Cache Advisors LLC Reduces Position in Duolingo, Inc. $DUOL

Cache Advisors LLC trimmed its stake in Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOL) by 74.3% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 1,753 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,058 shares during the quarter. Cache Advisors LLC’s holdings in Duolingo were worth $564,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in DUOL. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in Duolingo by 1,868.2% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 433 shares of the company’s stock worth $134,000 after purchasing an additional 411 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Duolingo by 123.9% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 87,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,190,000 after buying an additional 48,451 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in shares of Duolingo by 28.3% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 2,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $628,000 after buying an additional 446 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Duolingo in the second quarter valued at approximately $865,000. Finally, Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Duolingo during the second quarter valued at approximately $437,000. 91.59% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Duolingo

In related news, insider Natalie Glance sold 3,545 shares of Duolingo stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.51, for a total transaction of $402,392.95. Following the transaction, the insider owned 115,380 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,096,783.80. The trade was a 2.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Robert Meese sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.06, for a total transaction of $110,060.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 122,636 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,497,318.16. This trade represents a 0.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 14,939 shares of company stock valued at $1,676,291. 15.67% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Duolingo News

Here are the key news stories impacting Duolingo this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat estimates — revenue and EPS topped expectations and the company reported strong margin metrics. Earnings Report
• Positive Sentiment: User scale: Duolingo closed 2025 with >50M daily active users and topped $1B in bookings — evidence of continued product adoption. Shareholder Letter
• Positive Sentiment: Strong full-year profitability: reports note roughly $400M profit for 2025, underlining unit economics at scale. Profit Article
• Neutral Sentiment: Management is explicitly shifting to prioritize user growth over near-term monetization, saying bookings and revenue growth will slow as they aim for 100M DAUs by 2028. Reuters Strategy Piece
• Neutral Sentiment: Management set explicit DAU growth targets and framed short-term profitability trade-offs as part of a longer-term expansion plan. Seeking Alpha
• Negative Sentiment: Guidance disappointment: FY‑2026 and Q1 2026 revenue/bookings guidance came in below Street expectations, triggering sharp intraday selling. Guidance/Miss Report
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades and price-target cuts accelerated the sell-off (multiple firms cut targets and/or ratings after the call). Analyst Moves
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/litigation risk: investor law firms have launched probes into DUOL, increasing uncertainty and potential legal overhang. Investigation Alert
• Negative Sentiment: High-volume selling and negative press amplified moves — multiple outlets flagged a steep intraday decline and described investor concern over the strategy shift. Barron’s

Duolingo Price Performance

DUOL stock opened at $101.00 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $144.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $223.84. Duolingo, Inc. has a 12-month low of $91.99 and a 12-month high of $544.93. The company has a current ratio of 2.82, a quick ratio of 2.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The company has a market cap of $4.67 billion, a PE ratio of 11.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 0.86.

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $282.87 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $275.95 million. Duolingo had a return on equity of 14.02% and a net margin of 40.03%.Duolingo’s quarterly revenue was up 35.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that Duolingo, Inc. will post 2.03 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DUOL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Duolingo from $210.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. KeyCorp downgraded Duolingo from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Truist Financial lowered Duolingo from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $100.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Friday. Scotiabank reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (down from $300.00) on shares of Duolingo in a research note on Friday. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $101.00 price objective (down from $270.00) on shares of Duolingo in a research note on Friday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Duolingo currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $220.26.

Duolingo Profile

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.