Stride price to free cash flow LRN
Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2013.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 6.6×
- 10-year median
- 9.3×
- Against its 10-year history
- 2nd
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 5.3× to 70.5×
- Peer median
- 12.7×
Stride's price to free cash flow is 6.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 9.3×, lower than on 98% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 5.3× in Oct 2016 to 70.5× in Apr 2021.
The median for 8 education and Training Services stocks of a similar size is 12.7×.
Price to free cash flow over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 6.6× | 6.6× | 17.0× |
| 2025 | 7.7× | 7.3× | 22.8× |
| 2024 | 16.9× | 10.1× | 17.8× |
| 2023 | 12.5× | 7.1× | 12.9× |
| 2022 | 7.2× | 7.0× | 11.9× |
| 2021 | 12.5× | 10.7× | 70.5× |
| 2020 | 17.2× | 7.3× | 30.4× |
| 2019 | 8.2× | 7.3× | 11.6× |
| 2018 | 9.0× | 6.4× | 10.8× |
| 2017 | 8.0× | 6.4× | 9.0× |
| 2016 | 8.6× | 2.5× | 8.8× |
| 2015 | 2.9× | 2.9× | 7.9× |
| 2014 | 5.0× | 4.6× | 12.4× |
| 2013 | 8.8× | 8.0× | 16.1× |
Against its peers
Companies in Education & Training Services nearest Stride's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| LRNStride | 6.6× |
| LOPEGrand Canyon Education | 17.5× |
| CVSACovista | 11.4× |
| PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION | 9.7× |
| LAURLaureate Education | 18.8× |
| STRAStrategic Education | 10.8× |
| UTIUniversal Technical Institute | n/m |
| APEIAmerican Public Education | 12.7× |
| LINCLincoln Educational Services | 28.0× |
| Peer median | 12.7× |
What the price to free cash flow tells you
Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.
Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.