Stride Inc (LRN) is undervalued and TAL Education Group ADR (TAL) is undervalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, LRN trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +56%, against +27% for TAL.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 7.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $177.25; the price of $78.69 is 56% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 7.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $16.17; the price of $11.87 is 27% below that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals
| Metric | LRN | TAL |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Undervalued | Undervalued |
| Price | $78.69 | $11.87 |
| Intrinsic value | $177.25 | $16.17 |
| Margin of safety | +56% | +27% |
| Leak Score | 100/100 (3/12) | 100/100 (3/12) |
| Market cap | $3.3B | $4.0B |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 10.4% | -7.7% |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 12.4% |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 28.4% |
| Return on equity | 21.7% | 23.8% |
| Debt to equity | 0.33 | 0.10 |
| P/E | 10.9x | 7.3x |
| Forward P/E | 9.9x | — |
| P/B | 2.0x | 1.4x |