The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ: DUOL)

Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ:DUOL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 625.22K but it saw 1064573 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 10.90B USD, the company’s current market price of $250.23 came rising about 3.20 while comparing to the previous closing price of $242.48. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $251.30 and as low as $140.16. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $241.49 while lowest mark touched by it was $258.0.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Duolingo Inc (DUOL) gives us an average price of $217.25, while its current price level is -0.43% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 78.53% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $195.34 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $204.04. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.58% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.56%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 79.33 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BofA Securities which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on July 26, 2024, recommending a price target of $245 for it. JMP Securities also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $260.

Over the week, DUOL’s stock price is moving 12.12% up while it is 20.78% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 10.31% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 51.77%.

Currently, Duolingo Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 36.31M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 8.06% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.72%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 180.53 while having a 90.78 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.74. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 14.19 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 17.18. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.71% on average.