$Duolingo(DUOL.US) | BofA Securities 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗰. from 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 to 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, cuts PT to $𝟵𝟯 from $𝟭𝟬𝟯
Analyst flags a valuation premium, little support for CY27 acceleration, and product-market fit risk to CY27–CY28 forecasts.
DUOL (Trans): DAU +23%, Max plan may be discontinued
Q2 DAU rose 23% YoY, with growth accelerating vs. Q1. The full-year Adj. EBITDA margin target was raised to 26.5% from 25%.
Bookings and revenue guidance ranges were unchanged. Q3 bookings growth is only 9%.Leveraging open-source models, the company cut video-call cost per session from $0.30 to below $0.01 and rolled the feature down to Super users. The Max tier faces caps or a potential sunset.
