Stride (LRN) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Stride (LRN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 19.19% for Q1 2026, down 97.0% year-over-year from 639.7% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 19.22% in Q4 2025.

Stride (LRN) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Stride (LRN) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 19.19% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 19.19%, down 97.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.19% (down 97.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.96%, up 432.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed held at 19.19% in Q1 2026 per LRN's latest filing, from 19.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 20.16% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 10.04% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 14.97% and a median of 14.78% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Return on Capital Employed surged 538 bps in 2025, then sank 97 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.65% in 2022, then jumped by 31 bps to 13.93% in 2023, then surged by 34 bps to 18.68% in 2024, then gained by 3 bps to 19.22% in 2025, then decreased by 0 bps to 19.19% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LRN's Return on Capital Employed at 19.19% in Q1 2026, 19.22% in Q4 2025, and 18.44% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn 46.13%
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn 23.56%
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 3.48%
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 4.10%
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 19.19%
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 7.87%
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn 6.44%
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 8.69%
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 18.63%
10 Strategic Education 1.69 Bn 1.53 Bn - 9.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.19%
Dec 31, 2025 19.22%
Sep 30, 2025 18.44%
Jun 30, 2025 18.48%
Mar 31, 2025 20.16%
Dec 31, 2024 18.68%
Sep 30, 2024 17.12%
Jun 30, 2024 15.02%
Mar 31, 2024 14.78%
Dec 31, 2023 13.93%
Sep 30, 2023 13.48%
Jun 30, 2023 11.65%
Mar 31, 2023 11.46%
Dec 31, 2022 10.65%
Sep 30, 2022 10.04%
Jun 30, 2022 11.98%
Mar 31, 2022 10.15%
Dec 31, 2021 8.39%
Sep 30, 2021 7.09%
Jun 30, 2021 8.84%