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Appian (APPN) Stock Jumps On Cloud Profit Gains Despite Negative Equity
Appian stock ripped higher today, jumping about 14% to US$34.64, as investors rushed to reprice a software platform that just reported another quarter of cloud growth and profit improvement. The headline is simple: cloud subscription revenue reached US$131.7m in Q2 and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation came in at US$16.2m, strong enough for management to lift full year cloud and margin guidance.
Short term traders reacted to the beat. Long term holders will...