Weak Fundamental Momentum Sinks Duolingo Inc

Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ:DUOL) has a beta value of 0.98 and has seen 1.05 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $12.44B, closed the last trade at $274.91 per share which meant it lost -$2.27 on the day or -0.82% during that session. The DUOL stock price is -60.7% off its 52-week high price of $441.77 and 47.24% above the 52-week low of $145.05.

The consensus among analysts is that Duolingo Inc (DUOL) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 7 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 1.17.

Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ:DUOL) trade information

Sporting -0.82% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the DUOL stock price touched $274.91 or saw a rise of 7.41%. Year-to-date, Duolingo Inc shares have moved -15.21%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -6.54%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ:DUOL) have changed -30.19%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $360.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 23.74% from current levels. The projected low price target is $335.0 while the price target rests at a high of $410.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -49.14% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -21.86% from current levels.

Duolingo Inc (DUOL) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have gained 32.00% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 30.34%.

16 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 223.07M for the current quarter. 16 have an estimated revenue figure of 233.89M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 167.55M and 178.33M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 33.14% for the current quarter and 30.34% for the next.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 49.60% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 51.75%.

DUOL Dividends

Duolingo Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in April this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ:DUOL)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.47 million shares worth more than $724.78 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 8.1191% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 3.46 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $721.33 million and represent 8.0804% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.15% shares in the company for having 1.23 shares of worth $338.16 million while later fund manager owns 1.12 shares of worth $308.24 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.87% of company’s outstanding stock.