Taking on analysts’ expectations and winning: Duolingo Inc (DUOL)

With 1.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.67 million shares. The 52-week range on DUOL shows that it touched its highest point at $441.77 and its lowest point at $145.05 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $392.32. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.92.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of DUOL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -24.28%, but this was down by -18.73% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.49% while six-month performance rose 45.56%. The stock gained 51.01% in the past year, while it has lost -8.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DUOL yields 1.85 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.15. For the next quarter, that number is 0.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of 52.00% for this year and 52.70% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 38.73 million DUOL shares are outstanding with a float of 36.25 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DUOL since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.09843 being high and $1.9592 being low. For DUOL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.01887. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.31 and the low estimate is $1.03. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.15.

Summary of Insider Activity:

Insiders traded DUOL stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.