CHEGG, INC CHGG
Chegg is a learning platform helping businesses bring new skills to their workforce and giving lifelong learners and students the skills and confidence to succeed. Focused on the large and growing skilling market, Chegg offers innovative tools for workplace readiness, professional upskilling, and language learning. Chegg also continues to offer students artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, personalized support. Chegg remains committed to its mission of improving learning outcomes and career opportunities for millions of people around the world.
Our long-term strategy is focused on helping learners achieve better outcomes by combining academic support with practical, career-relevant skills across the learning lifecycle. We are evolving our platform to support learners both in the classroom and beyond, leveraging AI to deliver faster, more personalized, and more effective learning experiences. We continue to invest in expanding our skilling offerings and integrating them with our core academic services to provide a differentiated, end-to-end solution that supports the whole learner. Our use of AI in our platform is designed to enable us to scale personalized support, improve learning outcomes, and increase course completion while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy. We believe these investments position us to drive deeper engagement, expand our addressable market, and return the business to sustainable revenue growth over time. Our ability to achieve these long-term objectives is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which are described in greater detail below and in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $376.9M | $617.6M | $716.3M | $766.9M | $776.3M | $644.3M | $410.9M | $321.1M | $255.1M | $254.1M |
| Cost of revenue | $152.2M | $180.9M | $225.9M | $197.4M | $254.9M | $205.4M | $92.2M | $80.0M | $80.2M | $119.6M |
| Gross profit | $224.8M | $436.6M | $490.4M | $569.5M | $521.4M | $438.9M | $318.7M | $241.1M | $174.9M | $134.5M |
| R&D | $93.5M | $170.4M | $191.7M | $196.6M | $178.8M | $170.9M | $139.8M | $114.3M | $81.9M | $66.3M |
| SG&A | $177.4M | $217.8M | $236.2M | $216.2M | $159.0M | $129.3M | $97.6M | $77.7M | $64.4M | $55.4M |
| Total operating expenses | $341.6M | $1.17B | $558.1M | $560.5M | $443.3M | $382.2M | $300.9M | $247.3M | $193.9M | $174.6M |
| Operating income | -$116.9M | -$737.1M | -$67.7M | $9.0M | $78.1M | $56.8M | $17.8M | -$6.2M | -$19.0M | -$40.1M |
| Interest expense | $590.0K | $2.6M | $3.8M | $6.0M | $6.9M | $66.3M | $44.9M | $11.2M | $74.0K | $171.0K |
| Pre-tax income | -$100.1M | -$688.4M | $50.3M | $103.9M | $5.7M | -$861.0K | -$7.0M | -$13.5M | -$18.5M | -$40.5M |
| Income tax | $3.3M | $148.7M | $32.1M | $162.7M | $7.2M | $5.4M | $2.6M | $1.4M | $1.8M | $1.7M |
| Net income | -$103.0M | -$837.0M | $18.0M | $266.6M | -$1.5M | -$6.2M | -$9.6M | -$14.9M | -$20.3M | -$42.2M |
| EPS, basic | -0.96 | -8.10 | 0.16 | 2.09 | -0.01 | -0.05 | -0.08 | — | — | — |
| EPS, diluted | -0.96 | -8.10 | -0.34 | 1.34 | -0.01 | -0.05 | -0.08 | -0.13 | -0.20 | -0.47 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | $107.5M | $103.3M | $128.6M | $149.9M | $141.3M | $125.4M | $119.2M | — | — | $90.5M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $31.1M | $161.5M | $135.8M | $475.9M | $855.9M | $481.7M | $389.4M | $375.9M | $127.0M | $77.4M |
| Short-term investments | $41.7M | $154.2M | $194.3M | $584.0M | $691.8M | $665.6M | $381.1M | $93.3M | $81.7M | $0 |
| Receivables | $15.6M | $23.6M | $31.4M | $23.5M | $17.9M | $12.9M | $11.5M | $12.7M | $10.9M | $10.5M |
| Total current assets | $121.6M | $437.6M | $414.8M | $1.14B | $1.62B | $1.18B | $807.3M | $494.9M | $228.9M | $111.4M |
| Property, plant and equipment | $115.2M | $170.6M | $183.1M | $204.4M | $169.9M | $125.8M | $87.4M | $59.9M | $47.5M | $35.3M |
| Goodwill | — | $0 | $632.0M | $615.1M | $289.8M | $285.2M | $214.5M | $149.5M | $125.3M | $116.2M |
| Other intangibles | $6.0M | $10.3M | $52.4M | $78.3M | $40.6M | $51.2M | $34.7M | $25.9M | $21.2M | $20.7M |
| Total assets | $278.0M | $869.0M | $1.73B | $2.47B | $2.92B | $2.25B | $1.49B | $760.9M | $446.9M | $290.7M |
| Accounts payable | $3.3M | $15.2M | $28.2M | $12.4M | $12.0M | $8.5M | $7.4M | $8.2M | $7.0M | $5.2M |
| Total current liabilities | $140.9M | $528.3M | $518.5M | $138.9M | $114.3M | $109.7M | $71.4M | $59.7M | $51.6M | $64.3M |
| Total liabilities | $158.4M | $676.0M | $782.6M | $1.35B | $1.81B | $1.64B | $990.2M | $350.3M | $55.9M | $68.7M |
| Retained earnings | -$992.9M | -$889.4M | -$52.4M | -$70.6M | -$337.2M | -$422.6M | -$416.3M | -$406.6M | -$391.6M | -$371.3M |
| Total equity | $119.6M | $193.0M | $944.6M | $1.12B | $1.11B | $609.6M | $498.8M | $410.6M | $391.1M | $221.9M |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $15.5M | $125.2M | $246.2M | $255.7M | $273.2M | $236.4M | $113.4M | $75.1M | $51.5M | $24.3M |
| Depreciation and amortisation | — | — | $105.3M | $64.1M | $49.6M | $32.6M | $24.2M | $16.8M | $13.8M | $9.9M |
| Stock-based compensation | $31.9M | $84.6M | $133.5M | $133.5M | $108.8M | $84.1M | $64.9M | $52.0M | $38.4M | $41.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $28.1M | $75.0M | $83.1M | $103.1M | $94.2M | $81.3M | $42.3M | $31.2M | $26.1M | $24.7M |
| Investing cash flow | $282.3M | $11.3M | $268.7M | $104.9M | -$365.8M | -$732.8M | -$703.4M | -$82.5M | -$136.2M | -$6.0M |
| Financing cash flow | -$428.5M | -$109.1M | -$852.8M | -$744.8M | $466.7M | $588.6M | $603.5M | $256.4M | $134.2M | -$8.7M |
| Buybacks | $0 | $2.6M | $334.8M | $323.5M | $300.0M | $0 | $20.0M | — | — | — |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001364954-26-000040.
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