111 Capital Trims Stock Holdings in AppLovin Corporation $APP

111 Capital reduced its holdings in shares of AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ:APP) by 63.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,693 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,949 shares during the period. 111 Capital’s holdings in AppLovin were worth $1,216,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of AppLovin by 39.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,954,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,930,776,000 after purchasing an additional 7,051,663 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in AppLovin in the 2nd quarter worth about $951,541,000. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in AppLovin during the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,456,108,000. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its holdings in AppLovin by 55.2% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,886,150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,792,355,000 after buying an additional 1,381,970 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in AppLovin by 51.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,493,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,073,135,000 after buying an additional 504,341 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 41.85% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Dawson Alyssa Harvey sold 150 shares of AppLovin stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $693.32, for a total value of $103,998.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,829 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,961,402.28. The trade was a 5.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Victoria Valenzuela sold 7,609 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $657.13, for a total transaction of $5,000,102.17. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 277,110 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $182,097,294.30. The trade was a 2.67% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 13.66% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting AppLovin

Here are the key news stories impacting AppLovin this week:

• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat / Altimetry argues AppLovin’s data moat and AI optimization leave it mispriced after a sharp drop; they see durable earnings growth potential versus current market fear. AI Is Separating Software Winners From Losers, 2 Experts Explain (APP)
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain broadly bullish — several broker notes keep Buy ratings even after model/valuation adjustments, signaling institutional confidence that recent weakness may be sentiment-driven rather than structural. Analysts Remain Bullish on AppLovin Corporation (APP) Despite Target Cuts
• Positive Sentiment: Short-term buying interest has shown up in headlines describing intraday surges, indicating episodic demand that can create bounce opportunities for traders. AppLovin Stock Surges Wednesday: What’s Driving The Action?
• Neutral Sentiment: Raymond James notes a developing tradeable bounce across software names as the group attempts to stabilise at technical support—this helps explain cross-stock flows impacting APP. Tradeable bounce is developing in software stocks, Raymond James says
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces from Zacks and Forbes are driving attention/volume but don’t deliver new company-specific catalysts; they can amplify trading but aren’t decisive fundamentals. Is Trending Stock AppLovin Corporation (APP) a Buy Now? AppLovin Vs. Synopsys: Which Software Stock Is The Better Buy?
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/sector context: coverage noting multiple tech names down sharply year‑to‑date helps explain broad selling pressure rather than APP‑specific insolvency. Wall Street Sees Major Upside in These 4 Beaten-Down Tech Stocks — Is the Selloff Overdone?
• Negative Sentiment: Price-target trims (e.g., BofA cutting its APP target from $780 to $705) reduce near-term upside expectations and can pressure sentiment even when ratings remain Buy. Analysts Remain Bullish on AppLovin Corporation (APP) Despite Target Cuts
• Negative Sentiment: AI‑narrative fear—headlines about “vibe‑coded” AI ad platforms—has driven indiscriminate selling; that sentiment swing is the clearest near‑term driver of today’s decline. AI Is Separating Software Winners From Losers, 2 Experts Explain (APP)
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in these feeds show contradictory/invalid values (0 shares / NaN); treat those data items as unreliable until corrected—no clear short‑squeeze signal.

AppLovin Stock Down 2.3%

Shares of NASDAQ APP opened at $434.77 on Monday. AppLovin Corporation has a 12-month low of $200.50 and a 12-month high of $745.61. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $539.46 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $572.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $146.64 billion, a PE ratio of 44.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 2.51. The company has a current ratio of 3.32, a quick ratio of 3.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65.

AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $3.24 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $0.35. AppLovin had a return on equity of 245.64% and a net margin of 57.42%.The firm had revenue of $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.73 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 66.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that AppLovin Corporation will post 6.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research lowered shares of AppLovin from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. UBS Group set a $740.00 price objective on AppLovin in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Weiss Ratings raised AppLovin from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Wedbush upped their target price on AppLovin from $465.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on AppLovin from $710.00 to $585.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Twenty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $651.77.

AppLovin Company Profile

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.