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.

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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. 

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

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