Appian (APPN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2017 - 2026)
Appian (APPN) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of -1.76% in Q2 2026, up 1.16 percentage points from -2.91% a year earlier but down 1.89 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Appian (APPN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Appian reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 0.19%, up 14.97 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has increased for three straight years, with a five-year change of +7.76 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -14.78% in FY2024 (+3.46 pp), -18.24% in FY2023 (+9.23 pp), -27.47% in FY2022 (-10.04 pp) and -17.43% in FY2021 (-9.86 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has ranged from -30.81% in Q3 2022 to 0.19% in Q4 2025 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased for 13 consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 16.01 percentage points in Q2 2025, against a drop of 16.81 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 0.13% (Q1 2026), 0.19% (Q4 2025) and -1.22% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.46 Bn | 418.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 27.71% |
| 2 | Oracle | 415.29 Bn | 287.84 Bn | - | 6.70% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.30 Bn | 177.39 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 10.87% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 188.94 Bn | 144.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.95% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.57 Bn | 117.03 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 5.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.66 Bn | 84.78 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 6.91% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.00 Bn | 53.35 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.00% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.34 Bn | 57.31 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.88 Bn | 46.87 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -56.94% |
| 10 | Appian | 2.53 Bn | 1.78 Bn | 144.74 Mn | -1.76% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.76% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.13% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.19% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.22% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -2.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -9.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -15.76% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -16.05% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -18.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -17.59% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -18.20% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -22.47% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -25.07% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -26.57% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -28.78% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -30.81% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -25.46% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -19.50% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -17.75% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -14.00% |
API Access
Appian Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=APPN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "APPN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=APPN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();