Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 5 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Software industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.
Why Focus on Undervalued Software Stocks?
Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.
AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.
What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?
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5 Undervalued Software Stocks
Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 5 undervalued stocks in the Software industry for Friday, July 24, 2026. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Software industry median.
| Company | Ticker | Price/Sales | Price/Earnings | EV/EBITDA | Shareholder Yield | Price/Book Value | Price/Free Cash Flow | Value Grade |
| Dropbox, Inc. | DBX | 2.96 | 15.6 | 11.6 | 19.0% | na | 7.4 | B |
| Docebo Inc. | DCBO | 2.21 | 15.9 | 21.8 | 7.2% | na | 12.1 | B |
| Viant Technology Inc. | DSP | 0.49 | 30.4 | 8.0 | (8.4%) | 2.23 | 3.0 | B |
| PAR Technology Corporation | PAR | 1.33 | na | na | (2.0%) | 0.78 | na | B |
| Sprout Social, Inc. | SPT | 0.92 | na | na | (3.2%) | 2.04 | 9.3 | B |
The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.
The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)
Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).
As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.
Dropbox, Inc.’s Value Grade
Value Grade:
| Metric | Score | DBX | Industry Median |
| Price/Sales | 61 | 2.96 | 3.01 |
| Price/Earnings | 38 | 15.6 | 30.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | 45 | 11.6 | 21.7 |
| Shareholder Yield | 1 | 19.0% | (3.1%) |
| Price/Book Value | na | na | 3.04 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 16 | 7.4 | 18.0 |
Dropbox, Inc. provides a content collaboration platform in the United States and internationally. The company’s platform enables individuals, families, teams, and organizations to collaborate for free through its website or app, or through a paid subscription plan for premium features. Its platform consists of various elements, such as unified home for content, global sharing network, and product experiences and integrations. The company serves customers in the professional services, technology, media, education, industrial, consumer and retail, and financial services industries. The company was formerly known as Evenflow, Inc. and changed its name to Dropbox, Inc. in October 2009. Dropbox, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.
Dropbox, Inc. has a Value Score of 80, which is considered to be undervalued.
When you look at Dropbox, Inc.’s price-to-sales ratio at 2.96 compared to the industry median at 3.01, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Dropbox, Inc.’s stock more attractive for value investors.
Dropbox, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 15.60 compared to the industry median at 30.45. This means it has a lower share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make Dropbox, Inc. more attractive for value investors.
Now, let’s assess Dropbox, Inc.’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 11.6, when compared to the industry median of 21.7, the company may be considered undervalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.
Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. Dropbox, Inc.’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of (3.10%). Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.
Lastly, let’s take a look at Dropbox, Inc.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (P/FCF), which can indicate a company’s market value relative to its operating cash flow. Dropbox, Inc.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 18.00. This could make Dropbox, Inc. more attractive because the lower P/FCF ratio indicates that Dropbox, Inc. is undervalued. The P/FCF ratio metric can also be viewed over a long-term time frame to see if the company's cash flow to share price value is generally improving or worsening.
Docebo Inc.’s Value Grade
Value Grade:
| Metric | Score | DCBO | Industry Median |
| Price/Sales | 52 | 2.21 | 3.01 |
| Price/Earnings | 40 | 15.9 | 30.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | 79 | 21.8 | 21.7 |
| Shareholder Yield | 9 | 7.2% | (3.1%) |
| Price/Book Value | na | na | 3.04 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 30 | 12.1 | 18.0 |
Docebo Inc. develops and provides learning management platform for training in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company’s cloud platform consists of a learning suite, which includes Docebo Learn platform, a cloud-based learning platform that allows learning administrators to deliver personalized learning; Docebo Content Marketplace, an access to off-the-shelf learning content and provide predeveloped learning content; Insights module allows organizations to understand the results of learning programs with data visualizations; Learning Evaluation module to incorporate the learner’s perspective into analyses by collection of feedback; and Advanced Analytics Pack to integrate learning data into data ecosystem and BI tool. It also offers Communities module enabling interactive learner communities; eCommerce module that monetize from digital training contents, as well as manage and sells training offerings; eCommerce module to monetize training programs; Docebo Integrations; Headless Learning allows businesses to build learning experiences outside of the Docebo learning environment; Harmony Search, an AI-powered search capability. In addition, the company provides Docebo Creator enables organizations to design, scale, and deploy learning contents; Docebo for Salesforce, an integration of Salesforce’s APIs and technology architecture to deliver a learning experience within Salesforce workflows; Docebo Embed (OEM) enables original equipment manufacturers to embed and resell the Docebo learning platform; Docebo Branded Mobile App Publisher, allows organizations to create and distribute a branded version of Docebo’s mobile learning application; Docebo Extended Enterprise supports customer education, partner enablement, and retention by enabling organizations to train external audiences from a single LMS; and Docebo for Microsoft Teams. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.
Docebo Inc. has a Value Score of 62, which is considered to be undervalued.
Docebo Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 15.9 compared to the industry median at 30.5. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Docebo Inc. more attractive for value investors.
You can read more about Docebo Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.
