APPLOVIN CORP APP
COM CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 03831W108 · ISIN US03831W1080
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
- HeadquartersPalo Alto, CA
- Founded2012
- Websiteapplovin.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($991.1k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $10.51. Options: 19 managers hold calls ($34.1m notional), 16 hold puts ($26.1m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 227 |
| Q4 2022 | 231 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $75.9m | $38.7m | 0.51 |
| Q4 2022 | $34.1m | $26.1m | 0.77 |
Biggest buyers
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | Added | +4.0m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.5m |
| No Street GP LP | Added | +2.1m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +2.0m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +1.5m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +1.4m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +1.3m |
| Philosophy Capital Management LLC | New | +1.3m |
| SPRUCE HOUSE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +1.1m |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -3.2m |
| Brahman Capital Corp. | Sold out | -1.5m |
| LIGHT STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -950.7k |
| Keenan Capital, LLC | Reduced | -930.7k |
| TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -708.5k |
| Fort Point Capital Partners LLC | Sold out | -543.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -532.9k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -421.7k |
| Spyglass Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -349.1k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | Reduced | -306.0k |
Biggest calls
| BARCLAYS PLC | First filing | $10.2m973.0k shares |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | New | $7.3m696.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.3m312.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $2.1m196.9k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $1.6m147.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.4m136.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $1.4m134.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $1.1m102.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.0m97.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.0m97.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| BARCLAYS PLC | First filing | $9.3m881.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $4.8m452.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.6m437.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.0m286.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.5m138.9k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $1.2m110.9k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $494.9k47.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $326.4k31.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $171.6k16.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $170.0k16.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Foroughi Arash Adam 13G · exempt (held before listing) filed 2025-02-07 | 10.6% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +2.2 pts · filed 2025-10-17 | 7.0% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.3% |
| Angel Pride Holdings Ltd 13G · passive investor filed 2025-01-30 | 5.8% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-06 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 5 | $37.2m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $4.9m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $7.2m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $59.1m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-12 | Foroughi Arash Adam CEO & Chairperson, director · See footnote | Sold | $3.9m373.7k shares |
| 2022-12-09 | Foroughi Arash Adam CEO & Chairperson, director · See footnote | Sold | $3.9m373.7k shares |
| 2022-12-08 | Foroughi Arash Adam CEO & Chairperson, director · See footnote | Sold | $3.9m373.7k shares |
| 2022-12-07 | Foroughi Arash Adam CEO & Chairperson, director · See footnote | Sold | $4.0m373.7k shares |
| 2022-12-06 | Foroughi Arash Adam CEO & Chairperson, director · See footnote | Sold | $4.3m373.7k shares |
| 2022-12-05 | Foroughi Arash Adam CEO & Chairperson, director · See footnote | Sold | $4.9m373.7k shares |
| 2022-12-01 | Shikin Vasily Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $5.8m412.9k shares |
| 2022-11-30 | Shikin Vasily Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $7.7m557.2k shares |
| 2022-11-29 | Shikin Vasily Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $4.7m349.3k shares |
| 2022-11-28 | Shikin Vasily Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $5.2m379.1k shares |
| 2022-11-28 | Vivas Eduardo Director | Sold | $4.6m341.6k shares |
| 2022-11-25 | Jansen Katie Kihorany Chief Marketing Officer | Sold | $682.3k48.6k shares |
| 2022-11-23 | Vivas Eduardo Director | Sold | $5.0m358.4k shares |
| 2022-11-16 | Shikin Vasily Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $329.6k22.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. 21.58% of their portfolio | 60.7m $639.5m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.8m $166.7m | Added +444.7k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.8m $92.8m | Reduced -3.2m |
| SPRUCE HOUSE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 13.96% of their portfolio | 5.0m $52.6m | Added +1.3m |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 3.34% of their portfolio | 4.4m $46.1m | Added +4.0m |
| TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 4.3m $44.9m | Reduced -708.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.9m $41.0m | Added +1.1m |
| NetEase, Inc. 70.35% of their portfolio | 3.5m $37.0m | Unchanged |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.1m $32.9m | Added +2.5m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9m $30.9m | Reduced -532.9k |
| Spyglass Capital Management LLC 2.35% of their portfolio | 2.8m $29.2m | Reduced -349.1k |
| No Street GP LP 3.81% of their portfolio | 2.8m $29.0m | Added +2.1m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.7m $28.8m | Added +557.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.2m $22.9m | Added +2.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $22.8m | Added +118.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $22.4m | Added +162.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $21.2m | Added +1.1m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.7m $17.7m | Added +1.4m |
