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Chegg, Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Chegg, Inc had return on equity of -66.2% and a net margin of -27.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin−23.0%−21.9%−21.2%−19.6%−16.6%−8.0%−4.6%−2.3%−1.0%−0.2%34.8%2.5%−135.5%−27.4%−17.2%
Return on equity—−59.4%−24.8%−24.8%−18.7%−6.6%−3.7%−2.1%−1.1%−0.2%24.0%1.8%−147.2%−66.2%−34.2%
Return on assets—−17.1%−20.1%−19.4%−14.5%−5.5%−2.5%−0.9%−0.3%−0.1%9.9%0.9%−64.5%−18.0%−17.3%
Effective tax rate———————————63.9%———
R&D as % of revenue18.4%16.4%16.2%19.7%26.1%32.1%35.6%34.0%26.5%23.0%25.6%26.8%27.6%24.8%17.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 3 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $188m
Short-term assets $81mLonger-term assets $107m
What it owes, and who funded it · $188m
Short-term liabilities $60mLonger-term liabilities $13mShareholders' equity $116m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $81m of assets due within a year against $60m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $81m short-term assets against $13m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$44m against $109,000 of interest.

From Chegg, Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

58 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Chegg's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 10 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 8.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 16 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 68.8%, moving by 5.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -6.0%; its worst year was -105.2%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 16.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 24.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 15.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (63 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Chegg, Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Chegg, Inc.