Stride, Inc.

LRN Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

Stride, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $2.5 billion, up 4.69% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+2.98%
EPS
−1.26%
Free cash flow
+31.4%
Total debt
+7.52%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

73.93 0.94 −1.26%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
9.5×
Fwd P/E
9.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.78
Beneish M
−2.44
Dividend safety
n/a

Stride, Inc. (LRN) Free cash flow margin

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Stride, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.7%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (14.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.40% (fiscal 2020) to 15.5% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 14.1% (1.40)
FY2025 15.5% 4.85
FY2024 10.7% 3.29
FY2023 7.36% (0.90)
FY2022 8.26% 2.92
FY2021 5.34% 1.94
FY2020 3.40% (5.81)
FY2019 9.21% 2.43
FY2018 6.78% 2.21
FY2017 4.57% (2.18)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.40% High 15.5%
Ten-year median 7.07%
Current reading's percentile 92

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 29.7%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 23.1%
TAL TAL Education Group compare 18.4%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.7%
LRN Stride, Inc. 16.7%
STRA Strategic Education Inc. compare 16.5%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 15.2%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 4.00%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare 0.00%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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