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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 +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:

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 7 points higher than the app industry average of 31.

EGHT passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. 8x8 has seen its stock return 25.45% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 73 percentage points.

8x8 has an average 1 year price target of $3.00, an upside of 44.93% from 8x8's current stock price of $2.07.

8x8 stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Ringcentral (NYSE:RNG) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is -2 points lower than the app industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates RNG as a "A".

RNG passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ringcentral has seen its stock return 66.71% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 114 percentage points.

Ringcentral has an average 1 year price target of $41.57, a downside of -4.02% from Ringcentral's current stock price of $43.31.

Ringcentral stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Ringcentral, 14.29% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 71.43% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Dhi Group (NYSE:DHX) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Dhi Group (NYSE:DHX) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -20 points lower than the app industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates DHX as a "A".

DHX passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Dhi Group has seen its stock return 70.53% over the past year, overperforming other app stocks by 118 percentage points.

Dhi Group has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 183.29% from Dhi Group's current stock price of $3.53.

Dhi Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Dhi Group, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% 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 19 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 9.86%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.59%.

Marketwise's dividend payout ratio of 90.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) has an annual dividend yield of 8.12%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.59%. 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 106.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) has an annual dividend yield of 4.56%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the app industry average of 2.59%. Open Text's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Open Text's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Open Text's dividend payout ratio of 52.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

App stocks were up 2.51% in the last day, and up 6.31% over the last week. Pagerduty was the among the top gainers in the software - application industry, gaining 33.74% yesterday.

PagerDuty shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results and raised its FY27 adjusted EPS above estimates.

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:

Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM) 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.

Zoominfo Technologies has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the app industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Zoominfo Technologies's stock has dropped -64.27% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the app industry by -17 percentage points.

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) 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.

Open Text has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the app industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -14.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 32 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 71, which is 48 points higher than the app industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Progress Software's stock has dropped -46.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the app industry by 1 percentage points.

54% of app stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect app stocks to rise by 34.04% over the next year.

7.06% of app stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of app stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.65% are rated C (Hold), 10% are rated D (Sell), and 5.29% are rated F (Strong Sell).