AppFolio Valuation

Is APPF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of APPF when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: APPF ($228.32) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($206.8)

Significantly Below Fair Value: APPF is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for APPF?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

APPF key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue12x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA105.3x
PEG Ratio3.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does APPF's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for APPF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average122.2x
OTEX Open Text
46.9x47.1%US$7.9b
ESTC Elastic
188.7x-35.3%US$10.6b
SPSC SPS Commerce
101.6x16.8%US$7.0b
DOCU DocuSign
151.5x27.1%US$11.2b
APPF AppFolio
108.1x29.6%US$8.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: APPF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (108.1x) compared to the peer average (122.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does APPF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: APPF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (108.1x) compared to the US Software industry average (39.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is APPF's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

APPF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio108.1x
Fair PE Ratio48.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: APPF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (108.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (48.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst APPF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$228.32
US$262.17
+14.8%
7.5%US$285.00US$235.00n/a6
May ’25US$230.11
US$258.66
+12.4%
7.8%US$285.00US$235.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$241.18
US$243.51
+1.0%
7.6%US$275.00US$215.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$242.13
US$242.09
-0.02%
7.1%US$275.00US$215.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$226.68
US$235.66
+4.0%
6.1%US$254.00US$215.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$173.24
US$231.60
+33.7%
10.8%US$255.00US$185.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$187.83
US$235.00
+25.1%
8.3%US$255.00US$200.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$184.15
US$222.60
+20.9%
5.9%US$240.00US$200.00n/a5
Oct ’24US$182.63
US$207.40
+13.6%
7.1%US$230.00US$185.00n/a5
Sep ’24US$193.82
US$207.40
+7.0%
7.1%US$230.00US$185.00n/a5
Aug ’24US$184.17
US$183.50
-0.4%
10.6%US$210.00US$155.00n/a4
Jul ’24US$172.14
US$142.25
-17.4%
19.8%US$190.00US$117.00n/a4
Jun ’24US$144.45
US$133.50
-7.6%
10.3%US$155.00US$117.00US$228.324
May ’24US$139.94
US$129.25
-7.6%
15.1%US$155.00US$100.00US$230.114
Apr ’24US$124.48
US$114.75
-7.8%
13.6%US$141.00US$100.00US$241.184
Mar ’24US$129.74
US$114.75
-11.6%
13.6%US$141.00US$100.00US$242.134
Feb ’24US$116.98
US$114.75
-1.9%
13.6%US$141.00US$100.00US$226.684
Jan ’24US$105.38
US$114.80
+8.9%
12.0%US$131.00US$95.00US$173.245
Dec ’23US$118.15
US$113.40
-4.0%
12.8%US$131.00US$95.00US$187.835
Nov ’23US$124.34
US$113.40
-8.8%
12.8%US$131.00US$95.00US$184.155
Oct ’23US$104.72
US$112.40
+7.3%
18.3%US$143.00US$88.00US$182.635
Sep ’23US$98.05
US$108.00
+10.1%
19.3%US$143.00US$88.00US$193.824
Aug ’23US$102.50
US$108.00
+5.4%
19.3%US$143.00US$88.00US$184.174
Jul ’23US$93.75
US$107.00
+14.1%
19.9%US$143.00US$88.00US$172.144
Jun ’23US$102.68
US$107.00
+4.2%
19.9%US$143.00US$88.00US$144.454

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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