Why is AppFolio, Inc. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 24.72%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 24.46%
4
The company has declared Positive results for the last 7 consecutive quarters
- OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 185.45 MM
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 0.72% (YoY)
- NET PROFIT(9M) Higher at USD 170.09 MM
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With ROE of 42.58%, it has a fair valuation with a 17.13 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -8.44%, its profits have risen by 122.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
6
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
- Their stake has increased by 2.8% over the previous quarter.
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 12.33% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -8.44% returns
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to AppFolio, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Computers - Software & Consulting should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Computers - Software & Consulting)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is AppFolio, Inc. for you?
High Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
AppFolio, Inc.
-9.87%
-0.01
43.30%
S&P 500
13.22%
0.61
20.17%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
24.46%
EBIT Growth (5y)
59.84%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
20.96
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.45
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.95
Tax Ratio
Tax Ratio is Negative%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
25.63%
ROE (avg)
24.72%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
40
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
17.13
EV to EBIT
56.98
EV to EBITDA
48.83
EV to Capital Employed
30.19
EV to Sales
9.35
PEG Ratio
0.37
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
52.99%
ROE (Latest)
42.58%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
Technical Movement
8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Highest at USD 185.45 MM
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by 0.72% (YoY
NET PROFIT(9M)
Higher at USD 170.09 MM
NET SALES(Q)
Highest at USD 235.57 MM
-2What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Highest at -19.35 %
NET PROFIT(Q)
At USD 35.98 MM has Fallen at -26.86%
Here's what is working for AppFolio, Inc.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 185.45 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Net Sales
Highest at USD 235.57 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive
Net Sales (USD MM)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0.72% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Here's what is not working for AppFolio, Inc.
Net Profit
At USD 35.98 MM has Fallen at -26.86%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 49.2 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at -19.35 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed
Debt-Equity Ratio






