Duolingo (DUOL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Duolingo, Inc. is an educational technology company best known for its mobile and web-based language-learning platform. The app offers courses in numerous languages and uses interactive lessons, practice activities and game-like features to help learners build skills.

Founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, the company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and serves learners around the world. Its products also include the Duolingo English Test, an online English-proficiency assessment, and learning apps focused on subjects such as math and music.

Duolingo offers free learning experiences alongside paid subscription services, including plans with additional features. Co-founder Luis von Ahn is the company’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $156.74 to $165.64
• 50-Day Range: $128.00 to $164.12
• 52-Week Range: $87.89 to $213.37
• Volume: 401,444 shs
• Average Volume: 1.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: 54.33
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $148.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Duolingo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Duolingo scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 339th out of 479 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Duolingo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.30, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 14 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Duolingo has a consensus price target of $148.75, representing about 9.3% downside from its current price of $164.01.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Duolingo has been the subject of 21 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.18%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Duolingo are expected to grow by 16.18% in the coming year, from $2.72 to $3.16 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Duolingo is 54.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.37.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Duolingo is 54.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Duolingo has a PEG Ratio of 1.29. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Duolingo has a P/B Ratio of 5.18. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

18.32% of the float of Duolingo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Duolingo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.82.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Duolingo has recently increased by 0.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Duolingo does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Duolingo does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.22

News Sentiment

Duolingo has a news sentiment score of 0.22. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 44 news articles for Duolingo this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

18 people have searched for DUOL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added Duolingo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Duolingo insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $39,697,193.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

16.62% of the stock of Duolingo is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.59% of the stock of Duolingo is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
• Sub-Industry: Education Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:DUOL
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:DUOL
• CIK: 1562088
• Web: www.duolingo.com
• Phone: (412) 347-6116
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 900
• Year Founded: 2011

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Duolingo: $148.75
• High Price Target: $180.00
• Low Price Target: $108.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -9.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.30
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.03
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 54.33
• Forward P/E Ratio: 52.10
• P/E Growth: 1.29
• Net Income: $414.07 million
• Net Margins: 12.33%
• Pretax Margin: 16.15%
• Return on Equity: 10.35%
• Return on Assets: 7.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.06
• Current Ratio: 2.75
• Quick Ratio: 2.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.04 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.42
• Cash Flow: $3.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 42.31
• Book Value: $31.67 per share
• Price / Book: 5.20

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 46,790,000
• Free Float: 39,010,000
• Market Cap: $7.70 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.08