Duolingo (DUOL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOL) is a technology-driven education company that operates a widely used language-learning platform. Founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, Duolingo offers a freemium service featuring bite-sized lessons, gamified exercises and adaptive learning algorithms. The company’s core product is its mobile and web application, which supports instruction in more than 40 languages, ranging from widely spoken tongues such as English and Spanish to lesser-taught options including Irish and Swahili.

In addition to its flagship language courses, Duolingo has expanded its product suite to include the Duolingo English Test, an on-demand, computer-based English proficiency exam designed for academic and professional admissions. The company also launched Duolingo ABC, a free app designed to help young children develop foundational literacy skills in English. Both products leverage Duolingo’s data-driven approach to personalize content and assess learner progress in real time.

Duolingo serves a global audience, with tens of millions of monthly active users across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Its freemium model combines advertising and optional subscription revenue—through Duolingo Plus—to monetize a portion of its user base while maintaining free access for casual learners. The platform’s broad reach and engaging user interface have positioned it as one of the leading digital-native education brands worldwide.

The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and maintains additional offices to support product development, marketing and customer service. Under the leadership of co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn, Duolingo has continued to invest in research and development, including machine-learning innovations to enhance course efficacy and user retention. As a publicly traded company since its 2021 initial public offering, Duolingo remains focused on scaling its offerings and expanding its role in the evolving online education landscape.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $272.00 to $283.60
• 50-Day Range: $271.18 to $397.00
• 52-Week Range: $212.85 to $544.93
• Volume: 374,110 shs
• Average Volume: 1.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 115.77
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $420.63
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Duolingo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Duolingo scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 66th out of 305 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: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Duolingo has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 12 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Duolingo has a consensus price target of $420.63, representing about 48.6% upside from its current price of $283.08.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Duolingo has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 49.26%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Duolingo are expected to grow by 49.26% in the coming year, from $2.03 to $3.03 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Duolingo is 116.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 279.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Duolingo is 116.36, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 27.26.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Duolingo has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. 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 15.43. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.77% 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 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Duolingo has recently increased by 23.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.77% 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 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Duolingo has recently increased by 23.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.59

News Sentiment

Duolingo has a news sentiment score of 0.59. 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 0.87 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 46 news articles for Duolingo this week, compared to 33 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

44 people have searched for DUOL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 26% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

30 people have added Duolingo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 58% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 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 $28,428,221.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

18.30% 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.

DUOL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DUOL shares performed this year?

Duolingo's stock was trading at $324.23 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, DUOL stock has decreased by 12.7% and is now trading at $283.0790.

How were Duolingo's earnings last quarter?

Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 6th. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.36. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 41.5% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Duolingo IPO?

Duolingo (DUOL) raised $460 million in an IPO on Wednesday, July 28th 2021. The company issued 5,106,113 shares at $85.00-$95.00 per share.

Who are Duolingo's major shareholders?

Duolingo's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.03%), State Street Corp (2.56%), Durable Capital Partners LP (2.36%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.71%). Insiders that own company stock include Durable Capital Partners Lp, Natalie Glance, Robert Meese, Matthew Skaruppa, Stephen C Chen, Amy Bohutinsky, Gillian Munson, Sara Clemens, James H Shelton, Severin Hacker and Ahn Luis Von.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Duolingo?

Shares of DUOL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Duolingo own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Duolingo investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2025
• Today: 9/10/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Technology Services
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:DUOL
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:DUOL
• CIK: 1562088
• Web: www.duolingo.com
• Phone: 412-567-6602
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Duolingo: $420.63
• High Price Target: $575.00
• Low Price Target: $239.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +53.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 22 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 112.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: 134.72
• P/E Growth: 1.81
• Net Income: $88.57 million
• Net Margins: 13.24%
• Pretax Margin: 14.60%
• Return on Equity: 13.32%
• Return on Assets: 8.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.10
• Current Ratio: 2.81
• Quick Ratio: 2.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $748.02 million
• Price / Sales: 16.75
• Cash Flow: $2.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 123.29
• Book Value: $18.35 per share
• Price / Book: 14.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 45,820,000
• Free Float: 37,437,000
• Market Cap: $12.53 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.85