APPIAN CORP
Business
APPIAN CORP delivers a unified low-code software platform for process orchestration, automation, and intelligence that helps organizations design, automate, and optimize critical business processes. The company offers capabilities including process orchestration, robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent document processing (IDP), data fabric, process intelligence, generative AI, AI agents, low-code design tools, APIs, and professional services for deployment and customer success. Appian organizes its business around its platform and related customer success and professional services, supported by direct sales and strategic partner channels. It serves large enterprises and government customers globally through cloud and partner distribution across multiple industries and regions.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-19
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 727 | 617 | 545 | 468 | 369 | |
| Total cost of revenue | 200 | 168 | 160 | 133 | 104 | |
| Gross profit | 527 | 449 | 385 | 335 | 265 | |
| Sales and marketing | 241 | 238 | 250 | 220 | 168 | |
| Research and development | 172 | 163 | 160 | 139 | 98 | |
| General and administrative | 113 | 108 | 83 | 120 | 84 | |
| Total operating expenses | 527 | 510 | 493 | 480 | 349 | |
| Operating income (loss) | 609,000 | −61 | −108 | −145 | −84 | |
| Other (income) expense, net | −27 | 7 | −18 | 4 | 4 | |
| Interest expense | 21 | 24 | 18 | 2 | — | |
| Total other non-operating (income) expense | −6 | 30 | 259,000 | 5 | 4 | |
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 6 | −91 | −108 | −150 | −88 | |
| Income tax expense | 5 | 1 | 3 | 692,000 | 778,000 | |
| Net income (loss) | 1 | −92 | −111 | −151 | −89 | |
| Basic (in usd per share) | 0.02 | −1.26 | −1.52 | −2.08 | −1.25 | |
| Diluted (in usd per share) | 0.02 | −1.26 | −1.52 | −2.08 | −1.25 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 74 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 75 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 136 | 119 | 149 | 148 | 101 | |
| Short-term investments and marketable securities | 51 | 41 | 10 | 48 | 55 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $3,362 and $3,396, respectively | 255 | 195 | 172 | 166 | 130 | |
| Deferred commissions, current | 35 | 37 | 34 | 30 | 25 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 42 | 44 | 50 | 28 | 27 | |
| Total current assets | 519 | 436 | 414 | 422 | 338 | |
| Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $40,747 and $32,142, respectively | 32 | 37 | 43 | 42 | 37 | |
| Goodwill | 29 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | |
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7,301 and $5,341, respectively | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| Right-of-use assets for operating leases | 28 | 31 | 40 | 37 | 28 | |
| Deferred commissions, net of current portion | 65 | 61 | 60 | 56 | 49 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other assets | 12 | 25 | 36 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total assets | 691 | 621 | 628 | 594 | 505 | |
| Accounts payable | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |
| Accrued expenses | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | |
| Accrued compensation and related benefits | 62 | 34 | 38 | 41 | 35 | |
| Deferred revenue | 341 | 282 | 236 | 195 | 150 | |
| Debt | 10 | 10 | 66 | 3 | 0 | |
| Operating lease liabilities | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | |
| Other current liabilities | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total current liabilities | 452 | 355 | 371 | 270 | 216 | |
| Long-term debt | 231 | 241 | 140 | 115 | 0 | |
| Non-current operating lease liabilities | 46 | 52 | 59 | 57 | 49 | |
| Deferred revenue, non-current | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 398,000 | 431,000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total liabilities | 738 | 654 | 575 | 449 | 271 | |
| Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Note 13) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Treasury stock at cost, 542,288 shares as of December 31, 2025 | −17 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 617 | 591 | 596 | 561 | 497 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −36 | −12 | −24 | −7 | −6 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −611 | −612 | −520 | −408 | −258 | |
| Total stockholders deficit | −47 | −33 | 52 | 146 | 234 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders deficit | 691 | 621 | 628 | 594 | 505 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based compensation | 42 | 39 | 43 | 39 | 24 | |
| Depreciation expense and amortization of intangible assets | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | |
| Lease impairment charges | 800,000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Bad debt expense | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 410,000 | |
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | 600,000 | 589,000 | 444,000 | 43,000 | 0 | |
| Benefit for deferred income taxes | −349,000 | −899,000 | −2 | −1 | −498,000 | |
| Foreign currency transaction losses (gains), net | −22 | 17 | −12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Accounts receivable | −52 | −28 | −2 | −38 | −34 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 15 | 17 | −55 | −2 | 2 | |
| Deferred commissions | −3 | −3 | −8 | −12 | −22 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 9 | −871,000 | −1 | −3 | 11 | |
| Accrued compensation and related benefits | 20 | −3 | −3 | 7 | 13 | |
| Other current and non-current liabilities | −3 | −1 | −1 | −264,000 | −444,000 | |
| Deferred revenue | 47 | 49 | 29 | 48 | 33 | |
| Operating lease assets and liabilities | −4 | −3 | 2 | −329,000 | 2 | |
| Net cash provided by (used by) operating activities | 63 | 7 | −110 | −107 | −54 | |
| Proceeds from maturities of investments | 53 | 20 | 92 | 85 | 121 | |
| Purchases of investments | −62 | −52 | −53 | −65 | −42 | |
| Purchases of property and equipment | −3 | −4 | −10 | −9 | −6 | |
| Net cash (used by) provided by investing activities | −13 | −35 | 29 | 10 | 42 | |
| Proceeds from borrowings | 0 | 50 | 92 | 120 | 0 | |
| Payments for debt issuance costs | 0 | −463,000 | −276,000 | −2 | 0 | |
| Debt repayments | −10 | −6 | −4 | −625,000 | 0 | |
| Repurchase of common stock | −20 | −50 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payments for employee taxes related to the net share settlement of equity awards | −7 | −8 | −10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of common stock options | 1 | 14 | 752,000 | 25 | 3 | |
| Net cash (used by) provided by financing activities | −36 | −258,000 | 79 | 143 | 3 | |
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 3 | −2 | 2 | −159,000 | 694,000 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 17 | −31 | −1 | 46 | −9 | |
| Cash paid for interest | 20 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 323,000 | |
| Cash paid for income taxes | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Accrued capital expenditures | 87,000 | 155,000 | 654,000 | 2 | 379,000 |