NYSE:LRNK12 Stock Price, Forecast & News

K12's stock was trading at $17.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LRN stock has increased by 47.9% and is now trading at $25.38. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for K12 in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for K12.

K12 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for K12.

K12 Inc. (NYSE:LRN) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.03. The firm earned $257.15 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $253.83 million. K12 had a net margin of 2.23% and a return on equity of 3.56%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.44 EPS. View K12's earnings history.

K12 issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.033-1.04 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.03 billion.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for K12's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect K12's stock price to reach $27.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for K12.

Press coverage about LRN stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. K12 earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutK12.

K12 saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,420,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the April 30th total of 1,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 743,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View K12's Current Options Chain.

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K12 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LRN."

K12's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.09%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.97%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (2.80%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.76%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (2.56%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.20%). Company insiders that own K12 stock include Howard D Polsky, Kevin Chavous and Nathaniel A Davis. View institutional ownership trends for K12.

LRN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., AQR Capital Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for K12.

LRN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Portolan Capital Management LLC, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Invenomic Capital Management LP, Systematic Financial Management LP, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, and Rice Hall James & Associates LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for K12.

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

One share of LRN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.38.

K12 has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion and generates $1.02 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $37.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.91 on an earnings per share basis. K12 employs 4,550 workers across the globe.

The official website for K12 is www.k12.com.

K12's mailing address is 2300 Corporate Park Drive, Herndon VA, 20171. The company can be reached via phone at 703-483-7000 or via email at [email protected]12.com.