Creative Planning Grows Stock Position in Duolingo, Inc. $DUOL

Creative Planning increased its stake in Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOL) by 32.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,454 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 846 shares during the period. Creative Planning’s holdings in Duolingo were worth $1,416,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of DUOL. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Duolingo by 24.1% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,346,278 shares of the company’s stock worth $418,073,000 after purchasing an additional 261,212 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Duolingo by 110.5% in the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 990,903 shares of the company’s stock worth $307,716,000 after purchasing an additional 520,069 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Duolingo by 3.2% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 759,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $311,930,000 after buying an additional 23,356 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Duolingo by 23.5% in the first quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 214,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,640,000 after buying an additional 40,812 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Duolingo by 123.8% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 201,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,478,000 after buying an additional 111,589 shares during the last quarter. 91.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Duolingo Stock Up 1.6%

DUOL stock opened at $191.50 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $8.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 2.82 and a current ratio of 2.82. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $266.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $350.31. Duolingo, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $166.27 and a fifty-two week high of $544.93.

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $5.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $5.23. The company had revenue of $271.71 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $260.14 million. Duolingo had a return on equity of 14.02% and a net margin of 40.03%.The firm’s revenue was up 41.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. Duolingo has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Duolingo, Inc. will post 2.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on DUOL. Barclays cut their price target on shares of Duolingo from $390.00 to $230.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Baird R W raised Duolingo to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 price target on Duolingo in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Duolingo from $239.00 to $185.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, KeyCorp downgraded Duolingo from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Duolingo presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $340.53.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Natalie Glance sold 3,283 shares of Duolingo stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total transaction of $1,025,280.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 116,171 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,280,203.30. This trade represents a 2.75% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Matthew Skaruppa sold 3,059 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.76, for a total transaction of $537,649.84. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 37,487 shares in the company, valued at $6,588,715.12. The trade was a 7.54% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 86,452 shares of company stock worth $21,421,632 in the last three months. 15.67% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Duolingo

Duolingo, Inc operates as a mobile learning platform in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers courses in 40 different languages, including Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese through its Duolingo app. It also provides a digital English language proficiency assessment exam.