AppLovin shares rose 31.84% to $358.28 in the regular session while most of tech fell, and the Invesco QQQ Trust was down 4.13%. Q3 revenue reached $2.18 billion, up 55.5% year over year, and GAAP diluted EPS was $4.30 against a $4.03 consensus. Q4 revenue guidance is $2.365 billion to $2.395 billion. The author estimates that AppLovin's 0.68% weight in QQQ adds only about 0.22 percentage points to the fund's return. The article also warns of overlap risk, since funds such as QQQ and VUG often hold the same large-cap names.
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