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Is Stride (LRN) a Buy, Hold or Sell?
Stride — our independent, AI-built valuation and rating, in brief.
HOLD (accumulate)
12-mo fair value
$103.00
To fair value
+19%
Report dated 2026-06-18 · fair value derived independently of the market price.
The thesis, in brief
Net-cash, high-FCF K-12 online leader; the ~15% drop on losing the Lone Star contract (~2% of revenue) was overdone; capped calls hedge the dilution (~43M sh, not 48M). Swing factor: FY27 enrollment
How we value it
We value Stride using Reverse DCF (10.5% WACC) + P/E + EV/EBITDA. The 12-month fair value is set from that intrinsic estimate first, then compared to the market to read the upside or downside — never anchored to the current price.
What the full report covers
- Business & moat + industry cycle
- Earnings quality & normalized EPS
- Returns on capital (ROIC vs WACC)
- Balance-sheet safety
- Two independent valuations (DCF + multiples)
- Bear / base / bull fair values
- Earnings-call analysis
- Insider activity & positioning
- Technicals (RSI / ADX)
- A falsifiable thesis
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