stride - LRN

LRN

Close Chg Chg %
82.21 0.81 0.99%

Open Market

83.02

+0.81 (0.99%)

Volume: 235.45K

Last Updated:

Sep 9, 2026, 10:41 AM EDT

Company Overview: stride - LRN

LRN Key Data

Open

$82.85

Day Range

82.32 - 83.43

52 Week Range

60.61 - 166.93

Market Cap

$3.52B

Shares Outstanding

41.56M

Public Float

40.18M

Beta

0.11

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

11.85

EPS

$7.92

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

700.85K

 

LRN Performance

1 Week
 
-2.99%
 
1 Month
 
-0.44%
 
3 Months
 
-15.92%
 
1 Year
 
-48.12%
 
5 Years
 
145.59%
 

LRN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 5
Full Ratings ➔

About stride - LRN

Stride, Inc. is a technology-based educational company, which engages in the provision of proprietary and third-party curriculum, software systems and educational services. It also offers online curriculum and career services to middle and high school students, under the Destinations Career Academy brand name. The company was founded by Ronald J. Packard in 2000 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

LRN At a Glance

Stride, Inc.
11720 Plaza America Drive
Reston, Virginia 20190
Phone 1-703-483-7000 Revenue 2.52B
Industry Other Consumer Services Net Income 338.19M
Sector Consumer Services 2026 Sales Growth 4.688%
Fiscal Year-end 06 / 2027 Employees 9,200
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LRN Valuation

P/E Current 11.852
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 12.07
Price to Sales Ratio 1.621
Price to Book Ratio 2.191
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 9.41
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 6.322
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.457
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.149

LRN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 273,704.457
Income Per Employee 36,760.00
Receivables Turnover 3.788
Total Asset Turnover 1.065

LRN Liquidity

Current Ratio 5.941
Quick Ratio 5.809
Cash Ratio 3.317

LRN Profitability

Gross Margin 37.036
Operating Margin 18.243
Pretax Margin 17.52
Net Margin 13.431
Return on Assets 14.301
Return on Equity 21.735
Return on Total Capital 15.525
Return on Invested Capital 16.534

LRN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 33.448
Total Debt to Total Capital 25.064
Total Debt to Total Assets 22.417
Long-Term Debt to Equity 29.575
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 22.162
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Annual Financials for Stride - LRN

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.84B 2.04B 2.41B 2.52B
Sales Growth
+8.93% +11.03% +17.90% +4.69%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.21B 1.30B 1.48B 1.59B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
119.49M 105.68M 110.37M 121.16M
Depreciation
54.99M 32.78M 37.87M 52.06M
Amortization of Intangibles
64.50M 72.90M 72.50M 69.10M
COGS Growth
+8.94% +7.28% +14.05% +7.18%
Gross Income
628.27M 743.00M 926.02M 932.60M
Gross Income Growth
+8.93% +18.26% +24.63% +0.71%
Gross Profit Margin
+34.19% +36.42% +38.50% +37.04%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
453.77M 484.80M 495.55M 473.23M
Research & Development
15.50M 16.70M 16.60M 22.00M
Other SG&A
438.27M 468.10M 478.95M 451.23M
SGA Growth
+11.76% +6.84% +2.22% -4.50%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
9.00M 8.60M 70.38M 8.60M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
165.50M 249.60M 360.09M 450.77M
Non Operating Income/Expense
15.45M 26.90M 33.63M 2.17M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - 31.60M 30.40M
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
8.40M 8.81M 10.50M 11.78M
Interest Expense Growth
+1.53% +4.85% +19.20% +12.13%
Gross Interest Expense
8.40M 8.81M 10.50M 11.78M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
172.55M 267.69M 383.22M 441.16M
Pretax Income Growth
+17.32% +55.14% +43.16% +15.12%
Pretax Margin
+9.39% +13.12% +15.93% +17.52%
Income Tax
45.35M 64.48M 93.01M 102.77M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
53.39M 60.34M 109.62M 61.53M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
2.33M 1.25M 1.17M 1.24M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(10.37M) 2.89M (17.78M) 39.99M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
126.87M 204.18M 287.94M 338.19M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
126.87M 204.18M 287.94M 338.19M
Net Income Growth
+18.42% +60.94% +41.02% +17.45%
Net Margin Growth
+6.90% +10.01% +11.97% +13.43%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
126.87M 204.18M 287.94M 338.19M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
126.87M 204.18M 287.94M 338.19M
EPS (Basic)
3.0002 4.79 6.6899 7.917
EPS (Basic) Growth
+16.08% +59.66% +39.66% +18.34%
Basic Shares Outstanding
42.29M 42.63M 43.04M 42.72M
EPS (Diluted)
2.9692 4.69 5.9475 7.145
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+17.63% +57.96% +26.81% +20.13%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
42.73M 43.54M 48.41M 47.33M
EBITDA
293.99M 363.88M 540.84M 580.53M
EBITDA Growth
+3.27% +23.78% +48.63% +7.34%
EBITDA Margin
+16.00% +17.84% +22.49% +23.05%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 121.20
Number of Ratings 5 Current Quarters Estimate 1.07
FY Report Date 09 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 7.423
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.75 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 7.14 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 7.933
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 3 3 3
Mean Estimate 1.07 2.30 7.42 7.93
High Estimates 1.20 2.47 7.49 8.01
Low Estimate 0.96 2.07 7.29 7.84
Coefficient of Variance 11.33 8.94 1.56 1.09

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 4
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 2 2 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Buy

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