Chegg, Inc. (CHGG)Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Santa Clara, United States | NYSE
0.77 USD
+0.07
(10.332%)
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(Oct. 15, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m. EDT
Chegg represents a catastrophic failure of the EdTech thesis, now trading as a distressed asset with no path to recovery. The company is hemorrhaging value, having lost over 82% of its equity value over the last nine years, with five consecutive years of declining annual returns. Fundamentally, the business is broken: revenue has contracted by half year-over-year, profitability is nonexistent with negative operating margins, and the balance sheet is fragile despite a small cash cushion. The news confirms the terminal decline, citing AI disruption and listing compliance warnings that threaten the very existence of the stock. While the price-to-book ratio appears cheap at under 0.7x, this is a classic value trap where the market has correctly priced in the obsolescence of the business model. There is no dividend to provide income, and the stock is effectively worthless for investors seeking capital preservation or growth. The only logical play is speculative contrarianism on a potential merger or liquidation premium, but the odds heavily favor further erosion of value. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.131246 |
| MSTL | 0.264540 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.269100 |
| AutoETS | 0.475671 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 0.97 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.072 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.42 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 42.76 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.408 |
| Market Cap | 85,790,936 |
| Forward P/E | -11.04 |
| Beta | 2.16 |
| Profit Margins | -19.96% |
| Website | https://www.chegg.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for further downside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts relative to calls across all expirations. The 'Top OI' strikes for both sides cluster at $1.00, creating a dense wall of resistance there, while significant volume is flowing into deep out-of-the-money puts ($1.50 strikes) suggesting bets on a collapse below current levels. Implied volatility is elevated on short-dated puts compared to calls, indicating fear of immediate volatility rather than a bullish rally.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.44444442 |
| Address1 | 3,990 Freedom Circle |
| All Time High | 115.21 |
| All Time Low | 0.44 |
| Ask | 0.7679 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 618,870 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,107,615 |
| Average Volume | 1,107,615 |
| Average Volume10Days | 618,870 |
| Beta | 2.164 |
| Bid | 0.7625 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Book Value | 1.069 |
| City | Santa Clara |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.7727 |
| Current Ratio | 1.169 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 0.7735 |
| Day Low | 0.705 |
| Debt To Equity | 42.76 |
| Display Name | Chegg |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,712,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,712,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,709,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,709,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,709,000 |
| Ebitda | 81,255,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.30603 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 0.691 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.212 |
| Enterprise Value | 56,168,648 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.13 |
| Eps Forward | -0.07 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 408 855 8954 |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.7762 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.0034999847 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0045091277 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -44.444443 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1.56 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.78729993 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.50467944 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.45 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.32270002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.7171112 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.45 - 1.56 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,384,353,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 101,315,908 |
| Forward Eps | -0.07 |
| Forward P E | -11.038571 |
| Free Cashflow | 50,036,876 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 564 |
| Fullday Change | 0.07230002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 10.331526 |
| Fullday Price | 0.7727 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.64845 |
| Gross Profits | 172,170,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03688 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.3968 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 111,027,482 |
| Industry | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Disp | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Key | education-training-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Chegg, Inc. provides a learning platform helping businesses bring new skills to their workforce and giving lifelong learners and students the skills and confidence to succeed in the United States and internationally. Its subscription services include Chegg Study, which offers personalized step-by-step learning support from AI, computational engines, and subject matter experts; Chegg Writing that provides students with a suite of tools, such as plagiarism detection scans, grammar and writing fluency checking, expert personalized writing feedback, and premium citation generation; Chegg Math provides a computational engine to help them understand and solve math problems; Chegg Study Pack, a bundle of various subscription product offerings, including Chegg Study, Chegg Writing, and Chegg Math services. The company also provides a skills-based learning platform to learn technical skills comprising AI, coding, data analytics, and cybersecurity. In addition, it rents and sells print textbooks and eTextbooks; and offers advertising services. The company serves students and companies through direct marketing channels and social media. Chegg, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. |
| Long Name | Chegg, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 85,790,936 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_27918871 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -52,997,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 81,360,938 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 0.695 |
| Operating Cashflow | 9,965,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.061240003 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.13 |
| Phone | 408 855 5700 |
| Previous Close | 0.7004 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -5.943846 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.72282505 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.3231151 |
| Profit Margins | -0.1996 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.893 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.07230002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 10.331526 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.7735 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.705 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.705 - 0.7735 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.695 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.7004 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.7727 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,089,888 |
| Regular Market Volume | 878,455 |
| Return On Assets | 0.04736 |
| Return On Equity | -0.38338003 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.507 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.408 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16440773 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Shares Outstanding | 111,027,482 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0544 |
| Shares Short | 6,040,276 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,554,811 |
| Short Name | Chegg, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.055999998 |
| Short Ratio | 4.97 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | CHGG |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.79167 |
| Target Median Price | 2.5 |
| Total Cash | 72,314,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.651 |
| Total Debt | 50,719,000 |
| Total Revenue | 265,512,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.47 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 0.8753 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.10259998 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.11721693 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 878,455 |
| Website | https://www.chegg.com |
| Zip | 95,054 |