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sellModerate cluster of 610b5-1 plan

James H Shelton sold $6.0M of DUOL

director at Duolingo, Inc.. 20,000 shares at an average of $300.68, traded Mar 17, 2025, filed Mar 18, 2025.

Warning score
40
Value
$6.0M
20,000 shares
Holdings after
5,148
-80% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $6.0M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 80% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    6 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

DUOLOct 9, 2026 · close 149.92
Since filing Mar 18, 2025: -48.1%SPY +41.5% · excess -89.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001562088-25-000052, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 17, 2025MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
+20,000$22.91$458k25,148Mar 18, 2025
Mar 17, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-17,175$300.61$5.2M7,973Mar 18, 2025
Mar 17, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-2,825$301.11$851k5,148Mar 18, 2025
Mar 17, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-20,000$0.00$00Mar 18, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Duolingo, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
35Weak
DUOLsell10b5-1
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Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$17M
110,046 shares
-100%
43Moderate
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Luis von Ahn
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$7.0M
46,682 shares
-100%
50Moderate
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Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$6.2M
40,980 shares
-110%
50Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
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Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$4.3M
28,292 shares
-100%
40Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
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Stephen C. Chen
General Counsel
$1.2M
8,072 shares
-16%
40Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
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William B Gordon
director
$1.5M
10,000 shares
-13%
35Weak
DUOLsell 510b5-1
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Robert Meese
Chief Business Officer
$1.7M
5,351 shares
-4%
40Moderate
DUOLsell 610b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Severin Hacker
Chief Tech Officer, Co-Founder
$3.0M
10,000 shares
-99%
40Moderate
DUOLsell 510b5-1
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Gillian Munson
director
$1.6M
5,000 shares
-59%
50Moderate
DUOLsell 610b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$2.4M
8,000 shares
-100%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

James H Shelton sold $6.0M of DUOL | InsiderTell