Appian (APPN Quick QuoteAPPN - Free Report) reported $187 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 21.4%. EPS of $0.32 for the same period compares to $0.15 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +7.58% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $173.83 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.05, the EPS surprise was +540%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Appian performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Subscriptions gross margin: 87.9% versus 88.1% estimated by two analysts on average.
• Professional services gross margin: 30.9% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 28%.
• Revenue- Professional services: $39.82 million versus $33.67 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +28.7% change.
• Revenue- Subscriptions: $147.19 million compared to the $140.16 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +19.6% year over year.

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Shares of Appian have returned -0.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.