With 1.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.78 million shares. During the session, the Education & Training Services company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $151.41 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $140.1201. The 52-week range on LRN shows that it touched its highest point at $148.03 and its lowest point at $63.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $161.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.37.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LRN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.96%, but this was up by 16.71% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 12.35% while six-month performance rose 65.59%. The stock gained 121.72% in the past year, while it has gained 45.00% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LRN yields 6.40 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.59. For the next quarter, that number is 1.76. This implies an EPS growth rate of 46.70% for this year and 10.29% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 22.08% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 38.85%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 43.49 million LRN shares are outstanding with a float of 41.18 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 4.29 million, which was 986.0 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. James J. Rhyu as the firm’s Chair of the Board & CEO, Ms. Donna M. Blackman CPA serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.1603199 of LRN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2021-06-30, LRN reported revenue of $613376000.0 and operating income of $130786000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $167087000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LRN since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With LRN analysts setting a high price target of 170.0 and a low target of 144.75, the average target price over the next 12 months is 157.75. Based on these targets, LRN could surge 12.81% to reach the target high and fall by -3.95% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 4.68% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.5775 being high and $4.49789 being low. For LRN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.52774.
