DUOL’s short interest reaches 3.31 million shares on 2025-08-29

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Duolingo Inc shares valued at $2,889,373 were sold by Hacker Severin on Sep 19 ’25. At $288.94 per share, Hacker Severin sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 72 shares worth approximately $22571.28 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Hacker Severin sold 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 2,685,462 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $268.55 each, the insider now holds 72 shares.

Before that, Chen Stephen C. had sold 1,515 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $486,860, the General Counsel traded Duolingo Inc shares for $321.36 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,515 shares, worth approximately $10.23 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Wells Fargo on September 08, 2025, Duolingo Inc [DUOL] has been an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $239. Analysts at Robert W. Baird started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of September 04, 2025, DA Davidson has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for DUOL. Earlier on August 18, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for DUOL stock which previously was a “a Sector weight”.

Analyzing DUOL Stock Performance

On last trading session, Duolingo Inc [NASDAQ: DUOL] rose 4.09% to $313.49. The stock’s lowest price that day was $294.4501, but it reached a high of $315.205 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.22%. Over the course of the year, Duolingo Inc shares have jumped approximately 15.99%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $544.93 on 05/14/25 and a 52-week low of $256.63 on 09/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Duolingo Inc (DUOL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 300.23, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 286.96. In the upper region, resistance lies at 320.98. The next price resistance is at 328.47. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.07 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Duolingo Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Duolingo Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.85 million shares to 3.31 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 2.45 million shares. A jump of 25.83% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.6 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.6.

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In terms of Duolingo Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 460 in the next 12 months, up nearly 52.74% from the previous closing price of $301.17. Analysts anticipate Duolingo Inc stock to reach 575 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 280. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Duolingo Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 18, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $400.

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