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Appian (APPN) guidance and outlook
Appian (APPN) raised some and lowered other parts of its guidance on Nov 5, 2026: EPS $0.30–$0.34 for FY2026; Revenue $873M–$877M for FY2026; EBITDA $116M–$119M for FY2026. Appian's 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026 makes 18 forward-looking statements.
Guidance and outlook
Latest guidance
| Metric | Period | Range | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | FY2026 | $0.30–$0.34 | lowered |
| Revenue | FY2026 | $536M–$538M | new |
| Revenue | FY2026 | +23% | new |
| Revenue | FY2026 | $873M–$877M | raised |
| EBITDA | FY2026 | $116M–$119M | raised |
From the earnings release filed Nov 5, 2026 (8-K on EDGAR).
Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026
- We intend to continue to invest in both our professional services group and strategic partnerships to drive increased adoption of our platform.
- Generally, our sales team targets its efforts at organizations with over 2,000 employees and $2.0 billion in annual revenue.
- Over time, we expect a large portion of our customers to renew their subscriptions and purchase additional subscriptions as they continue to build more applications and add more users to our platform.
- We expect our revenue growth will be primarily driven by the pace of adoption and penetration of our platform.
- We offer a leading process automation platform and intend to continue to invest to expand our customer base.
- We have invested, and intend to continue to invest, in our sales team in order to drive sales to new customers.
- • Investments in Growth - We have made, and plan to continue to make, investments for long-term growth, including investing in our platform and infrastructure to continuously maximize their power and speed, meet the evolving needs of our customers, and take advantage of our market opportunity.
- We also intend to continue to invest in sales and marketing as we further expand our sales teams, increase our marketing activities, and grow our international operations.
- We expect cost of revenue to continue to increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future as our customer base grows.
- Gross profit and gross margin (defined as gross profit as a percentage of total revenue), have been, and will continue to be, affected by various factors, including the mix of cloud subscriptions and license subscriptions, the mix of total subscriptions revenue and professional services revenue, subscription pricing, the costs associated with third-party hosting providers, and the extent to which we expand or…
- We expect to continue to invest in customer support and cloud operations to support growth in our business, and the timing of those investments is expected to cause subscriptions gross margin to fluctuate on a quarterly basis.
- In general, our operating expenses are expected to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we invest resources in enhancing our product and growing our business.
Appian's latest quarter
Appian, Q3 2026: revenue $235M (+26% year over year), operating margin 9.1%, net earnings $12.3M, operating cash flow −$15.4M. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Questions
Did Appian raise or lower its guidance?
Appian (APPN) raised some and lowered other parts of its guidance on Nov 5, 2026: EPS $0.30–$0.34 for FY2026; Revenue $873M–$877M for FY2026; EBITDA $116M–$119M for FY2026.
What does Appian expect?
We intend to continue to invest in both our professional services group and strategic partnerships to drive increased adoption of our platform. Generally, our sales team targets its efforts at organizations with over 2,000 employees and $2.0 billion in annual revenue. Over time, we expect a large portion of our customers to renew their subscriptions and purchase additional subscriptions as they continue to build more applications and add more users to our platform.
Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.