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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:

Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) is the #1 top app stock out of 239 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 Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 11 points higher than the app industry average of 28.

RSSS passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Research Solutions has seen its stock return 24.15% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 28 percentage points.

Research Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $5.00, an upside of 51.98% from Research Solutions's current stock price of $3.29.

Research Solutions stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Research Solutions, 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.

Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) is the #2 top app stock out of 239 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 Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pagerduty (NYSE:PD) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -6 points lower than the app industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PD as a "A".

PD passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pagerduty has seen its stock lose -9.77% over the past year, underperforming other app stocks by -6 percentage points.

Pagerduty has an average 1 year price target of $18.67, an upside of 15.44% from Pagerduty's current stock price of $16.17.

Pagerduty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Pagerduty, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) is the #3 top app stock out of 239 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 Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Ncr Atleos (NYSE:NATL) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 7 points higher than the app industry average of 28.

NATL passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ncr Atleos has seen its stock return 40.66% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 44 percentage points.

Ncr Atleos has an average 1 year price target of $41.00, an upside of 7.56% from Ncr Atleos's current stock price of $38.12.

Ncr Atleos stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ncr Atleos, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% 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:

Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO) has an annual dividend yield of 20.18%, which is 17 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.95%. 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 11.49%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.95%.

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 5.15%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.95%. 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 up 0.93% in the last day, and up 3% over the last week. Grindr was the among the top gainers in the software - application industry, gaining 18.86% yesterday.

Grindr shares are trading higher after existing holders Lu and Zage disclosed an $18/share take-private proposal in an amended 13D filing.

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 100, which is 82 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wm Technology's stock has gained 40.83% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 45 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 -18 points higher than the app industry average of 18. 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 -12.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -9 percentage points.

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 39 points higher than the app industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ncr Atleos's stock has gained 40.66% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 44 percentage points.

48.43% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 24.98% over the next year.

6.88% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.58% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.2% are rated C (Hold), 12.7% are rated D (Sell), and 2.65% are rated F (Strong Sell).