AppLovin Corporation

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AppLovin Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.5 billion, up 70.0% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+52.8%
EPS
+55.8%
Free cash flow
+12.5%
Total debt
+0.12%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

356.46 84.71 +31.17%
Market cap
$90.9B
P/E
27.3×
Fwd P/E
14.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
30.21
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
n/a

Revenue by segment Fiscal 2025

  • Reportable Segment

Every year since 2019 →

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 377.59
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 — — 10 — 4 6 1 — — — —
Insider Ownership 20.60%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 90,900.00
Revenue ttm 6,829.12
Net income ttm 4,409.95
Free cash flow ttm 4,527.59
Net debt Q 461.77
Valuation
P/E 27.27
Forward P/E 14.60
Price / sales 17.53 (above 10: high)
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 26.97
Price / book 37.84 (above 6: high)
Financial health
Current ratio Q 4.30 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 1.11
Interest coverage Q 29.21
Growth
Revenue growth Q +52.82% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +56.03% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +64.59% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +26.83% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +47.39% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +37.71% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 7.19%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 68.88%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 64.39%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 68.88%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 33.28%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 502 697 2,487 3,053
Receivables 954 1,283 1,819 2,171
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
1,616 2,312 4,431 5,392
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 372 504 747 779
ST’ Debt 215 — — —
Other — — — —
944 1,057 1,334 1,254

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 18.62% 30.45% 24.84%
Cash Flow 34.93% 77.90% 112.68%
Earnings 45.95% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 3.91%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.56 3.76 — — —
’25 1.67 2.39 2.45 3.24 9.75
’24 0.67 0.89 1.25 1.73 4.53
’23 (0.01) 0.22 0.30 0.49 0.98
’22 (0.31) (0.06) 0.06 (0.21) (0.52)
’21 (0.05) 0.04 0.00 0.08 0.09
’20 0.02 (0.10) (0.42) (0.09) (0.59)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,842 1,924 — — —
’25 1,159 1,259 1,405 1,658 5,481
’24 1,058 711 835 620 3,224
’23 715 750 864 953 1,842
’22 625 776 713 702 2,817
’21 604 669 727 793 2,793
’20 260 299 382 510 1,451
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,291 869 — — —
’25 832 772 1,053 1,314 3,971
’24 393 455 551 701 2,099
’23 289 230 199 344 1,062
’22 (32) 107 174 163 413
’21 62 90 125 85 362
’20 46 40 37 100 223
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,291 869 — — —
’25 832 772 1,053 1,285 3,943
’24 393 439 532 671 2,069
’23 295 191 183 336 1,002
’22 (31) 106 174 (1,140) (892)
’22 — — — — 413
’21 62 88 123 99 372
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Valuation

The price implies free cash flow after share-based pay growing 10.4% a year for ten years. It grew 34.2% a year over the last ten.

Implied
10.4%
10 years, reported
34.2%
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Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — 994 1,451 2,793 2,817 1,842 3,224 5,481 6,829 +32.9% 8,078 10,103 12,210 +30.6%
Gross margin, % — — — 75.73 61.71 64.62 55.41 80.64 83.85 87.86 88.46 +12.1 pt
EBT — — — 126 (136) 46 (205) 502 1,612 3,953 5,211 +77.5%
EBT margin, % — — — 12.70 (9.35) 1.66 (7.28) 27.23 50.00 72.12 76.31 +59.4 pt
Net income — 0 — 119 (126) 35 (193) 357 1,580 3,334 4,410 n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — 4.71 6.75 8.60 7.58 5.23 9.57 16.18 20.34 +22.8%
Earnings — — — 0.36 (0.59) 0.10 (0.52) 1.01 4.68 9.84 13.07 +73.6%
Cash flow — — — 0.94 1.04 1.11 1.11 3.02 6.23 11.72 13.48 +52.3%
Capex — — — (0.02) (0.02) 0.03 (3.51) (0.17) (0.09) (0.08) 0.00 +31.9%
Free cash flow — — — 0.92 1.02 1.15 (2.40) 2.85 6.14 11.64 13.48 +52.5%
Book value — — — (1.22) (0.74) 6.58 5.12 3.57 3.23 6.30 9.42 n/m
Shares, m — — — 211 215 325 372 352 337 339 338 +8.2%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — 0.00 0.00 1,338.92 0.00 37.29 69.19 68.41 27.27 216.3
P/S — — — 8.08 8.08 10.96 1.42 4.16 33.84 41.65 17.53 15.5
P/B — — — 0.00 0.00 14.32 2.10 10.86 100.11 106.94 37.84 33.5
EV/Sales — — — 8.86 8.86 11.20 2.18 4.95 34.72 41.87 17.62 16.1
EV/FCF — — — 67.40 67.40 83.99 13.55 (47.79) 55.27 59.13 27.12 42.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — 198 223 362 413 1,062 2,099 3,971 4,528 +64.8%
Capex — — — (3) (3) 11 (1,305) (60) (30) (28) (87) +42.7%
Free cash flow — — — 195 220 372 (892) 1,002 2,069 3,943 4,528 +65.0%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — 347 65 2,595 1,360 672 1,255 3,097 4,138 +44.0%
Net debt — — — 784 1,282 665 2,158 2,619 2,812 1,026 462 +4.6%
Shareholders’ equity — — — (257) (159) 2,138 1,903 1,256 1,090 2,135 3,163 n/m
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — 6.35 (7.46) 0.76 (3.21) 6.37 28.14 50.79 61.99 +44.4 pt
ROIC — — — 23.02 (3.45) 3.34 (0.74) 12.46 30.61 82.10 91.19 +59.1 pt
ROE — — — (11.64) 20.62 4.01 (9.54) 22.58 134.67 206.78 203.69 +218.4 pt
People
People Employees — — — — 902 1,594 1,707 1,745 788 380 — (15.9%)
Revenue/emp, $m — — — 0.00 1.61 1.75 1.65 1.06 4.09 14.42 — n/m
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 25 Oct 2026

