Duolingovs.Meta Platforms
DUOL vs META · both in AI software & productivity, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Embeds AI models into the products and workflows we already use.
Meta Platforms is about 225× larger than Duolingo by market cap; Duolingo trades at the lower P/E (16.4 vs 22.3).
Side by side
| DUOL | META | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $6.7B | $1.5T |
| Price | $146.04 | $570.05 |
| Today | −0.5% | +2.0% |
| Return YTD | −16.3% | −15.3% |
| Return 1Y | −55.8% | −25.9% |
| P/E | 16.4 | 22.3 |
| P/S | 5.9 | 6.6 |
| P/B | 4.8 | 5.8 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
DuolingoDUOL
Language lessons on a phone, with generative AI writing much of the course content and playing the conversation partner in the paid Max tier.
Full DUOL profile →Meta PlatformsMETA
Facebook and Instagram pay for one of the largest AI build-outs anywhere: GPU clusters at enormous scale, the Llama models released openly, and advertising tools that are so far the clearest payoff. Meta AI and the smart glasses are the consumer end of it.
Full META profile →More DUOL & META comparisons
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