Company Analysis

Chegg, Inc. (CHGG)

NYSE: CHGG · Services-Educational Services · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade3.6
◀ Past 3.2● Present 3.6▶ Future 4.0

The grade of Chegg, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.6/10
◀ Past3.230% of the headline
● Present3.640% of the headline
▶ Future4.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-07-24.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2026-07-24); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-04-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-10.2% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 2 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $644 million in fiscal 2020 to $377 million in fiscal 2025, down 10.2% a year; it rose in 1 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 51% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-10.2%bottom 17% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 4% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak51.4%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.5% a year. 87% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 95th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Chegg, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 87% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $56 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -86%: lost 86¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 57%: owes 57¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Chegg, Inc. lost about 86 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 81 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 57 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 4.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 19% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 13% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 28% of 41 in its family; net margin -27.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s standing among 41 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $377 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of -27.4% ranks in the bottom 18%; revenue growth of -21.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 14% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$377Mtop 48% of its family
  • net margin-27.4%bottom 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-21.1%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 36% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Rosensweig, Daniel (PRESIDENT, CEO, EXEC CHAIRMAN, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-18, 9 months (bottom 19% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13 years (top 19%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 9%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 7 peoplebottom 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed13.0 yearstop 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 40% of 41 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $31 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.4% of revenue (bottom 38%); a gross margin of 59.6% (top 22%); research spending of 24.8% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.2%bottom 44% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3.4%bottom 38% of its family
  • gross margin59.6%top 22% of its family
  • research spending against revenue24.8%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 26% of 39 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -21.1% a year over the last three filed years against -10.2% over all 6, slowing (bottom 37% of its family); the newest year grew -39% (bottom 12%); research spending grew -22% a year (bottom 31%); capital spending grew -35.1% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). Chegg, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Academic Services at $308 million (82%), Chegg Skilling at $69 million (18%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-10.9 points a yearbottom 37% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-39.0%bottom 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-22.0%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-35.1%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 46% of 36 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Chegg, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $377 million in fiscal 2025 came in 32% below the $554 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $103 million against a prior three-year average of $184 million (top 46%); a net margin of -27.4% against -32.7% before (top 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-32.0%bottom 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+44%top 46% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.3 pointstop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CHGG · research, not advice