Duolingo, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
DUOL on Nasdaq
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
27 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • DUOL - Duolingo, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 38%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+219%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 38.1%, Return On Assets 5.4%, and Operating Margin 15.5%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

82.6/100

Strong Confidence high

Return On Equity

38%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

5.4%

Metric score 42.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.61x
Quick Ratio
2.39x
Debt to Equity
0.07x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Current Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

No major risk flags from available metrics.

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

38%

YoY: +219%

Industry median: 1.8% (n=305)

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Return On Assets

5.4%

YoY: +220%

Industry median: -5.4% (n=303)

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Operating Margin

16%

YoY: +56%

Industry median: -8.2% (n=263)

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Current Ratio

2.61x

YoY: -0.09%

Industry median: 1.3x (n=304)

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Quick Ratio

2.39x

YoY: +0.44%

Industry median: 0.94x (n=234)

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Debt-to-equity

0.07x

YoY: -1.1%

Industry median: 0.51x (n=238)

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Revenues YoY

39%

YoY:

Industry median: 10% (n=265)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

367%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.9% (n=284)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 38% +219%
Return On Assets 5.4% +220%
Operating Margin 16% +56%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.61x -0.09%
Quick Ratio 2.39x +0.44%
Debt-to-equity 0.08x -1.1%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 39%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 367%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Common Stock, Value, Issued $5,000 +25%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 48,308,000 +2.6%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,037,589,000 +39%
Cost of Revenue $288,132,000 +41%
Research and Development Expense $306,323,000 +30%
Selling and Marketing Expense $125,677,000 +39%
General and Administrative Expense $181,887,000 +17%
Operating Income (Loss) $135,570,000 +117%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $1,609,000 +75%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $182,410,000 +78%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 9.05 +344%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 8.57 +356%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,036,389,000 +32%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $162,827,000 +26%
Assets, Current $1,436,606,000 +30%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $227,339,000 +33580%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $36,297,000 +92%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $80,380,000 +69%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $28,309,000 +42%
Goodwill $35,335,000 +235%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $10,083,000 +545%
Assets $1,992,182,000 +53%
Accounts Payable, Current $7,998,000 +25%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $45,688,000 +26%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $496,205,000 +33%
Liabilities, Current $551,148,000 +31%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $249,000 -14%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $93,779,000 +72%
Liabilities $645,176,000 +35%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $288,218,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,347,006,000 +63%
Liabilities and Equity $1,992,182,000 +53%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $1,039,124,000 +32%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $0 -100%
Operating Lease, Liability $100,983,000 +76%
Depreciation $5,195,000 +4.6%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $414,065,000 +367%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $137,818,000 +71%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $57,868,000 +64%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $7,204,000 +179%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $15,969,000 +75%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $13,931,000 +233%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.0691 -3.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $36,835,000 +58%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $14,606,000 +54%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $27,541,000 +513%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $0
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $15,053,000 +62%
Additional Paid in Capital $1,058,783,000 +11%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $252,120,000 +1242%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $137,437,000 +24%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY