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Share price

83.18 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

3.46B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Aug 5, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
16, FY2010 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

20.7% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

10.50x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

11.0% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 888.5M USDFY2017 Net income: 451.0K USDFY2018 Revenue: 917.7M USDFY2018 Net income: 27.6M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.02B USDFY2019 Net income: 37.2M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.04B USDFY2020 Net income: 24.5M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.54B USDFY2021 Net income: 71.5M USDFY2022 Revenue: 1.69B USDFY2022 Net income: 107.1M USDFY2023 Revenue: 1.84B USDFY2023 Net income: 126.9M USDFY2024 Revenue: 2.04B USDFY2024 Net income: 204.2M USDFY2025 Revenue: 2.41B USDFY2025 Net income: 287.9M USDFY2026 Revenue: 2.52B USDFY2026 Net income: 338.2M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
2 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 10.50x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 10.00x and 15.00x.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (135 companies), 10.50x sits at the 14th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.84x to 33.63x.

Is it good

Return on equity was 20.7% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Strong" (15.0% to 25.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting high returns on shareholders' money, which leverage can also produce.

Today, against the Education & Training Services industry (36 companies), 20.7% sits at the 88th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -54.1% to 15.7%.

Is it safe

Current ratio was 5.94 in FY2026, in the band labelled "At or above Graham's requirement" (2.00 and above), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting short-term assets well above short-term obligations.

Today, against the Education & Training Services industry (39 companies), 5.94 sits at the 99th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.86 to 2.20.

Year by year against peers
Whether Stride, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Education & Training Services industry, year by year. (FY2021 to FY2025, 5 fiscal years of Stride, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Stride, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Stride, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Stride, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (5 readings drawn from the statement lines Stride, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Stride, Inc., and where in its filings. (2 questions for Stride, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Stride, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (10 of sixteen figures read for Stride, Inc.)

These are LRN’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-090515.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Stride, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Return on equity20.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Return on capital employed, pre-tax21.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Return on assets13.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Gross margin37.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Operating margin17.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Net margin13.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
LRN 13.4%
PRDO 18.9%LOPE 19.5%GHC 6.0%TAL 17.6%MH 1.7%
1.7%19.5%
Net margin: LRN against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Stride, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Current ratio5.94 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Quick ratio5.81 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Altman Z-score5.97 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Net debt
Why n/a

The FY2026 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Total assets 2.44BTotal liabilities 803.2MShareholders' equity 1.63BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Stride, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515).

Stride, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets2.44B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026
Total liabilities803.2M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026
Shareholders' equity1.63B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026
Cash958.0M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026
Total debtn/a FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026
Net debtn/a
Current ratio5.94
Debt to equityn/a
  • Debt to equity: FY2026: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • Interest cover: FY2026: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Stride, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings10.50x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
P/E on trailing twelve months11.65x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book2.41x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Price to sales1.56x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Price to earnings over growth0.30 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Diluted earnings per share7.14 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Graham number78.39 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value LRN on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Stride, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Stride, Inc: valuation
Share price83.18 USD
Market capitalisation3.46B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number78.39 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20267.14 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 8.52x, median 22.34x, high 1814.00x, latest 11.65x. 2,523 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Stride, Inc

  1. Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO)Market cap 2.12B USD
  2. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)Market cap 4.21B USD
  3. Graham Holdings Company (GHC)Market cap 5.08B USD
  4. TAL Education Group (TAL)Market cap 7.63B USD
  5. McGraw Hill, Inc. (MH)Market cap 2.72B USD

Same industry (Education & Training Services) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Stride, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield11.0% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Free cash flow433.2M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Free cash flow margin17.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
FY2017 Free cash flow: 86.6M USDFY2017 Net income: 451.0K USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 96.7M USDFY2018 Net income: 27.6M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 136.1M USDFY2019 Net income: 37.2M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 78.7M USDFY2020 Net income: 24.5M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 130.6M USDFY2021 Net income: 71.5M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 197.1M USDFY2022 Net income: 107.1M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 198.8M USDFY2023 Net income: 126.9M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 276.5M USDFY2024 Net income: 204.2M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 431.0M USDFY2025 Net income: 287.9M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 433.2M USDFY2026 Net income: 338.2M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Stride, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
10.50xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
2.41xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
11.0%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Aug 5, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
n/aFY2026Aug 5, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
5.94FY2026Aug 5, 2026
1.56xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.30FY2026Oct 15, 2026
5.97FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.25FY2026Aug 5, 2026
7/9FY2026Aug 5, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2010 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Stride, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Stride, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20262.52B450.8M338.2M7.14433.2M17.9%20.7%10-K, Aug 5, 20260001104659-26-090515
FY20252.41B360.1M287.9M5.95431.0M15.0%19.5%10-K, Aug 6, 20250001558370-25-010334
FY20242.04B249.6M204.2M4.69276.5M12.2%17.4%10-K, Aug 7, 20240001558370-24-011134
FY20231.84B165.5M126.9M2.97198.8M9.0%13.4%10-K, Aug 16, 20230001558370-23-015003
FY20221.69B156.6M107.1M2.52197.1M9.3%13.2%10-K, Aug 10, 20220001558370-22-012941
FY20211.54B110.5M71.5M1.71130.6M7.2%8.9%10-K, Aug 11, 20210001558370-21-011173
FY20201.04B32.5M24.5M0.6078.7M3.1%3.6%10-K, Aug 12, 20200001558370-20-010355
FY20191.02B45.5M37.2M0.91136.1M4.5%5.9%10-K, Aug 7, 20190001558370-19-007293
FY2018917.7M25.5M27.6M0.6896.7M2.8%4.7%10-K, Aug 8, 20180001558370-18-006642
FY2017888.5M13.1M451.0K0.0186.6M1.5%0.1%10-K, Aug 9, 20170001558370-17-006309
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 12.3%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 108.7%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 107.5%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 19.6%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Stride, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.25 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Piotroski F-score7/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 5, 2026, 0001104659-26-090515
Named tests met2 of 30 Computed
Beta0.29 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 2 met, 14 not met, 14 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Owner earnings yield; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Not measured
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); High returns, low debt; Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(10)
  • Debt to Equity: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • EV/EBIT: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • EV/EBITDA: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • Interest Coverage: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

A thesis is your reason for owning it, in your words, with the figures that must stay true. Checking those figures every night against the newest filed accounts, and telling you once when one breaks, is what the subscription adds.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 10 figures could not be read on this company, among them Debt to Equity, EV/EBIT, Return on Invested Capital. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 14 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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