Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Chegg, Inc. CHGG
$0.72 -2.38% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $82.6M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -0.8% from -62.2% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $265.5M, down 47.6% from a year earlier, slowing from -43.5% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -55.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 71.3 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 2%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 12%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 15%
- Gross marginTop 16%
- Operating marginBottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 23%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 14%
- 6-month returnTop 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 12%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 20%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 23%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -43.5% | -47.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 64.8% | 58.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -62.2% | -0.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | -0.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -47.6% | -43.5% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Gross margin | 58.7% | 64.8% | ↓ | Top 16% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | -62.2% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Net margin | -20.0% | -53.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.3% | 6.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.2% | — | Bottom 15% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -21.1% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -30.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.19×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -28.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.76%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.76%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +84.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $30.42
- Target vs current price
- +4122.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 27%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +60.0% | -14.7% | -22.3% | -19.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +200.0% | -6.5% | -25.2% | -0.8% | -20.7% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | +90.9% | -5.1% | -28.7% | -21.2% | +56.9% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -14.3% | -0.1% | +22.3% | +1.1% | -22.6% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +143.5% | -7.2% | -20.9% | -2.2% | -10.1% |
| May 12, 2025 | -500.0% | +7.5% | +29.9% | +153.6% | +60.9% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | +0.0% | +9.1% | -23.8% | -49.9% | -37.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +28.6% | -4.8% | -7.0% | +32.3% | -24.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.05 | +60.0% | $51.8M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.03 | -$0.03 | +200.0% | $63.3M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.11 | +90.9% | $72.7M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -$0.16 | -$0.14 | -14.3% | $77.7M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.10 | -$0.23 | +143.5% | $105.1M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.01 | -500.0% | $121.4M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | +0.0% | $143.5M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +28.6% | $136.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 2.8× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.33× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.93% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Earnings yield | -67.74% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.2× – 73.8× since Mar 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.3%
- RSI (14)
- 44.3
- Relative volume
- 0.47×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 83.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 45th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.46
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -54.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -96.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 20, 2026 | -99.6% | 1280 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Nov 10, 2020 | -24.1% | 15 days | 25 days (Dec 16, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $82.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.49
- Revenue (TTM)
- $265.5M
- 52-week range
- $0.45 – $1.67
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $776.3M | $766.9M | $716.3M | $617.6M | $376.9M |
| Gross profit | $521.4M | $569.5M | $490.4M | $436.6M | $226.9M |
| Operating income | $78.1M | $9.0M | -$67.7M | -$737.1M | -$63.3M |
| Net income | -$1.5M | $266.6M | $18.2M | -$837.1M | -$103.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.01 | $1.78 | -$0.34 | -$8.10 | -$0.96 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $136.6M | $143.5M | $121.4M | $105.1M | $77.7M | $72.7M | $63.3M | $51.8M |
| Net income | -$212.6M | -$6.1M | -$17.5M | -$35.7M | -$17.5M | -$32.8M | $228,000 | -$3.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.05 | -$0.06 | -$0.17 | -$0.33 | -$0.16 | -$0.30 | $0.00 | -$0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $273.2M | $255.7M | $246.2M | $125.2M | $15.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$94.2M | -$103.1M | -$83.1M | -$75.0M | -$28.1M |
| Free cash flow | $179.0M | $152.6M | $163.1M | $50.3M | -$12.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $791.5M | -$323.5M | -$334.8M | -$2.6M | $590,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $72.3M
- Total assets
- $227.6M
- Total liabilities
- $109.0M
- Total debt
- $50.7M
- Net debt
- $6.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $118.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,273,496
- Days to cover
- 3.29
- Change vs previous report
- -4.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.