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Peer membership was fetched 2026-10-12.

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What the leading companies do

The first 5 companies below lead the ratings in this snapshot; equal ratings are ordered by ticker. Their company profiles describe different businesses even when they share the Agora, Inc. American Depositary Shares (API) selection.

These are company descriptions, not estimates of revenue from this theme. Industry membership does not identify a pure-play business or establish how much sales depend on it. Open the company profile and examine segment disclosures before treating an overlapping classification as equivalent exposure.

1. Progress Software Corp (DE) (PRGS): 3.5 / 5

   Progress Software Corporation provides software products that develops, deploys, and manages artificial intelligence (AI) powered applications and digital experiences in the United States and internationally. The company offers Agentic RAG, a next-generation Agentic Rag-as-a-Service platform; Automate MFT, a cloud-native Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for automated and secure file transfers; Chef, a DevOps/DevSecOps automation software; Corticon, a decision automation platform; DataDirect, a secure data connectivity tools for Relational, NoSQL, Big Data, and SaaS data sources; Developer Tools, such as software development tooling collection, including NET and JavaScript UI components for web, desktop and mobile applications, AI-prompt components, reporting and report management tools, and automated testing and mocking tools; Flowmon, a AI-powered network security and visibility product with automated response across hybrid cloud ecosystems; and Kemp LoadMaster, an application delivery and security product for cloud-native, and virtual and hardware load balancers. It also provides MarkLogic, a data agility platform to connect data and metadata; MOVEit, a managed file transfer software; OpenEdge, an application development platform; Semaphore, a Semantic AI platform; ShareFile, an SaaS-native AI-powered document centric collaboration platform; Sitefinity, a digital experience platform foundation; and WhatsUp Gold, a network infrastructure monitoring software to find and fix network problems. The company offers project management, implementation, custom software development, programming, and other services, as well as web-enable applications, and training services. It sells its products to end users, independent software vendors, original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, value added resellers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

2. GitLab Inc. Class A Common Stock (GTLB): 3 / 5

   GitLab Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops software for the software development lifecycle in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides GitLab that covers various stages of the DevSecOps lifecycle, including project planning, source code management, integration, application security testing, packaging artifacts, delivery and deployment, infrastructure for optimal deployment, monitoring for incidents, protecting the production deployment, and managing the cycle with value stream analytics. Its platform allows customers to manage and secure their applications across various cloud through a single platform. The company also helps organizations to plan, develop, secure, and deploy software. In addition, it offers related training and professional services. The company was formerly known as GitLab B.V. and changed its name to GitLab Inc. in July 2015. GitLab Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

3. Twilio Inc. (TWLO): 3 / 5

   Twilio Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers customer engagement platform solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Twilio Communications and Twilio Segment. The company provides various application programming interfaces and software solutions for communications between customers and end users, including messaging, voice, email, flex, marketing campaigns, and user authentication and identity. It also offers software products to build direct and personalized relationships with their end users, such as segment, a platform that provides tools to harness the power of contextual data by unifying real-time information collected comprising connections, protocols, unify, engages, and AI capabilities components. Twilio Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California

4. Appian Corporation Class A Common Stock (APPN): 2.5 / 5

   Appian Corporation operates as a software company in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers The Appian Platform, an integrated automation platform that enables organizations to design, automate, and optimize mission-critical business processes. Its platform offers artificial intelligence, process automation, data fabric, and process mining. The company also offers professional and customer support services. It serves financial services, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, and transportation industries. Appian Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

5. Unity Software Inc. (U): 2.5 / 5

   Unity Software Inc. operates a platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences for mobile phones, PCs, consoles, and extended reality devices in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. The company's platform offers artificial intelligence solutions that support developers through the entire development lifecycle, which includes prototyping, live service operation, user acquisition, and monetization. It also provides Create Solutions, a set of tools and services used to build, ship, and run real-time 2D and 3D content; and Grow Solutions, which allows customers to grow and engage their user base and monetize their content. In addition, the company offers enterprise support and consumption services; professional services, including consulting, platform integration, training, and custom application and workflow development services; and advertising and game publishing services. It provides its solutions directly through its online store, field sales operations, independent distributors, and resellers. The company serves enterprises, mid-market companies, and government and non-profit institutions; mid-sized, small, and independent businesses; and individuals across various industries. Unity Software Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Valuation and company size within this selection

These summaries use the 6 displayed companies. Each company retains its own market observation date in the ratings table above. Medians are unweighted; they are not a sector index valuation.

Positive P/E and price-to-book values are summarized separately. Missing, zero and negative values are excluded from those medians, with the included count shown. A lower multiple alone does not establish better value: profitability, growth, debt and business mix can differ.

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Dates and coverage

Report dates range from 2025-12-31 to 2025-12-31. Market observations range from 2026-11-06 to 2026-11-06. These dates may differ across companies. Daily closes are not synchronized live quotes.

The selection includes 0 companies without a report, 0 with invalid latest rating metadata, 0 with older reports, 0 with missing required fundamentals and 0 with out-of-date market observations. Missing companies receive no substitute score.

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