AppFolio Inc. (APPF) on Decifer

Why it ranks here

• It earns strong returns on the money it puts to work, around 22% and those returns have been improving and it turns most of its profit into real cash.
• Revenue is growing about 20% a year and profits are expected to grow 23%.
• It keeps a high share of every sale as profit, and that has stayed steady over the years, a sign of real pricing power, with profitability widening as it grows.
• It is riding an active market tailwind and has the balance sheet to fund its growth.
• And it returns cash to shareholders.
• Our durability check found pressure on this name, which costs it a few points.
• It trades about 18% above similar companies, and its growth does not yet back up that price.

The current read

The evidence on APPF lines up on the supportive side: the intelligence feed flags this name as connected to what is moving markets now. The independent signals we track are telling the same story.

Themes

• Digital Commerce & SMB Enablement: The behavioral shift of commerce and small-business operations to online and mobile channels continues to pull SMBs onto integrated software platforms.

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