Should I Buy Duolingo (DUOL)? — Finance YouTuber Analysis

The analyst is excited about owning Duolingo shares, citing its compelling valuation with an enterprise value to sales of 3.5 and price to free cash flow of 15, despite a 34% CAGR in revenue over the past five years. He anticipates an inflection point in operations later this year and into 2027, driven by growing daily active users and a strong balance sheet with significant free cash flow and no debt. He believes the risk-reward is favorable compared to high-multiple AI stocks.

“I'm still excited about owning shares.” — ▶ 00:40

The analyst, a current shareholder, is holding Duolingo despite recent earnings showing a significant slowdown in key growth metrics like subscription bookings and daily active users. He notes that while the valuation appears compelling on a reverse discounted cash flow basis, requiring only 5% revenue growth, management's ability to execute a pivot and hit new, lower guidance is questionable. He will be watching constant currency bookings, daily active users, full-year bookings guidance, and total paid users for signs of improvement.

“The bottom line when it comes to Dualingo is the simple fact that clearly it is it is having trouble earning investors respect because they are trying to pivot and whether or not they can pull this off has been called into question. At the same time, the valuation is such that if they can make that pivot, well, then it's going to be a pretty great stock to own. But we haven't seen any definitive signs that they're going to do that yet.” — ▶ 13:50