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sellModerate cluster of 510b5-1 plan

Severin Hacker sold $3.4M of DUOL

Chief Tech Officer, Co-Founder at Duolingo, Inc.. 10,000 shares at an average of $344.56, traded Aug 19, 2025, filed Aug 21, 2025.

Warning score
40
Value
$3.4M
10,000 shares
Holdings after
72
-99% from before
From 52-week low
+53%
low $223.18, close $340.66
From 52-week high
-37%
high $540.68, as of Aug 19, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $3.4M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 99% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    5 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 Aug 21, 2025: -56.6%SPY +24.2% · excess -80.8%

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 0001562088-25-000189, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 19, 2025CConversion
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
+10,000$38.08$381k10,072Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-1,003$339.15$340k9,069Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-1,700$340.03$578k7,369Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-1,979$340.92$675k5,390Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-1,318$342.00$451k4,072Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-300$343.82$103k3,772Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-300$345.02$104k3,472Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-600$346.15$208k2,872Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-500$347.48$174k2,372Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-400$348.83$140k1,972Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-100$349.28$35k1,872Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-400$351.29$141k1,472Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-200$352.40$70k1,272Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-300$354.08$106k972Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-400$354.89$142k572Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-100$357.67$36k472Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-200$359.30$72k272Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-200$363.05$73k72Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-10,000$0.00$065,252Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025CConversion
Class B Common Stockderivative10b5-1
+10,000$0.00$096,075Aug 21, 2025
Aug 19, 2025CConversion
Class B Common Stockderivative10b5-1
-10,000$0.00$086,075Aug 21, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
35Weak
DUOLsell10b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$17M
110,046 shares
-100%
43Moderate
DUOLsell 210b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$7.0M
46,682 shares
-100%
50Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$6.2M
40,980 shares
-110%
50Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Luis von Ahn
President & CEO, Co-Founder
$4.3M
28,292 shares
-100%
40Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Stephen C. Chen
General Counsel
$1.2M
8,072 shares
-16%
40Moderate
DUOLsell 310b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
William B Gordon
director
$1.5M
10,000 shares
-13%
61Notable
DUOLbuy
Duolingo, Inc.
James H Shelton
director
$499k
5,000 shares
+108%
24Weak
DUOLsell 410b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Stephen C. Chen
General Counsel
$314k
2,797 shares
-8%
29Weak
DUOLsell 410b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Natalie Glance
Chief Engineering Officer
$594k
5,286 shares
-4%
42Moderate
DUOLsell 410b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Matthew Skaruppa
Chief Financial Officer
$658k
5,856 shares
-16%

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