Duolingo
DUOLMarket price data through August 21, 2026.
Performance
Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Track record
How this pick has done since Benson first called it.
- Benson Return
- -33%
- How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
- First pick price
- ~$217
- Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
- Tracking since
- September 2024
- The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
- Tracking duration
- 23 months
- How long Benson has been tracking this pick.
About Duolingo
Duolingo is the language learning app with the green owl mascot. It teaches around 250 courses across dozens of languages, plus math, music, and chess, and it runs an English proficiency test that thousands of schools accept.
The case for and against
Both sides of the story, in plain English.
- Profit Powerhouse
Duolingo keeps 38.44 cents of every dollar it brings in as pure profit. That is elite territory for any business, and it happens because the app costs roughly the same to run whether ten million or a hundred million people open it each day.
- Still Compounding
Revenue climbed 38.71% over the past year, so this is not a company that stopped growing. The green owl keeps pulling in new learners worldwide while the paid subscription base grows right alongside it.
- Deliberate Deceleration
Management is easing off the gas on purpose, guiding for far slower bookings growth this year after a stretch above 30%. They are cutting ads to make the free app nicer, which may pay off later but stings right now.
- Chatbot Fear
The whole company is now valued near 6.3 billion dollars, way down from its highs, because investors worry AI chatbots will replace language apps. That fear can keep pressure on the stock even while profits stay strong.
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How to read this page
This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-08-21. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.
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