Why DUOL rose 21.4% on Nov 4 2026: earnings guidance raise
DUOL+21.4%on Wed Nov 4 2026
Duolingo, Inc. Class A Common Stock was up 21.4% on the day at $155.40, ranked #7 on 28.4× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this spike at 09:06 ET during the pre-market session.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 1 EVENT
- 09:06 ETMOVER · PRE-MARKET
$155.40 · ▲ 21.4% ON THE DAY · 28.4× 5M RVOL · RANK #7
JUSTIFIEDCONFIDENCE5/5Duolingo is up 20.8% pre-market after reporting a revenue beat, raising full-year sales guidance, and forecasting Q4 sales above consensus. The EPS miss and planned shutdown of Max temper the report, but the stronger revenue outlook and analyst target increases provide a concrete explanation for the move.
WHYA 20.8% move is large but proportionate to a material guidance raise and Q4 revenue beat, supported by unusually heavy volume.ANALYZED 09:06 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNATHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 09:06 ET
LAST155.40DAY▲ 21.4%5 MIN▲ 0.91%5M RVOL28.4×5M $VOL$1.3MFLOAT*40.4MRANK#7SESSIONPRE-MARKETVWAP151.31HOD155.00LOD142.00OR HIGH—OR LOW—PREV CLOSE128.00PM HIGH155.00PM LOW142.00GAP▲ 20.82% (indicated)* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
— MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO
THE SESSION
- 09:30 ETOpened at $160.00, +25.0% on the previous close of $128.00
- 09:31 ETRegular-session low, $157.00
- 10:15 ETRegular-session high, $175.56
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $161.07, +25.8% on the previous close of $128.00
- Volume: 7.7M shares in regular hours, 212K before the open
DUOL opened at $160.00 after TapeRank recorded it as a premarket mover at $155.40, following Duolingo’s revenue beat, higher full-year sales guidance, and forecast for fourth-quarter sales above consensus; TapeRank read the news as a justified explanation for the move. The stock dipped to $157.00, climbed to $175.56 by 10:15 ET, and then reversed most of that advance to finish the regular session at $161.07, still 25.8% above the previous close. There were no regular-session halts, and a later analyst upgrade and price-target changes followed the company’s guidance update and plans to shut down Duolingo Max.
WRITTEN WED NOV 4 2026 16:00 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE
FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE
- 08:45 ETWells Fargo Upgrades Duolingo to Equal-Weight, Raises Price Target to $120Benzinga
- 05:17 ETNeedham Maintains Buy on Duolingo, Raises Price Target to $165Benzinga
- TUE 18:01 ET10-Q — Quarterly reportSEC 10-Q
- TUE 16:51 ETDuolingo Plans to Shut Down Duolingo Max; Intends To Stop Selling New Max Subscriptions This Month; Moving Current Max Individual Subscribers To Super Family Plan At Same PriceBenzinga
- TUE 16:08 ETDuolingo Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $1.207B to $1.221B vs $1.208B EstBenzinga
- TUE 16:08 ETDuolingo Q3 EPS $0.54 Misses $0.57 Estimate, Sales $309.007M Beat $303.232M EstimateBenzinga
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