Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Skillsoft Corp. SKIL
$5.64 -1.23% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $51.2M
High risk
Next earnings report: Dec 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 69% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -57.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 73.5 percentage points.
- Net debt is 7.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
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 9%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginBottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Interest coverBottom 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 2%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 6%
- 6-month returnTop 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 6%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.4% | -13.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 74.6% | 77.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -8.4% | -2.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.0% | 2.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -13.7% | -8.4% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Gross margin | 77.8% | 74.6% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | -2.9% | -8.4% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Net margin | -36.1% | -22.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.9% | 4.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -2.4% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.6% | — | Bottom 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -24.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -16.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.95×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.88%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.88%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $2.30
- Target vs current price
- -59.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | +41.0% | -4.5% | -13.2% | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2026 | +2220.0% | -11.5% | -14.1% | +13.1% | -4.8% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | -0.8% | -0.2% | +22.6% | +74.7% | +50.2% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | +31.0% | +2.3% | -12.3% | +18.0% | -42.0% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | +143.8% | -0.2% | -13.8% | +1.9% | -46.7% |
| Jun 9, 2025 | +111.3% | +1.8% | -12.5% | -11.8% | -13.2% |
| Apr 14, 2025 | +202.9% | +2.1% | +22.6% | +20.9% | -6.1% |
| Dec 10, 2024 | +37.7% | +1.4% | +32.3% | +101.2% | +32.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $1.17 | $0.83 | +41.0% | $98.2M |
| Jun 9, 2026 | $1.16 | $0.05 | +2220.0% | $94.5M |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $1.26 | $1.27 | -0.8% | $130.7M |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $1.65 | $1.26 | +31.0% | $129.0M |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $0.92 | -$2.10 | +143.8% | $128.8M |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.30 | -$2.65 | +111.3% | $124.2M |
| Apr 14, 2025 | $2.11 | -$2.05 | +202.9% | $133.8M |
| Dec 10, 2024 | -$1.82 | -$2.92 | +37.7% | $137.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 1.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.8× | — | — | Top 21% |
| EV / Sales | 1.18× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 25.86% | — | — | Top 5% |
| Earnings yield | -328.55% | — | — | Bottom 2% |
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)
- -5.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -18.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.7%
- RSI (14)
- 42.1
- Relative volume
- 0.18×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 117.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 87th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.01
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -68.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -88.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2021 | Mar 17, 2026 | -98.6% | 1086 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Aug 3, 2021 | -25.6% | 37 days | 41 days (Sep 30, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $51.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$18.53
- Revenue (TTM)
- $452.4M
- 52-week range
- $3.43 – $18.45
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $527.8M | $555.1M | $553.2M | $531.0M | $512.7M |
| Gross profit | $376.7M | $403.1M | $400.1M | $396.1M | $378.0M |
| Operating income | -$83.2M | -$119.8M | -$87.3M | -$47.1M | -$39.1M |
| Net income | -$70.2M | -$725.0M | -$349.3M | -$121.9M | -$139.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$14.43 | -$91.20 | -$43.38 | -$14.87 | -$16.27 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $137.2M | $133.8M | $124.2M | $128.8M | $129.0M | $130.7M | $94.5M | $98.2M |
| Net income | -$23.6M | -$31.1M | -$38.0M | -$23.8M | -$41.3M | -$36.7M | -$43.1M | -$42.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.86 | -$3.75 | -$4.57 | -$2.78 | -$4.74 | -$4.19 | -$4.89 | -$4.71 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $62.0M | -$20.9M | $2.8M | $30.0M | $25.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.0M | -$15.3M | -$17.9M | -$18.4M | -$1.8M |
| Free cash flow | $49.0M | -$36.2M | -$15.1M | $11.6M | $23.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.1M | -$2.8M | -$8.0M | -$1.1M | -$3.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $90.3M
- Total assets
- $766.5M
- Total liabilities
- $859.8M
- Total debt
- $573.6M
- Net debt
- $483.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$93.3M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 700,067
- Days to cover
- 5.65
- Change vs previous report
- +15.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 2, 2023
- 1-for-20