Benzinga · Aug 26, 2026
Needham Maintains Buy on AppLovin, Lowers Price Target to $475
Needham analyst Bernie McTernan maintains AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $500 to $475.
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NASDAQ · APP
AppLovin Corporation
Technology · Software - Application
$317.76
Up+$5.13 (+1.64%)
Updated Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM
SID Score
4.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
38/100
Bearish
- Market cap
- 147.09B
- P/E ratio
- 44.1
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $297.50 – $738.01
- Volume
- 6.63M
- Avg. volume
- 5.44M
Price performance
APP price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
APP closed at $317.76 after 20 trading sessions, down 21.76% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $317.76
- Period change
- -21.76%
- Period low
- $298.59
- Period high
- $419.70
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $316.25 | $335.4499 | $315.92 | $317.76 | 6.63M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $312.00 | $315.88 | $306.50 | $312.63 | 4.05M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $309.27 | $316.7999 | $306.88 | $308.11 | 3.58M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $299.865 | $310.88 | $299.865 | $310.54 | 4M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $304.50 | $307.00 | $297.50 | $298.59 | 4.58M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $304.05 | $307.39 | $298.00 | $305.77 | 5.49M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $311.375 | $319.42 | $307.66 | $308.77 | 4.46M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $306.50 | $315.335 | $304.20 | $310.79 | 4.43M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $308.82 | $314.75 | $307.05 | $307.26 | 5.15M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $318.37 | $326.195 | $307.70 | $311.98 | 5.97M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $313.215 | $324.3699 | $313.00 | $315.44 | 5.28M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $305.98 | $317.60 | $305.7848 | $312.67 | 7.52M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $319.25 | $319.65 | $303.17 | $303.76 | 9.32M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $329.60 | $329.9352 | $318.12 | $318.68 | 8.03M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $347.00 | $350.28 | $338.71 | $339.00 | 6.27M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $337.54 | $350.93 | $336.67 | $346.80 | 7.74M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $338.45 | $352.00 | $332.1918 | $335.67 | 15.24M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $432.51 | $437.79 | $416.09 | $417.80 | 10.8M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $418.33 | $426.90 | $405.33 | $419.70 | 7.15M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $410.70 | $414.28 | $399.05 | $406.16 | 4.59M |
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Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
AppLovin is a vertically integrated advertising technology company that acts as a demand-side platform for advertisers, a supply-side platform for publishers, and an exchange facilitating transactions between the two. About 80% of AppLovin's revenue comes from the DSP, AppDiscovery, while the remainder comes from the SSP, Max. AppLovin's primary tool for future growth is AXON 2, which is an ad optimizer operating within the DSP that allows advertisers to place ads according to specified return thresholds.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $730.55
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 20
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Benchmark | Buy | — |
| Aug 12, 2026 | BTIG | Buy | — |
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APP Stock Dips Below $300 For First Time In Over A Year — Analyst Cuts Target By $60, But Believes Business Remains High Quality
Piper Sandler reduced its price target to $325 from $385, while keeping a ‘Neutral’ rating on the shares.
Benzinga · Aug 21, 2026
Piper Sandler Maintains Neutral on AppLovin, Lowers Price Target to $325
Piper Sandler analyst James Callahan maintains AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $385 to $325.
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