AppLovin Corporation (APP)

Growth Stock Valuation · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies

Valuation as at 2026-08-14

About AppLovin Corporation

AppLovin Corporation provides end-to-end artificial intelligence-powered advertising solutions for businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Advertising and Apps. The company offers Axon Ads Manager, a suite of marketing solutions that enables developers to automate, optimize, and manage marketing efforts; MAX, an in-app bidding technology that optimizes the value of a publisher's advertising inventory by running a real-time competitive auction; Adjust, a measurement and analytics marketing platform; and Wurl, a connected TV platform, which distributes streaming video for content companies, provides advertising and publishing solutions.

Source: Yahoo Finance company profile · factual description, not KashVector commentary

AppLovin Corporation APP

Communication Services · Advertising Agencies

Price
$312.67
Market Cap
$104.64B
Free Cash Flow
$3.18B
Revenue (TTM)
$6.83B
Revenue Growth
52.8%
Gross Margin
88.5%
Net Debt
$461.8M
52-Week Range
$303.17–$745.61

What does the current price assume?

At the current price, the market appears to be pricing in about 78.1% initial revenue growth — steep enough that the model's own free cash flow would dip before recovering by year 1, even though AppLovin Corporation's actual free cash flow is already positive.

AppLovin Corporation's trailing free cash flow is $3.18B on 52.8% current revenue growth today. The model's reinvestment charge scales with the assumed growth rate, not the company's actual current pace — funding 78.1% growth takes substantially more reinvestment than the business is really making right now, which is what pushes the modeled figure negative before it recovers.

AppLovin Corporation's price & financial trends

Data as at 2026-08-14

Share price · last 2 years

$312.67 +237% vs 2024-08
S&P 500 $92.87$369.59$350.08$599.48$446.35$312.67 2024-082025-012025-062025-112026-042026-08

Revenue Per year

$5.48B +95% vs FY22
$2.82B$1.84B$3.22B$5.48BFY22FY23FY24FY25

Free cash flow Per quarter

$869.0M +13% vs Q2 '25
$772.2M$1.05B$1.29B$1.29B$869.0MQ2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26

Operating margin trajectory Per year

75.8% +4565% vs FY22
-1.7%41.9%59.3%75.8%FY22FY23FY24FY25

Growth Score

Strong Fit5 of 5 criteria passed
Rule of 40 (Growth % + FCF Margin % >= 40)99.4%
Revenue Growth > 20%52.8%
Gross Margin > 50%88.5%
Cash Runway > 24 MonthsSkipped
Operating Margin Trajectory Improving-1.7% -> 75.8%
Dilution (Diluted Shares Growth) <= 10%/yr-1.7%

Value investing scale · Buffett · Dalio · Graham

Partial Fit
11 / 20 combined score

See the full Buffett, Dalio & Graham breakdown for APP →

The two models, in detail

Each shown with what it says the company is worth today and what growth the current price already implies — not just a single point estimate.

Multi-Stage DCF

$168.71
-46.0% margin of safety
Deeply Overvalued

EV / Sales

$88.21
-71.8% margin of safety
Deeply Overvalued
Implied EV/Sales at the current price: 14.01x (vs. today's reported 15.39x)

These numbers come from running AppLovin Corporation's revenue and margin trajectory through the Multi-Stage DCF and EV/Sales formulas above — not from any view on the news, management, or APP's competitive position. What is a multi-stage DCF?

Want to test your own growth, margin, or discount-rate assumptions?Open the full interactive calculator, pre-filled with APP →

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Not financial advice. Multi-Stage DCF and EV/Sales valuations are highly sensitive to assumptions — small changes in growth rate, target margin, or discount rate produce large swings in output. This is a mechanical calculation, not a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell.

About this valuation

Computed on 2026-08-14 from Yahoo Finance data, using the same engine as the full Growth Stock Evaluator. Every figure above is a point-in-time snapshot of that date — change any assumption yourself in the interactive tool for a live one.

Frequently asked questions

Is AppLovin Corporation (APP) undervalued?

The Multi-Stage DCF estimates intrinsic value at $168.71 vs a price of $312.67 on 2026-08-14. This is a mechanical output from a model with genuine assumptions built in (target margin, growth fade, reinvestment) — not advice.

What does "implied growth rate" mean?

It's the reverse question: instead of assuming a growth rate and computing a value, this holds every other assumption fixed and asks what initial revenue growth rate would make the model's value equal to today's actual price. It tells you what the market is already betting on, which you can then judge for plausibility yourself.