Seaport Res Ptn Has Negative Outlook of Duolingo Q3 Earnings

Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOL) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Duolingo in a report released on Thursday, February 27th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.79. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Duolingo’s current full-year earnings is $2.03 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Duolingo’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on Duolingo from $350.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Duolingo from $408.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of Duolingo from $351.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Bank of America lowered shares of Duolingo from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $355.00 to $375.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on shares of Duolingo from $385.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $375.00.

Duolingo Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:DUOL opened at $294.15 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 3.09 and a quick ratio of 3.09. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $357.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $313.07. Duolingo has a 1 year low of $145.05 and a 1 year high of $441.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.94 billion, a PE ratio of 160.74 and a beta of 0.89.

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.19). Duolingo had a net margin of 12.59% and a return on equity of 11.74%. The firm had revenue of $209.55 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $205.49 million.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Severin Hacker sold 188,901 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $339.54, for a total transaction of $64,139,445.54. Following the sale, the insider now owns 72 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,446.88. The trade was a 99.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, General Counsel Stephen C. Chen sold 2,064 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $435.12, for a total value of $898,087.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel now directly owns 34,634 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,069,946.08. The trade was a 5.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 305,639 shares of company stock worth $105,445,057. Corporate insiders own 18.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Duolingo

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of Duolingo by 39.9% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,726,561 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,208,263,000 after acquiring an additional 1,063,327 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Duolingo by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,542,194 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,148,486,000 after buying an additional 70,705 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in shares of Duolingo by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,339,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $434,398,000 after buying an additional 10,638 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Duolingo by 53.5% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,085,066 shares of the company’s stock valued at $351,811,000 after acquiring an additional 378,225 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its stake in Duolingo by 3.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,076,273 shares of the company’s stock valued at $303,530,000 after acquiring an additional 36,923 shares in the last quarter. 91.59% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Duolingo Company Profile

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.