Duolingo down after forecasting bookings below estimates

Duolingo

26/02/2026 22:53

** Shares of language learning platform Duolingo DUOL.O down ~23% at $90.75 in extended trading

** Co forecasts Q1 and 2026 bookings below expectations as it shifts strategy toward faster user growth, impacting monetization and profitability

** Expects Q1 bookings of about $301.5 million, below estimates of $329.7 million, according to Visible Alpha data

** Expects annual bookings between $1.27 billion and $1.30 billion, below estimates of $1.39 billion

** DUOL fell ~46% in 2025

(Reporting by Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru )

((Sanskriti.Shekhar@thomsonreuters.com))