Stride, Inc. vs UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LRN and UTI diverge most: on fcf yield, LRN reads 12.7% and UTI reads -2.0%; on operating margin, LRN reads 16.6% and UTI reads 1.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What UTI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LRN | UTI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $82.00 | $20.31 |
| Market cap | $3.4B | $1.1B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +15.1% |
| P/E | 11.5 | 33.3 |
| P/B | 2.09 | 3.30 |
| P/S | 1.35 | 1.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.4 | 14.4 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +9.2% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 1.5% |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 3.9% |
| Return on equity | 20.7% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 13.9% | 3.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.4% | 6.4% |
| FCF yield | 12.7% | -2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.26 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 5.94 | 1.30 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.11 | 2.49 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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