over the last week. Soundhound Ai was the among the top losers in the software - application industry, dropping -10.26% yesterday.

Shares of software stocks are trading lower amid broader tech weakness, with investors rotating out of risk assets for the session.

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 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 2.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 3 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 -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 -11.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -12 percentage points.

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) 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.

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 -3.02% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -3 percentage points.

42.04% of app stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 31.36% over the next year.

4.08% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.96% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.67% are rated C (Hold), 13.78% are rated D (Sell), and 0.51% are rated F (Strong Sell).