Technology
Appen Limited(APPEF)
Live Price
Offline$0.70
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+23.60%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $220.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +1.9%
- EPS Growth
- +2.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Appen Limited (APPEF) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $220.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $0.70 and up 23.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.9%, EPS growth of +2.3%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.9%, EPS +2.3%, free cash flow +898.5% with operating margin -12.4% and ROIC -32.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.8. Stock Foundry combines APPEF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+1.9% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-12.4% vs +22.0% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on Feb 24, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +50.0% and a revenue surprise of -2.4%.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +1.9% and EPS at +2.3%, with operating margin around -12.4%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 26, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged 0.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 24, 2026 | +50.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -11.1% |
2025 Aug 27, 2025 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | -38.5% |
2025 Apr 30, 2025 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | +9.9% |
Benchmark Edge
APPEF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
APPEF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
APPEF Max Drawdown
-43.40%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for APPEF and SPY.
Company Overview
Appen Limited
Other OTC
Appen Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an AI lifecycle company that collects and labels image, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and enhance artificial intelligence systems. It operates through two segments, Global Services and New Markets. The company offers data sourcing services, including image, video, speech, and text data collection services pre-labeled datasets of audio, image, video, and text; and language-based AI solutions. It also provides data preparation services comprising machine learning assisted data annotation tools, which include image annotation, video annotation, text, sensor, audio annotation, and other solutions; enterprise-ready data annotation platform, which offers smart labeling, workflows, in-platform audit, and enterprise analytics; and knowledge graph and ontology support services. The company was formerly known as Appen Holdings Pty Limited and changed its name to Appen Limited in October 2014. Appen Limited was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chatswood, Australia.
- Leadership
- Ryan Kolln
- IPO Date
- Apr 3, 2018
- Employees
- 1.1k
- Street Address
- 9 Help Street
- Mailing
- Chatswood, NSW, 2067
- Region
- Chatswood, NSW, AU
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 61 2 9468 6300
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
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- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- 2.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.9%
- EPS
- +2.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- +898.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 11.2%
- Operating Margin
- -12.4%
- Net Margin
- -11.1%
- ROE
- -26.4%
- ROIC
- -32.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.15
- Current Ratio
- 2.59
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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