APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN)
Information Technology · Enterprise Software · NASDAQ
Appian is a leading low-code platform provider that empowers enterprises to automate complex workflows and modernize their business processes.
What APPIAN CORP CLASS A does
Appian provides a software development platform that enables organizations to design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade business process management (BPM) and automation applications. The platform utilizes low-code development tools, data fabric technology, and process mining to help companies automate complex business processes and workflows. Appian also offers professional services to assist clients with the implementation and optimization of its software solutions.
Themes: low-code application development, business process automation, digital transformation, workflow management, enterprise software as a service (SaaS)
Fundamentals
- Price$38.66 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$2.8B as of 2026-06-30 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+30.8% 2025-10-08 close $29.55 → 2026-10-08 close $38.66
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin+0.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+72.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity3.95 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+20.9% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+15.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.04 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How APPN compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 385 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How APPIAN CORP CLASS A looks technically
APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) is trading 37.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 29 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 56, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-09-03, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 16.1% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 37.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +37.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $36.34 | $36.34 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $28.22 | $28.22 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 33.35. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 29 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 29 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 17.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 56, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 56.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($33.35 to $39.67) — its "stochastic" reading is 84 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 84.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $46.06 | $46.06 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 16.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -16.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 107.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +107.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 16.1% below its highest point of the past year | 16.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-09-03, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 28 trading days ago | 28 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $260.00 (set on 2021-01-27) | $260.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($18.72 to $45.64), and it has recovered well over two thirds of its fall from last year’s high — 74% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $35.36 to $36.22. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 74.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 85.1% below its all-time high | -85.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.2% below a resistance level at $39.52 — a price it turned at three times since 2024-11-22, most recently on 2026-09-22. Since 2024-10-08 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +2.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $14.60 (set on 2017-05-25) | $14.60 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 164.8% above its all-time low | +164.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 1st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.97 between its high and its low — about 5.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.97 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $34.75 and $39.57 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $34.75 – $37.16 – $39.57 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (37.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.12× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a hammer | 8 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 8 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.2% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.4% above the previous close 5 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 35.27 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.4% |
| Gap filled | a 2.6% gap up opened on 2026-09-22 has been "filled" 12 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 12 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +3.79% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 10.8 percentage points (the stock gained 11.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | +10.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 55.5 percentage points (the stock gained 59.3% while the market gained 3.8%) | +55.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 40.1 percentage points (the stock gained 57.5% while the market gained 17.5%) | +40.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 15.9 percentage points (the stock gained 30.8% while the market gained 15.0%) | +15.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 2.5% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 15.4% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +2.5% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 40% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $27.55 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +40.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $37.06 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 45 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +4.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
APPN last closed at $38.66 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $39.52 | Resistance | 2.2% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-22 to 2026-09-22 |
| $41.26 | Resistance | 6.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-04 to 2025-02-19 |
| $35.71 | Support | 7.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-19 to 2025-12-15 |
| $43.72 | Resistance | 13.1% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-07 to 2026-08-31 |
| $33.41 | Support | 13.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-05-14 to 2026-09-28 |
| $32.43 | Support | 16.1% below the last close | turned there 9 times · 2024-12-30 to 2025-10-24 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $33.35.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-10-06.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$34.00 range $26.00 – $42.00; median $32.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-05. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for APPN
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.3308 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-05
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.3308, on 2026-09-01, 34-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["History of operating losses and potential inability to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.","Significant competition in the low-code and automation software market which may negatively impact pricing and market share.","Dependency on subscription renewals and the ability to attract new customers to sustain revenue growth."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of APPN's 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the prior one filed 2026-05-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- In the newer filing (2026-08-06), the strategic partnerships list includes 'TCS' (Tata Consultancy Services) in addition to Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte, Indra Group, KPMG, and PwC.
- Removed:
- In the older filing (2026-05-07), the forward-looking statements paragraph included 'the increase of our subscriptions revenue as a percentage of total revenue' as an example of statements covered; this phrase is absent from the newer filing (2026-08-06).
- Reworded:
- In the newer filing (2026-08-06), 'Application Program Interface (API) integrations' appears as 'application program interface (API) integrations' (lowercase 'application program interface'), whereas the older filing (2026-05-07) had 'Application Program Interface (API) integrations' (capitalized 'Application Program Interface').
- Notes:
- The provided texts appear to be truncated mid-sentence at the end of both filings (newer: 'For the three and six months e'; older: 'Generally, our sales team targets its efforts at organizations with over 2,000 emplo'), so changes after that point could not be assessed.
- The newer filing text shows a page number '26' while the older shows '25' near the bullet list; this is a pagination difference, not a substantive content change.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) added Item 5 disclosure regarding entry into a Senior Secured Credit Facilities Credit Agreement dated August 5, 2026, a five-year term loan facility in aggregate principal amount of $60.0 million and up to $240.0 million revolving credit facility.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) added Item 5 disclosure regarding termination of the Original Credit Agreement on August 5, 2026.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) added Item 5 disclosure regarding creation of a direct financial obligation under the new Credit Agreement.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) Share Repurchase Program footnote now states that on May 5, 2026, the Board of Directors approved an additional $50.0 million for the Share Repurchase Program, bringing total authorization to $100.0 million.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) includes updated share purchase data for April-June 2026 under both the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Share Repurchase Program.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) Exhibit list includes Credit Agreement-related text referencing a report on Form 10-Q for quarter ending September 30, 2026.
- Removed:
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) included Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans disclosure in Item 5, removed in newer filing.
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) Share Repurchase Program footnote stated only the February 17, 2026 authorization of up to $50.0 million repurchase program.
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) included share purchase data for January-March 2026 under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and February-March 2026 under the Share Repurchase Program.
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) Exhibit list included Exhibit 10.1 Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 18, 2026.
- Reworded:
- Risk Factor statement is unchanged between filings: both state no material changes from the risk factors described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
- Item 5 'Other Information' content differs: older filing contains Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans disclosure, while newer filing contains credit agreement disclosures and termination of Original Credit Agreement.
- Notes:
- The provided text under 'Risk Factors' includes items beyond the Risk Factors section, including share repurchase disclosures and Item 5 Other Information; all comparisons reflect the text as provided.
- The newer filing excerpt is truncated after Exhibit 3.1 description, and the older filing includes additional exhibit entries not present in the newer excerpt.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 9 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 2 sells ($2M) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 9 sells ($5M) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-042 buys ($99993) · 12 sells ($7M) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-10-07. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about APPN's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding APPN as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 6,432,668
- Reported value $147,308,109
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
APPN had 3,787,904 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
APPN had 5.28% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.79 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,787,904
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.28%
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,479,809
- Reported change 8.85%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.79
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Pegasystems (PEGA)
- Salesforce (CRM)
- ServiceNow (NOW)
- Microsoft Power Platform (MSFT)
- UiPath (PATH)
- IBM (IBM)
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Frequently asked questions
What does APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) do?
Appian provides a software development platform that enables organizations to design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade business process management (BPM) and automation applications. The platform utilizes low-code development tools, data fabric technology, and process mining to help companies automate complex business processes and workflows. Appian also offers professional services to assist clients with the implementation and optimization of its software solutions.
What sector is APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) in?
APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Enterprise Software. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are APPIAN CORP CLASS A's (APPN) competitors?
Notable peers of APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) include Pegasystems, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform and UiPath. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) overbought or oversold right now?
APPIAN CORP CLASS A (APPN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 56, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on APPN come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.