Viant Technology Inc.’s Value Grade
Value Grade:
| Metric | Score | DSP | Industry Median |
| Price/Sales | 18 | 0.49 | 3.01 |
| Price/Earnings | 69 | 30.4 | 30.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25 | 8.0 | 21.7 |
| Shareholder Yield | 73 | (8.4%) | (3.1%) |
| Price/Book Value | 54 | 2.23 | 3.04 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 6 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
Viant Technology Inc. operates a cloud-based demand side platform
(DSP) that enables the programmatic purchase of digital advertising across multiple channels, including connected TV (CTV), streaming audio, digital out-of-home, mobile, and desktop. It provides ViantAI, an artificial intelligence product suite; Holistic, Omnichannel DSP, an integrated platform that manages omnichannel campaigns and access metrics; Household ID, which combines digital and personal identifiers into a normalized household profile; IRIS_ID, a content identifier that allows partners to share video-level data to power planning, targeting, and measurement solutions in ad-supported streaming media; and Viant Data Platform, which offers the ability to integrate first-party data with data from top third-party data providers to obtain key insights, reporting, and attribution opportunities. The company also offers Direct Access, a supply path optimization program that creates a direct path to premium inventory; Advanced Reporting and Measurement that offers conversion lift, multitouch attribution, foot-traffic data reports, digital-out-of-home lift, sales reporting, and ROAS analytics; and Flexible Customer Engagement Model, which offers customers transparency and control over their advertising campaigns and underlying data infrastructure. The company sells its platform through a direct sales team focused on business development in various markets. It serves purchasers of programmatic advertising inventory and large, independent, and mid-market advertising agencies, as well as marketers. The company was formerly known as Interactive Media Holdings and changed its name to Viant Technology Inc. in January 2015. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.
Viant Technology Inc. has a Value Score of 64, which is considered to be undervalued.
Viant Technology Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 30.4 compared to the industry median at 30.5. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Viant Technology Inc. more attractive for value investors.
Viant Technology Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Viant Technology Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 3.04.
You can read more about Viant Technology Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.
PAR Technology Corporation’s Value Grade
Value Grade:
| Metric | Score | PAR | Industry Median |
| Price/Sales | 38 | 1.33 | 3.01 |
| Price/Earnings | na | na | 30.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | na | na | 21.7 |
| Shareholder Yield | 60 | (2.0%) | (3.1%) |
| Price/Book Value | 16 | 0.78 | 3.04 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | na | na | 18.0 |
PAR Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides omnichannel cloud-based software and hardware solutions for the restaurant and retail industries worldwide. The company offers Punchh and PAR Ordering products and services for customer loyalty, engagement, and omnichannel digital ordering and delivery; PAR RETAIL, a digital engagement software solution; and PLEXURE, an international customer engagement and loyalty platform under the ENGAGEMENT CLOUD. It also provides PAR POS, a point-of-sale solution; TASK, an enterprise-grade technology solution; PAR OPS, which includes Data Central and Delaget; and PAR PAY, such as PAR payment services, and merchant services under the OPERATOR CLOUD. In addition, the company offers point-of-sale terminals and tablets, wireless headsets, drive-thru systems, kitchen display systems, kiosks, printers, payment devices, and other in-store peripherals. Further it provides services, such as hardware repair, installation and implementation, training, and on-site and technical support services. It serves enterprise restaurants, franchisees, and other restaurant outlets and to C-Stores; and other retail customers, including amusement parks, cinemas, cruise lines, spas, casinos, and other ticketing and entertainment venues. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New Hartford, New York.
Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.
PAR Technology Corporation has a Value Score of 69, which is considered to be undervalued.
PAR Technology Corporation’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make PAR Technology Corporation less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 3.04.
You can read more about PAR Technology Corporation’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.
Sprout Social, Inc.’s Value Grade
Value Grade:
| Metric | Score | SPT | Industry Median |
| Price/Sales | 30 | 0.92 | 3.01 |
| Price/Earnings | na | na | 30.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | na | na | 21.7 |
| Shareholder Yield | 64 | (3.2%) | (3.1%) |
| Price/Book Value | 51 | 2.04 | 3.04 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 21 | 9.3 | 18.0 |
Sprout Social, Inc. designs, develops, and operates a web-based social media management platform in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides cloud software for social messaging, data and workflows in a unified system of record, intelligence, and action. It offers AI-powered solutions, such as publishing and scheduling, social customer care, reporting and analytics, social listening and business intelligence, reputation management, social commerce, influencer marketing, predictive media intelligence, employee advocacy, and automation and workflows. In addition, the company provides smart inbox, comprehensive case management, social customer relationship management, social monitoring and alerts, customer service tools, and automation; and centralized content planning, creation, and publishing, automated scheduling, content performance reporting, suggested content, message approval workflows, publishing permissions and governance, and content and asset libraries. Further, it offers social media; content performance, customer service and team, custom report builder, and reporting API; and market research, brand health, competitive insights, consumer trends, and product feedback; and reputation and review management, mobile applications, and chat bot creation and management. Additionally, the company offers professional services consisting of consulting and training services. It serves social and community management; public relations; marketing; influencer marketing; customer service and care; commerce, sales and customer acquisition; recruiting and hiring, product development, and business strategy; and small-and-medium-sized businesses, mid-market companies, enterprises, marketing agencies, government, non-profit, and educational institutions. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.
Sprout Social, Inc. has a Value Score of 62, which is considered to be undervalued.
Sprout Social, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Sprout Social, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 3.04.
You can read more about Sprout Social, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.
Other Software Stock Grades
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Choosing Which of the 5 Best Software Stocks Is Right for You
Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.
- Dropbox, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
- Docebo Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
- Viant Technology Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
- PAR Technology Corporation stock has a Value Grade of B.
- Sprout Social, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 5 undervalued stocks in the Software industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.
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Additional Resources About Software Stocks
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