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Chegg (CHGG) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Chegg Financial Strength?

Chegg has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Chegg did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Chegg's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.88. As of today, Chegg's Altman Z-Score is 0.81.


Competitive Comparison of Chegg's Financial Strength

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Chegg's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Chegg's Financial Strength Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Chegg's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chegg's Financial Strength falls into.



Chegg Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Chegg's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.7 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $259.4 Mil.

Chegg's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Chegg did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Chegg's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(357.458 + 259.379) / 697.4
=0.88

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Chegg has a Z-score of 0.81, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.81 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Chegg  (NYSE:CHGG) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Chegg has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Chegg (CHGG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3990 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Chegg Inc is an American educational services company. The Chegg platform provides products and services to support learners with their academic course materials, as well as their career and personal skills development. The company's service and product offerings fall into two categories: Subscription Services, which encompasses Chegg Study Pack, Chegg Study, Chegg Writing, Chegg Math, and Busuu offerings that can be accessed internationally through the company's websites and on mobile devices, and Skills and Other, which encompasses skills, advertising services, print textbooks and eTextbooks offerings.
Executives
Nathan J. Schultz officer: Chief Content Officer C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Andrew J Brown officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PALMONE, INC., 400 N. MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Esther Lem officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Paul Leblanc director 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Marcela Martin director C/O SQUARESPACE, INC., 225 VARICK STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
David Longo officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3990 FREEDOM DR, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ted Schlein director, 10 percent owner 2750 DANS HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Daniel Rosensweig director, officer: President, CEO & Chairman C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
John Paul Fillmore officer: CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Sarah Bond director C/O ZUORA, INC., 101 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Robin Tomasello officer: VP, CORPORATE CONTROLLER C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO ST., SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
John E. York director C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Richard Sarnoff director C/O AUDIBLE INC, 65 WILLOWBROOK BLVD, WAYNE NJ 07470
Marne L. Levine director C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Michael A. Osier officer: Chief Information Officer C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054