Short-sellers are getting loud again — and targeting tech stocks [Business Insider]
Applovin Corporation - Class A (APP)
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This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in Short-selling campaigns increased 55% in 2025 compared to 2024, according to industry tracker Diligent Market Intelligence. Technology companies were the most common stocks investors bet against. Short-sellers' skepticism has scored them some early wins this year during the software slide Last year, the bears came out of hibernation. There were 166 short-selling campaigns launched in 2025, according to industry tracker Diligent Market Intelligence — a 55% bump compared to 2024. The vast majority were based in the US. The most targeted companies were technology stocks that had been boosted by market-wide optimism about artificial intelligence, Josh Black, the author of Diligent's report, told Business Insider. The report identified Applovin, a company that helps iPhone apps monetize users via advertising technology, as an example of a comm
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- Adjust: Mobile App Use Grew Globally In 2025 With Continued Move To Multi-PlatformBusiness Wire
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- AppLovin: Rule Of 150 And AI Moat [Seeking Alpha]Seeking Alpha
- Applovin Corp (APP) Earnings Beat Projections [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- AppLovin Q4: Market Is Focused On Competition; I'm Focused On ROAS From AppDiscovery [Seeking Alpha]Seeking Alpha
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- 2/11/26 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 2/18/26 - Form 4
- 2/11/26 - Form 8-K
- 1/16/26 - Form 4
- APP's page on the SEC website