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Stride (Stride) Interest Coverage

: 41.69 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Stride's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $84 Mil. Stride's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2 Mil. Stride's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 41.69. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Stride's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LRN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.14   Med: 21.12   Max: 331.25
Current: 25.55


LRN's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
60.99% of 182 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 14.295 vs LRN: 25.55

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Stride Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stride's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Stride Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A N/A 6.14 18.92 19.69

Stride Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.70 32.73 26.06 1.61 41.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Stride's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Stride Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Stride's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stride's Interest Coverage falls into.



Stride Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Stride's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Stride's Interest Expense was $-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $165 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $494 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*165.499/-8.404
=19.69

Stride's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Stride's Interest Expense was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $84 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $496 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*84.289/-2.022
=41.69

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Stride  (NYSE:LRN) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Stride (Stride) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11720 Plaza America, 9th Floor, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
Stride Inc is an American online educational company. The company offers alternative programs to traditional on-campus schooling. It also operates state-funded virtual charter schools around the United States. The educational programs for K-12 students are usually monitored by parents and provide virtual classroom environments where teachers meet with students online, by phone, or in-person. The company's contractual agreements with various school districts to offer its curriculum programs provide a majority of the company's revenue. The company lines of business are Managed Public School Programs, Institutional, and Private Pay Schools and Other.
Executives
Robert Cohen director 7900 HARKINS ROAD, LANHAM MD 20706
Eliza Mcfadden director 2300 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, HERNDON VA 20171
Les Ottolenghi officer: Chief Info. & Tech. Officer ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Vincent Mathis officer: EVP, General Counsel 2300 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, HERNDON VA 20171
James Jeaho Rhyu director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2300 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, HERNDON VA 20171
Donna Blackman officer: Chief Financial Officer 11720 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, 9TH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Ralph R Smith director 1615 WEST CHESTER PIKE, STE 200, WEST CHESTER PA 19382-7956
Allison Lawrence director 11720 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, 9TH FLOOR, RESTON VA 20190
Joseph A Verbrugge director 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Nathaniel A Davis director, officer: Chairman and CEO 1500 ECKINGTON PLACE NE, WASHINGTON DC 20002
Shaun Mcalmont officer: EVP, Career Technical Ed. C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP., 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Kevin Chavous director 2300 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, HERNDON VA 20171
Timothy Medina officer: Chief Financial Officer 2300 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, HERNDON VA 20171
Victoria D Harker director 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Howard D. Polsky officer: General Counsel & Secretary 2300 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, HERNDON VA 20171