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Stride earnings quality score

How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show

Score68 / 100 · grade B · rank 424 of 1027

Stride (LRN) scores 68 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 424 of 1027 companies and 92 of 287 in industrials. It loses the most points on accruals of -4.0% of assets, higher than 51% of companies (profit backed by cash), Montier C-score 3 of 6 checks failed, discretionary accruals of -4.2% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most. It earns full or near-full marks for Beneish M-score -2.43: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.43 (normal), profit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.94).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -4.0% of assets, higher than 51% of companies (profit backed by cash)1020
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.43: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.43 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 3 of 6 checks failed815
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -4.2% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most410
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 6 of 9710
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 15% below GAAP510
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.94)55
LRN: share of the available points, by componentLRN: share of the available points, by componentAccruals49%Discretionary accruals38%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score50%Piotroski F-score67%Non-GAAP gap51%Earnings smoothness100%

How the score is built

Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.

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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.