AppLovin (APP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AppLovin Corporation is a Palo Alto–based mobile technology company that provides software and services to help app developers grow and monetize their businesses. The company operates a data-driven advertising and marketing platform that connects app publishers and advertisers, delivering tools for user acquisition, monetization, analytics and creative optimization. AppLovin’s technology is integrated into a broad set of mobile applications through software development kits (SDKs) and ad products designed to maximize revenue and engagement for developers.

Key components of AppLovin’s offering include an ad mediation and exchange platform that enables publishers to manage and monetize inventory across multiple demand sources, and a user-acquisition platform that helps advertisers target and scale campaigns. The company also offers analytics and creative-testing capabilities to improve campaign performance and lifetime value measurement. In addition to its platform services, AppLovin operates a games business that publishes and promotes mobile titles through brands such as Lion Studios, combining first-party publishing expertise with its advertising and analytics stack.

Founded in 2012 by Adam Foroughi, Andrew Karam and John Krystynak, AppLovin has grown from a mobile ad network into a broader platform serving app developers, publishers and advertisers around the world. The company completed an initial public offering in 2021 and maintains operations across multiple markets internationally. Adam Foroughi serves as chief executive, with the company’s leadership team overseeing product, engineering and commercial operations as it continues to expand its technology and publishing footprint.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $502.81 to $567.66
• 50-Day Range: $372.08 to $613.70
• 52-Week Range: $320.00 to $745.61
• Volume: 3.74 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.47 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $175.15 billion
• P/E Ratio: 44.42
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $664.35
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

AppLovin Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AppLovin scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 40th out of 296 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

AppLovin has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 17 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

AppLovin has a consensus price target of $664.35, representing about 28.2% upside from its current price of $518.23.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AppLovin has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 32.41%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AppLovin are expected to grow by 32.41% in the coming year, from $15.86 to $21.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AppLovin is 44.59, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AppLovin is 44.59, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 27.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AppLovin has a PEG Ratio of 0.91. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AppLovin has a P/B Ratio of 82.13. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.13% of the float of AppLovin has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AppLovin has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.08, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AppLovin has recently increased by 7.10%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

AppLovin does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.21

News Sentiment

AppLovin has a news sentiment score of 1.21. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 48 news articles for AppLovin this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 108 people have searched for APP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -8% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

51 people have added AppLovin to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 96% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AppLovin insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $231,586,140.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.66% of the stock of AppLovin is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

41.85% of the stock of AppLovin is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 6/09/2026
• 54th Nasdaq & Jefferies Investor Conference: 6/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Technology Services
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:APP
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:APP
• CIK: 1751008
• Web: www.applovin.com
• Phone: 800-839-9646
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,710
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for AppLovin: $664.35
• High Price Target: $860.00
• Low Price Target: $340.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.64
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 44.60
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.76
• P/E Growth: 0.91
• Net Income: $3.33 billion
• Net Margins: 64.29%
• Pretax Margin: 74.46%
• Return on Equity: 219.37%
• Return on Assets: 57.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.49
• Current Ratio: 3.24
• Quick Ratio: 3.24

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 31.85
• Cash Flow: $10.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 49.39
• Book Value: $6.31 per share
• Price / Book: 82.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 335,940,000
• Free Float: 290,051,000
• Market Cap: $174.54 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.45