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James H Shelton bought $499k of DUOL

director at Duolingo, Inc.. 5,000 shares at an average of $99.76, traded Mar 3, 2026, filed Mar 4, 2026.

Conviction score
61
Value
$499k
5,000 shares
Holdings after
9,632
+108% from before
From 52-week low
+1%
low $100.82, close $101.61
From 52-week high
-81%
high $540.68, as of Mar 3, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $499k at market
    +18
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 108%
    +10
  • Price context
    1% above the 52-week low; 81% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

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.

This signal so far: 1m +0.4%, 3m +11.7%, 6m +64.1%.

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 4, 2026: +55.9%SPY +14.5% · excess +41.4%

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 0001628280-26-014695, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 3, 2026POpen-market purchase
Class A Common Stock
+5,000$99.76$499k9,632Mar 4, 2026

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
35Weak
DUOLsell10b5-1
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$17M
110,046 shares
-100%
43Moderate
DUOLsell 210b5-1
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Luis von Ahn
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$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%
41Moderate
DUOLsell 3
Duolingo, Inc.
Stephen C. Chen
General Counsel
$132k
1,024 shares
-2%
41Moderate
DUOLsell 3
Duolingo, Inc.
Robert Meese
Chief Business Officer
$175k
1,354 shares
-1%
29Weak
DUOLsell 310b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Natalie Glance
Chief Engineering Officer
$567k
4,290 shares
-2%
24Weak
DUOLsell 310b5-1
Duolingo, Inc.
Stephen C. Chen
General Counsel
$317k
2,797 shares
-5%

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.