{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"171737","rtpr_id":"nPn7TYbSJa-20261016","ticker":"APP","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["APP"],"title":"APP INVESTOR DEADLINE: AppLovin Corporation Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Class Action","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-16T16:00:01.097Z","article_body":"APP INVESTOR DEADLINE: AppLovin Corporation Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Class Action\nPR Newswire\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2026\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ:\nAPP) faces a securities class action seeking to represent investors who\npurchased or otherwise acquired AppLovin securities between February 12, 2026\nand August 5, 2026.\n\nThe suit follows the publication of a concerning analyst report on July 13,\n2026 and the company's August 5, 2026 Q2 2026 financial results, each of which\ndrove the price of AppLovin shares sharply lower.\n\nThe developments have prompted national shareholders rights firm Hagens Berman\nto open an investigation into claims that AppLovin violated the securities\nlaws and urge AppLovin investors who suffered substantial losses to submit\nyour losses now\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3987777425&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fapplovin-corporation-app-securities-class-action&a=submit+your+losses+now)\n.\n\nClass Period: Feb. 12, 2026 – Aug. 5, 2026\nLead Plaintiff Deadline: Nov. 16, 2026\nVisit: www.hbsslaw.com/app\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=2143815783&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fapp&a=www.hbsslaw.com%2Fapp)\n\nDirect Contact Email: APP@hbsslaw.com (mailto:APP@hbsslaw.com)\nFirm Telephone: 844-916-0895\nVideo: youtu.be/c5nqdaiWyls\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=516294575&u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fc5nqdaiWyls&a=youtu.be%2Fc5nqdaiWyls)\n\nAppLovin Corporation (APP) Securities Class Action:\n\nAppLovin provides end-to-end AI-powered advertising solutions for businesses\nto reach, monetize, and grow their global audience.\n\nTo investors, \"uplift\" is possibly the most critical driver of the company's\nrevenue growth. The company improves its AI model to increase uplift, better\nmatching the exact right ad to the exact right user at the exact right\nmillisecond. In turn, this uplifts advertisers' return on ad spend, increases\ntheir advertising budgets, and (for AppLovin) accelerates high-margin revenue.\n\nThe lawsuit is focused on the propriety of AppLovin's statements about model\nimprovements and uplift.\n\nMost recently, several weeks into AppLovin's Q2, during its May 6, 2026 Q1\n2026 earnings call, management left investors with high expectations for\nuplift and revenue growth.\n\nCEO Adam Foroughi said that the most important milestone investors should\nfocus on was the company's \"improving the underlying model.\" He emphasized\nthat \"[l]ast quarter earnings, I mentioned we just had one new model that had\njust created an uplift[]\" and \"[t]he one we had a couple of weeks ago was\nquite substantial.\" He also explained, \"that's why I highlighted […] that we\nsaw a big acceleration going exiting the quarter[,]\" and \"then, April Q2,\nbigger than any quarter that we had[.]\"\n\nInvestors' expectations began to unravel on July 13, 2026, when a prominent\nanalyst published a report highlighting a lack of immediate advertiser influx\nfollowing the general availability launch of AppLovin's advertising tools. In\nresponse, the price of AppLovin shares tumbled $64.13 (-12.6%).\n\nThen, on August 5, 2026, the company reported its Q2 2026 revenue that was\nbelow midpoint. In apparent contrast to the \"big acceleration,\" management\nsaid \"[o]ur pace of meaningful model improvement was lighter than normal\nduring the quarter[]\" and \"we didn't get the same level of model uplift we've\nseen in recent quarters[.]\" This news drove the price of AppLovin shares\ncrashing another $82.13 (-19.6%).\n\nBetween the two drops, the company lost over $44 billion of its market\ncapitalization.\n\n\"We're focused on when during Q2 AppLovin first knew that the uplift and\nrevenue acceleration investors had come to expect wasn't happening,\" said Reed\nKathrein\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=2889877211&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fattorneys%2Freed-kathrein&a=Reed+Kathrein)\n, the Hagens Berman partner leading the firm's investigation.\n\nIf you invested in AppLovin and have substantial losses, or have knowledge\nthat will assist the firm's investigation, submit your losses now\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3987777425&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fapplovin-corporation-app-securities-class-action&a=submit+your+losses+now)\n »\n\nWhistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding AppLovin should\nconsider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the\nSEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide\noriginal information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any\nsuccessful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein\nat 844-916-0895 or email APP@hbsslaw.com (mailto:APP@hbsslaw.com) .\n\nAbout Hagens Berman\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=932345023&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&a=About+Hagens+Berman)\n\nHagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation firm focusing\non corporate accountability. The firm is home to a robust practice and\nrepresents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others\nin cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and\nother wrongdoings. Hagens Berman's team has secured more than $2.9 billion in\nthis area of law. More about the firm and its successes can be found\nat hbsslaw.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3526007174&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&a=hbsslaw.com)\n. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3904329352&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2FClassActionLaw&a=%40ClassActionLaw)\n.\n\nAttorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any\nfuture case.\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/app-investor-deadline-applovin-corporation-investors-with-substantial-losses-have-opportunity-to-lead-securities-class-action-302911364.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/app-investor-deadline-applovin-corporation-investors-with-substantial-losses-have-opportunity-to-lead-securities-class-action-302911364.html)\n\nSOURCE Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP\n\n\n\nHagens Berman, Reed Kathrein, 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94710, 844-916-0895, APP@hbsslaw.