| KENSICO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.75% of their portfolio | 1.5m $15.7m | Reduced -110.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $15.5m | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.3m $14.2m | New |
| Philosophy Capital Management LLC 3.26% of their portfolio | 1.3m $13.7m | New |
| Keenan Capital, LLC 2.31% of their portfolio | 1.1m $11.5m | Reduced -930.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $10.6m | Added +701.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 954.7k $10.1m | First filing |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 921.6k $9.7m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 879.9k $9.3m | Reduced -89.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 850.9k $9.0m | New |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 800.0k $8.4m | Added +500.0k |
| Greenstone Partners & Co., LLC 7.43% of their portfolio | 754.1k $7.9m | Added +180.0k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.70% of their portfolio | 745.0k $7.8m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 733.3k $7.7m | Added +30.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 676.5k $7.1m | Reduced -98.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 612.2k $6.4m | Reduced -8.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 569.2k $6.0m | Reduced -241.4k |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 543.5k $5.7m | Reduced -12 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 518.3k $5.5m | New |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 408.4k $4.3m | Added +304.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 393.1k $4.1m | Reduced -60.4k |
| BRIGHTON JONES LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 383.6k $4.0m | Added +1.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 368.3k $3.9m | Reduced -130.2k |
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 365.0k $3.8m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 359.6k $3.8m | Not comparable |
| AUGUSTINE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 1.85% of their portfolio | 317.5k $3.3m | Added +306.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 314.6k $3.3m | Reduced -48.2k |
| HBK Sorce Advisory LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.0k $266.0k | Added +150.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 291.4k $3.1m | Reduced -127.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 282.2k $3.0m | Reduced -232.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.5k $2.9m | Added +54.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 258.9k $2.7m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 248.2k $2.6m | Added +28.3k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 243.7k $2.6m | Reduced -29.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 235.0k $2.5m | Added +11.3k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 231.9k $2.4m | Added +161.9k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 226.8k $2.4m | New |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 213.5k $2.2m | Reduced -12.4k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 213.2k $2.2m | Reduced -5.6k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 211.0k $2.2m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 199.5k $2.1m | Reduced -47.8k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 161.9k $1.7m | Added +124.8k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 161.3k $1.7m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 158.2k $1.7m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 140.4k $1.5m | Reduced -195.0k |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.2k $1.4m | Reduced -147 |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 130.3k $1.4m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.3k $1.4m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 128.6k $1.4m | Added +4.7k |
| EPIQ Capital Group, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 114.3k $1.2m | Reduced -206.9k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.2k $1.2m | Added +2.4k |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.11% of their portfolio | 107.1k $1.1m | Reduced -31.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.9k $1.1m | Added +22.1k |
| Burleson & Company, LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 101.5k $1.1m | Reduced -33.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.4k $1.0m | Added +5.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.3k $1.0m | Added +8.1k |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.0k $1.0m | Added +1.2k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.0k $990.3k | Unchanged |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.7k $955.1k | Reduced -5 |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.9k $925.8k | Reduced -19.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.2k $918.7k | Reduced -106.9k |
| Global Endowment Management, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 86.9k $915.0k | Added +35.2k |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 84.5k $890.0k | New |
| HIGHLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 80.4k $847.0k | New |
| Renaissance Capital LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 80.3k $846.0k | Reduced -2.9k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.18% of their portfolio | 80.1k $843.7k | New |
| Chimera Capital Management LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 78.5k $826.3k | Added +59.9k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.4k $825.2k | Added +33.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.6k $754.0k | New |
| Magnetar Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.6k $733.0k | New |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.8k $703.3k | Unchanged |
| WADE G W & INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 65.2k $686.0k | Added +391 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.6k $660.0k | Added +12.0k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.3k $644.6k | Added +48.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.9k $620.0k | Added +1.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.4k $615.4k | Reduced -3.8k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.8k $576.9k | Reduced -306.0k |
| Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 52.9k $557.0k | Reduced -193.3k |
| PATHSTONE FAMILY OFFICE, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.9k $244.0k | Added +2.8k |
| Kerrisdale Advisers, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 51.4k $541.0k | New |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.8k $535.0k | Added +558 |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 50.6k $532.8k | Added +39.0k |