Stride (LRN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stride, Inc. (NYSE:LRN) is a technology-driven education company that designs and delivers online learning solutions for students and adult learners. Through long-term partnerships with state-authorized public school districts, Stride operates virtual academies that serve K-12 students across the United States. The company’s blended-learning model combines digital curriculum, live teaching support and data analytics to personalize instruction and monitor student progress.

In addition to its K-12 offerings, Stride provides a portfolio of career and workforce readiness programs under its Stride Career Prep division. These programs deliver online certificates and training courses in fields such as information technology, healthcare and skilled trades. Stride also offers a suite of supplemental curricula and professional development services to school districts and educational providers through its Stride Learning Solutions segment.

Founded in 2000 as K12 Inc. and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the company rebranded to Stride, Inc. in 2020 to reflect its expanding focus beyond traditional K-12 schooling. Over the years, Stride has acquired complementary businesses—such as Fuel Education—to broaden its curriculum offerings and extend its reach in both the public and private education sectors.

Stride’s programs are available in more than 30 states and are supported by a management team with deep experience in education, technology and operations. By leveraging proprietary learning platforms and flexible delivery models, Stride aims to address the diverse needs of learners from elementary school through adult career training.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $157.85 to $161.00
• 50-Day Range: $128.40 to $169.91
• 52-Week Range: $63.25 to $171.17
• Volume: 128,936 shs
• Average Volume: 759,463 shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.69
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $146.40
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Stride Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stride scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 191st out of 289 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Stride has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Stride has a consensus price target of $146.40, representing about 8.9% downside from its current price of $160.62.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stride has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.60%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stride are expected to grow by 9.60% in the coming year, from $6.67 to $7.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stride is 26.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 280.42.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stride is 26.71, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 18.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Stride has a PEG Ratio of 0.97. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stride has a P/B Ratio of 4.72. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.81% of the float of Stride has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stride has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stride has recently decreased by 7.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Stride does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Stride does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.81% of the float of Stride has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stride has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stride has recently decreased by 7.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.01

News Sentiment

Stride has a news sentiment score of 1.01. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Stride this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 9 people have searched for LRN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -31% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

12 people have added Stride to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 9% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stride insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,270,896.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.00% of the stock of Stride is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.24% of the stock of Stride is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LRN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LRN shares performed this year?

Stride's stock was trading at $103.93 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, LRN stock has increased by 54.5% and is now trading at $160.6230.

How were Stride's earnings last quarter?

Stride, Inc. (NYSE:LRN) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 5th. The company reported $2.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.46. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Stride's major shareholders?

Stride's top institutional investors include Invesco Ltd. (4.08%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.53%), Squarepoint Ops LLC (2.49%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.40%). Insiders that own company stock include James Jeaho Rhyu, Todd Goldthwaite, Les Ottolenghi, Vincent Mathis, Robert Cohen and Eliza Mcfadden.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Stride?

Shares of LRN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Stride own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Stride investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), Adobe (ADBE), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2025
• Today: 9/11/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: SCHOOLS
• Sub-Industry: Education Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LRN
• CIK: 1157408
• Web: www.k12.com
• Phone: (703) 483-7000
• Fax: 703-483-7330
• Employees: 8,600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Stride: $146.40
• High Price Target: $185.00
• Low Price Target: $94.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -8.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.57
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.98
• P/E Growth: 0.97
• Net Income: $287.94 million
• Net Margins: 11.97%
• Pretax Margin: 15.93%
• Return on Equity: 25.51%
• Return on Assets: 16.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 5.39
• Quick Ratio: 5.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.90
• Cash Flow: $10.81 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.79
• Book Value: $34.00 per share
• Price / Book: 4.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 43,630,000
• Free Float: 42,318,000
• Market Cap: $6.98 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.22