How to buy AppFolio stock

AppFolio, Inc is a software-application business based in the US. AppFolio shares (APPF) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. AppFolio employs 1,420 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$305 million.

How to buy shares in AppFolio

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for AppFolio. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: APPF. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until AppFolio reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of AppFolio, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of AppFolio. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

AppFolio share price

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AppFolio shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$81.01 - USD$186.59
50-day moving average	USD$164.3015
200-day moving average	USD$159.858
Wall St. target price	USD$128.33
PE ratio	35.4649
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$4.571

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AppFolio financials

Revenue TTM	USD$305 million
Operating margin TTM	4.14%
Gross profit TTM	USD$154.4 million
Return on assets TTM	2.54%
Return on equity TTM	79.69%
Profit margin	53.56%
Book value	$8.292
Market capitalisation	USD$5.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting AppFolio shares

There are currently 839,492 AppFolio shares held short by investors – that's known as AppFolio's "short interest". This figure is 0.3% up from 837,292 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting AppFolio shares can be evaluated.

AppFolio's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

AppFolio's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of AppFolio shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of AppFolio shares traded daily (recently around 154602.57826888). AppFolio's SIR currently stands at 5.43. In other words for every 100,000 AppFolio shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5430 shares are currently held short.

However AppFolio's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of AppFolio shares, or, against the total number of tradable AppFolio shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case AppFolio's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 AppFolio shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0499% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable AppFolio shares, roughly 50 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against AppFolio.

Find out more about how you can short AppFolio stock.

AppFolio share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, AppFolio's shares have ranged in value from as little as $81.01 up to $186.59. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while AppFolio's is 1.1361. This would suggest that AppFolio's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

AppFolio overview

AppFolio, Inc. provides industry-specific cloud-based business software solutions, services, and data analytics for the real estate and legal markets. The company offers AppFolio Property Manager, a cloud-based software solution for the real estate market that provides property managers of various sizes and tools and services designed to streamline their property management businesses; and AppFolio Investment Management, a cloud-based software solution for real estate investment managers of various sizes tools and services designed to streamline their real estate investment management businesses. It also provides MyCase, a legal practice and case management solution that provides managing calendars, contacts and documents, time tracking, billing and collections, and communicating with clients and sharing sensitive and privileged materials. In addition, the company offers Value+ services, such as Website design, electronic payment, tenant screening, insurance, contact center, premium leads, tenant debt collections, and utility management services. AppFolio, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of AppFolio is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.606% of AppFolio shares are held by insiders and 78.287% by institutions.

• How many people work for AppFolio?

  Latest data suggests 1,420 work at AppFolio.

• When does the fiscal year end for AppFolio?

  AppFolio's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is AppFolio based?

  AppFolio's address is: 50 Castilian Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 93117

• What is AppFolio's ISIN number?

  AppFolio's international securities identification number is: US03783C1009

• What is AppFolio's CUSIP number?

  AppFolio's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03783C100