On September 1, Duolingo, Inc. rose 5.05% overnight, trading at $154.7 per share, with turnover of $290,800.

The rally was primarily driven by a wave of investment bank target price upgrades. JPMorgan raised its target price from $125 to $135, while UBS lifted its target from $125 to $150 and maintained a Buy rating. Wedbush also raised its target to $150 from $139. Most notably, D.A. Davidson upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy and set a $160 target price, up from $130, which triggered an 8% single-day gain on the announcement. These successive upgrades reflected growing analyst confidence following Duolingo's Q2 results, which beat estimates with EPS of $0.66 versus the $0.61 consensus and revenue of $298.5 million above the $295.6 million estimate.

Additionally, the broader AI application software sector has strengthened recently, with peers such as Salesforce posting strong earnings and lifting the sector as a whole. Duolingo also completed the acquisition of UK animation studio Animade to enhance its design capabilities and product differentiation.

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