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

75.09 4.15 −5.24%
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) Return on invested capital

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Stride, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.7%, down 3.8 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (24.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.24% (fiscal 2017) to 24.5% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 24.5% 0.96
FY2025 23.6% 6.69
FY2024 16.9% 4.83
FY2023 12.0% 0.70
FY2022 11.3% 2.25
FY2021 9.09% 5.52
FY2020 3.57% (4.00)
FY2019 7.57% 3.39
FY2018 4.18% 1.94
FY2017 2.24% (0.13)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.24% High 24.5%
Ten-year median 8.33%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 49.9%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 41.0%
TAL TAL Education Group compare 27.3%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 26.5%
LRN Stride, Inc. 20.7%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 14.6%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 5.51%
STRA Strategic Education Inc. compare 2.52%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare −0.86%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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