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1117217/Hagens-Berman-Sobol-Shapiro-LLP-Logo.jpg?id=OA3023773\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn7TYbSJa-20261016","title":"APP INVESTOR DEADLINE: AppLovin Corporation Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Class Action","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"APP","created":"2026-10-16T16:00:01.097Z","tickers":["APP"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"APP INVESTOR DEADLINE: AppLovin Corporation Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Class Action\nPR Newswire\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2026\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ:\nAPP) faces a securities class action seeking to represent investors who\npurchased or otherwise acquired AppLovin securities between February 12, 2026\nand August 5, 2026.\n\nThe suit follows the publication of a concerning analyst report on July 13,\n2026 and the company's August 5, 2026 Q2 2026 financial results, each of which\ndrove the price of AppLovin shares sharply lower.\n\nThe developments have prompted national shareholders rights firm Hagens Berman\nto open an investigation into claims that AppLovin violated the securities\nlaws and urge AppLovin investors who suffered substantial losses to submit\nyour losses now\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3987777425&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fapplovin-corporation-app-securities-class-action&a=submit+your+losses+now)\n.\n\nClass Period: Feb. 12, 2026 – Aug. 5, 2026\nLead Plaintiff Deadline: Nov. 16, 2026\nVisit: www.hbsslaw.com/app\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=2143815783&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fapp&a=www.hbsslaw.com%2Fapp)\n\nDirect Contact Email: APP@hbsslaw.com (mailto:APP@hbsslaw.com)\nFirm Telephone: 844-916-0895\nVideo: youtu.be/c5nqdaiWyls\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=516294575&u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fc5nqdaiWyls&a=youtu.be%2Fc5nqdaiWyls)\n\nAppLovin Corporation (APP) Securities Class Action:\n\nAppLovin provides end-to-end AI-powered advertising solutions for businesses\nto reach, monetize, and grow their global audience.\n\nTo investors, \"uplift\" is possibly the most critical driver of the company's\nrevenue growth. The company improves its AI model to increase uplift, better\nmatching the exact right ad to the exact right user at the exact right\nmillisecond. In turn, this uplifts advertisers' return on ad spend, increases\ntheir advertising budgets, and (for AppLovin) accelerates high-margin revenue.\n\nThe lawsuit is focused on the propriety of AppLovin's statements about model\nimprovements and uplift.\n\nMost recently, several weeks into AppLovin's Q2, during its May 6, 2026 Q1\n2026 earnings call, management left investors with high expectations for\nuplift and revenue growth.\n\nCEO Adam Foroughi said that the most important milestone investors should\nfocus on was the company's \"improving the underlying model.\" He emphasized\nthat \"[l]ast quarter earnings, I mentioned we just had one new model that had\njust created an uplift[]\" and \"[t]he one we had a couple of weeks ago was\nquite substantial.\" He also explained, \"that's why I highlighted […] that we\nsaw a big acceleration going exiting the quarter[,]\" and \"then, April Q2,\nbigger than any quarter that we had[.]\"\n\nInvestors' expectations began to unravel on July 13, 2026, when a prominent\nanalyst published a report highlighting a lack of immediate advertiser influx\nfollowing the general availability launch of AppLovin's advertising tools. In\nresponse, the price of AppLovin shares tumbled $64.13 (-12.6%).\n\nThen, on August 5, 2026, the company reported its Q2 2026 revenue that was\nbelow midpoint. In apparent contrast to the \"big acceleration,\" management\nsaid \"[o]ur pace of meaningful model improvement was lighter than normal\nduring the quarter[]\" and \"we didn't get the same level of model uplift we've\nseen in recent quarters[.]\" This news drove the price of AppLovin shares\ncrashing another $82.13 (-19.6%).\n\nBetween the two drops, the company lost over $44 billion of its market\ncapitalization.\n\n\"We're focused on when during Q2 AppLovin first knew that the uplift and\nrevenue acceleration investors had come to expect wasn't happening,\" said Reed\nKathrein\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=2889877211&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fattorneys%2Freed-kathrein&a=Reed+Kathrein)\n, the Hagens Berman partner leading the firm's investigation.\n\nIf you invested in AppLovin and have substantial losses, or have knowledge\nthat will assist the firm's investigation, submit your losses now\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3987777425&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fapplovin-corporation-app-securities-class-action&a=submit+your+losses+now)\n »\n\nWhistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding AppLovin should\nconsider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the\nSEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide\noriginal information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any\nsuccessful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein\nat 844-916-0895 or email APP@hbsslaw.com (mailto:APP@hbsslaw.com) .\n\nAbout Hagens Berman\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=932345023&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&a=About+Hagens+Berman)\n\nHagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation firm focusing\non corporate accountability. The firm is home to a robust practice and\nrepresents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others\nin cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and\nother wrongdoings. Hagens Berman's team has secured more than $2.9 billion in\nthis area of law. More about the firm and its successes can be found\nat hbsslaw.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3526007174&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&a=hbsslaw.com)\n. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4799777-1&h=3904329352&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2FClassActionLaw&a=%40ClassActionLaw)\n.\n\nAttorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any\nfuture case.\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/app-investor-deadline-applovin-corporation-investors-with-substantial-losses-have-opportunity-to-lead-securities-class-action-302911364.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/app-investor-deadline-applovin-corporation-investors-with-substantial-losses-have-opportunity-to-lead-securities-class-action-302911364.html)\n\nSOURCE Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP\n\n\n\nHagens Berman, Reed Kathrein, 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94710, 844-916-0895, APP@hbsslaw.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1117217/Hagens-Berman-Sobol-Shapiro-LLP-Logo.jpg?id=OA3023773\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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