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AppLovin Stock Slides After BofA Downgrade – Here Are the Key Levels to Watch

AppLovin’s (NASDAQ: APP) stock tumbled around 6% on Tuesday after Bank of America downgraded the mobile-ad tech company to Neutral from Buy and slashed its price target to $400 from $430.

The stock closed at $318.68, down from Monday’s close of $339, extending a brutal stretch that has seen shares nearly halve from a June peak above $620.

BoFA analysts flagged rising risk to AppLovin’s own long-term guidance of 30% year-over-year revenue growth, warning that “innovations in support of 30% growth are also more risky.”

Notably, BofA did not cut its valuation multiple, arguing AppLovin is unlikely to lose meaningful market share. Instead, the firm’s concern is that absent a fresh innovation cycle, AppLovin risks being re-rated by the market as a “mature adtech platform” rather than a high-growth compounder — a narrative shift that alone can compress multiples even if fundamentals hold up.

The downgrade lands on top of an already damaged chart. Shares gapped down sharply on August 6 (from roughly $418 to the $335-352 range on elevated volume), and Tuesday’s move pushes the stock to fresh multi-month lows.

Key levels to watch: Immediate support sits near $319-320 (today’s session low) and psychological $300 below that.

On the upside, resistance emerges at the pre-gap-down range of $335-350, and again near BofA’s own new $400 target — a level that now roughly marks the top of the post-crash trading band.

A decisive break below $300 would open the door to a retest of levels not seen since early 2025, while reclaiming $350 would signal stabilization. Volume remains elevated, underscoring continued distribution pressure.

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