Appfolio (APPF)

Technology · Software - Application
$190.00 -6.55% on the day Market cap $7.0B 52-week range $142.56 to $265.02 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
10% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $7.0B, Appfolio's free cash flow of $236M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 10% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 8 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Appfolio's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price10.1% a year
Free cash flow, last 8 years39.2% a year
Revenue, same period27.7% a year
Price to free cash flow29.6x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from APPF's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation2
Profitability8
Growth7
Financial health8
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)46.9x
P/E (forward)161.8x
Price / free cash flow29.1x
EV / EBITDA35.5x
Price / sales6.69x
Price / book15.8x
Revenue growth+19.3%
Operating margin17.5%
Net margin15.1%
Return on equity29.9%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.23x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Appfolio's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$359M$472M$620M$794M$951M
Net income$1M-$68M$3M$204M$141M
Free cash flow$3M$4M$46M$181M$236M
EPS (diluted)$0.03-$1.95$0.07$5.55$3.88
Operating margin-3.3%-15.3%0.16%17.1%16.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Value Added Services$722M76%
Subscription Services$211M22%
Other$18M2%

Superinvestors who own APPF

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 2 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $9M0.02%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $1M0.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Appfolio's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of APPF in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Appfolio's stock price imply?

At a market value of $7.0B, Appfolio would need its free cash flow to grow about 10% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 8 years its free cash flow grew 39% a year.

Are Appfolio insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of APPF in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Appfolio?

2 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold APPF in their latest 13F, including Joel Greenblatt, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.