Growth Metrics

Duolingo (DUOL) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026)

Duolingo's quarterly Operating Margin came in at 15.25% in Q1 2026, up 503.0% year-on-year from 2.53% in Q1 2025, and down 0.72% quarter-over-quarter from 15.36% in Q4 2025.

Duolingo has reported Operating Margin for 7 years, with the latest figure at 15.25% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 503.0% year-over-year to 15.25%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 14.24% (up 564.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.07%, up 470.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 15.25%, down from 15.36% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 15.36% in Q4 2025, with the low at 20.99% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 1.15%, with a median of 6.62% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 2414 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 1620 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing DUOL's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 17.48% in 2022, then jumped by 118 bps to 3.18% in 2023, then surged by 109 bps to 6.62% in 2024, then soared by 132 bps to 15.36% in 2025, then fell by 1 bps to 15.25% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 15.25% (Q1 2026), 15.36% (Q4 2025), and 12.94% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 28.69%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 16.69%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 14.56%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.05%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 13.34%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 29.26%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 37.79%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -22.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 46.97%
10 Duolingo 4.99 Bn 3.74 Bn 213.10 Mn 15.25%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.25%
Dec 31, 2025 15.36%
Sep 30, 2025 12.94%
Jun 30, 2025 13.23%
Mar 31, 2025 10.23%
Dec 31, 2024 6.62%
Sep 30, 2024 7.05%
Jun 30, 2024 10.49%
Mar 31, 2024 9.81%
Dec 31, 2023 3.18%
Sep 30, 2023 -3.39%
Jun 30, 2023 -3.84%
Mar 31, 2023 -7.37%
Dec 31, 2022 -17.48%
Sep 30, 2022 -20.99%
Jun 30, 2022 -17.01%
Mar 31, 2022 -14.59%
Dec 31, 2021 -23.85%
Sep 30, 2021 -45.13%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.81%
Mar 31, 2021 -24.23%
Dec 31, 2020 -21.90%
Sep 30, 2020 -6.77%
Jun 30, 2020 0.20%