NYSE:LRN - K12 Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

K12 Inc. (NYSE:LRN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.07. The firm earned $257.12 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $253.94 million. K12 had a return on equity of 5.75% and a net margin of 3.50%. K12's revenue for the quarter was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.22) earnings per share. View K12's Earnings History.

K12 is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for K12.

K12 will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

K12 issued an update on its second quarter 2020 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $255-260 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $255.93 million.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for K12's shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate K12's stock price to reach $36.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 75.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for K12.

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.

Press coverage about LRN stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. K12 earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 several days. View News Stories for K12.

K12 saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,080,000 shares, an increase of 15.1% from the December 15th total of 938,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 340,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View K12's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to K12 include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Career Education (CECO), American Public Education (APEI), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), National American University Holdngs (NAUH), Corinthian Colleges (COCOQ) and ITT Educational Services (ESINQ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other K12 investors own include Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Century Aluminum (CENX), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Yamana Gold (AUY), Centurylink (CTL), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Abraxas Petroleum (AXAS), FireEye (FEYE) and LivePerson (LPSN).

K12's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.19%). 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold K12 company stock in the last year include Kevin Chavous and Nathaniel A Davis. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $20.80.

K12 has a market capitalization of $851.86 million 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.View Additional Information About K12.

The official website for K12 is http://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]