Applovin Corporation - Class A Common Stock (APP)

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Applovin Corporation (NASDAQ:APP) shares are trading higher on Monday after Needham upgraded the advertising technology company's stock from a hold to a buy rating and announced a $700 price target.

AppLovin could be set up for another strong year.

Wall street analysts expect AppLovin and Atlassian to deliver big returns for shareholders.

Date: January 22, 2026 Introduction AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) stands at a critical juncture in the early weeks of 2026. Once viewed primarily as a mobile gaming conglomerate, the company has spent the last year engineering a radical transformation into a pure-play AI software powerhouse. Today, AppLovin is the third-largest mobile advertising platform globally, trailing [...]

AppLovin got hit by another short-seller attack.

Shares of mobile app technology company AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) fell 5.6% in the afternoon session after a scathing report from short-seller CapitalWatch alleged the software firm had become a "safe haven" for illicit funds and had ties to a global money laundering syndicate. 

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits has flipped bearish on SPY and QQQ amid elevated message volumes and rising volatility.

In a report published on Monday, Capitalwatch alleged that key AppLovin shareholders used the ad-tech company to facilitate money laundering.

Software stocks have been pummeled to start 2026.

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after tech stocks pulled back as reports surfaced that Chinese customs authorities blocked Nvidia's H200 AI chips, effectively halting their entry despite recent U.S. export approvals.