DUOL (Duolingo) Debt-to-Equity : 0.06 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Duolingo Debt-to-Equity?

Duolingo's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.0 Mil. Duolingo's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $54.5 Mil. Duolingo's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $893.8 Mil. Duolingo's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.06.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Duolingo's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

DUOL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.12 Med: 0.05 Max: 0.08
Current: 0.06

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Duolingo was 0.08. The lowest was -0.12. And the median was 0.05.

DUOL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
75.05% of 2212 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.2 vs DUOL: 0.06

Duolingo Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Duolingo's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Duolingo Debt-to-Equity Chart

Duolingo Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Dec24

Debt-to-Equity

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-0.12

0.06

0.05

0.03

0.07

Duolingo Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.08	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.06

Competitive Comparison of Duolingo's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Duolingo's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Duolingo's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Duolingo's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Duolingo Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Duolingo's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	54.656)	/	824.55
	=	0.07

Duolingo's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	54.533)	/	893.826
	=	0.06

Duolingo (NAS:DUOL) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Duolingo Business Description

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5900 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15206

Website

https://www.duolingo.com

Duolingo Inc is a technology company that develops a mobile learning platform to learn languages and is the top-grossing app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Its products are powered by sophisticated data analytics and artificial intelligence and delivered with class art, animation, and design to make it easier for learners to stay motivated master new material, and achieve their learning goals. Its solutions include the Duolingo Language Learning App, Super Duolingo, Duolingo English Test: AI-Driven Language Assessment, Duolingo For Schools, Duolingo ABC, and Duolingo Math. It has four predominant sources of revenue; time-based subscriptions, in-app advertising placement by third parties, and the Duolingo English Test, and In-App Purchases.

Executives

Severin Hacker	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer,, other: Co-Founder	C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Natalie Glance	officer: SVP, Engineering	C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Matthew Skaruppa	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Stephen C. Chen	officer: General Counsel	C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Robert Meese	officer: Chief Business Officer	C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Ahn Luis Von	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO, Co-Founder	C/O ROOT, INC., 80 E. RICH STREET, SUITE 500, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Gillian Munson	director	C/O XO GROUP INC., 195 BROADWAY, 25TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
James H Shelton	director	469 FLORIDA AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON DC 20001
Sara Clemens	director	C/O PANDORA MEDIA, INC., 2101 WEBSTER STREET, #1650, OAKLAND CA 94612
Amy Bohutinsky	director	C/O ZILLOW GROUP, INC., 1301 SECOND AVENUE, FLOOR 31, SEATTLE WA 98101
Durable Capital Partners Lp	10 percent owner	4747 BETHESDA AVENUE, SUITE #1002, BETHESDA MD 20814
Newview Capital Fund I, L.p.	10 percent owner	1290 HOWARD AVE, SUITE 319, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Ravi Viswanathan	10 percent owner	1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600, TIMONIUM MD 21093
Newview Capital Partners I, Llc	10 percent owner	1201 HOWARD AVENUE, SUITE 101, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Kpcb Digital Growth Founders Fund, Llc	10 percent owner	2750 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025