Business profile

Updated

AppLovin is an advertising-technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Adam Foroughi is chief executive officer. It provides artificial-intelligence-powered advertising tools that help businesses find users, buy advertising, measure marketing results and monetize digital content.

Its main product, Axon Ads Manager, helps app and web advertisers run user-acquisition campaigns. An advertiser sets objectives such as a target return on advertising spend, and the system uses predictive algorithms and auctions to match the advertiser with users who may engage with its app or website. The platform also provides reporting on campaign performance, user retention and lifetime value.

Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2025

Fiscal 2025: revenue by segment, and margins
Reportable Segment 5,481 100.00%
Gross margin 87.86%
Operating margin 75.75%
Pre-tax margin 72.12%

Revenue by segment since 2019

AppLovin Corporation vs peers in Advertising Agencies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
APP AppLovin Corporation $90.9B 27.3× 14.6× +52.82% (above 0%: growing) +55.79% (above 0%: growing) +12.54% (above 0%: growing) 88.26% 77.68%
OMC Omnicom Group Inc. $23.8B 48.0× 9.8× +59.09% (above 0%: growing) +35.80% (above 0%: growing) +108.14% (above 0%: growing) 21.16% 15.44% Compare
TTD The Trade Desk $6.1B 15.1× 32.6× +3.03% (above 0%: growing) −22.22% (below 0%: shrinking) +29.84% (above 0%: growing) 74.22% 14.21% Compare
WPP WPP PLC $6.0B 20.8× 26.8× +7.31% (above 0%: growing) −56.60% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.73% 0.00% Compare
MGNI Magnite, Inc. $4.0B 21.9× 31.7× +13.76% (above 0%: growing) +71.43% (above 0%: growing) +36.82% (above 0%: growing) 68.65% 24.75% Compare
LFTO Liftoff Mobile, Inc $2.9B — — — n/m — 86.77% 35.27% Compare
STGW Stagwell Inc. $2.7B 271× 44.9× +9.83% (above 0%: growing) −30.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +243.48% (above 0%: growing) 37.29% 5.89% Compare
DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. $2.1B 33.9× 30.0× +9.02% (above 0%: growing) +66.67% (above 0%: growing) +16.98% (above 0%: growing) 81.26% 13.78% Compare
ZD Ziff Davis, Inc. $1.9B 3.1× 2.8× −18.59% (below 0%: shrinking) +2,623.81% (above 0%: growing) +100.30% (above 0%: growing) 84.06% (15.60%) Compare
Median of peers $3.4B 21.9× 30.0× +9.02% +35.80% +36.82% 71.44% 14.00%

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From the latest earnings call

Updated

  • CEO Adam Foroughi said model improvements arrived just after Q2, following a slower-than-usual quarter, and that he saw no weakening in advertiser demand.
  • CFO Matt Stumpf said higher compute spending drove sequential cost growth and was included in the Q3 outlook alongside already deployed model improvements.

Analyst rating changes each firm’s latest, last six months

Firm Date Action Rating Target
Scotiabank Nov 6, 2026 Target cut Outperform 515.00 → 450.00
RBC Nov 6, 2026 Target raised Outperform 500.00 → 520.00
Wedbush Nov 5, 2026 Reiterated Outperform —
Goldman Sachs Nov 5, 2026 Target raised Hold 400.00 → 445.00
Oppenheimer Nov 5, 2026 Target raised — 490.00 → 520.00
Evercore ISI Nov 5, 2026 Target raised Outperform 510.00 → 540.00
Morgan Stanley Nov 5, 2026 Target raised Outperform 400.00 → 450.00
UBS Nov 5, 2026 Target cut — 790.00 → 414.00
Needham Nov 5, 2026 Reiterated Buy 475.00
Citi Oct 30, 2026 Target cut Buy 600.00 → 500.00

Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026

Held by institutions 67.37%
Held by the ten largest 38.47%
Holder Shares Stake Change
Vanguard 26.84m 8.02% +1.46m
BlackRock 24.04m 7.18% +400.45k
Fidelity (FMR) 17.29m 5.17% +1.60m
Capital Group 13.08m 3.91% +4.41m
State Street 12.10m 3.62% +334.50k
Invesco 10.98m 3.28% +386.56k
Geode Capital Management 7.36m 2.20% +74.62k
Baillie Gifford 6.47m 1.93% −228.52k
Morgan Stanley 5.79m 1.73% +186.41k
T. Rowe Price 4.77m 1.43% −661.63k
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.

Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 21 April 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 12.97m 21.69m 1,033.47
2024 11.20m 385.95m 496.67
2023 83.36m 286.89m 61.12
2022 104.36k 104.36k 16.15
2021 104.35k 104.35k 144.57
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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