Chegg Valuation

Is CHGG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CHGG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CHGG ($2.99) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($11.14)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CHGG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CHGG?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CHGG key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7x
PEG Ratio-0.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CHGG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CHGG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.3x
LINC Lincoln Educational Services
14.3x-12.6%US$372.9m
STG Sunlands Technology Group
1.4xn/aUS$107.6m
BSEF.Y Benesse Holdings
36.5xn/aUS$1.5b
PRDO Perdoceo Education
8.9x-0.01%US$1.4b
CHGG Chegg
21x-44.1%US$323.0m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CHGG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the peer average (15.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CHGG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a27.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CHGG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the US Consumer Services industry average (19.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CHGG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CHGG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21x
Fair PE Ratio5.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CHGG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CHGG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$2.99
US$6.17
+106.2%
31.7%US$8.50US$2.50n/a9
Jun ’25US$3.83
US$7.20
+88.0%
21.1%US$10.00US$4.00n/a10
May ’25US$5.38
US$7.20
+33.8%
21.1%US$10.00US$4.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$7.22
US$9.53
+32.0%
17.0%US$13.00US$7.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$9.04
US$9.66
+6.9%
16.6%US$13.00US$7.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$9.85
US$10.39
+5.5%
15.9%US$13.00US$8.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$11.36
US$10.31
-9.3%
14.4%US$13.00US$8.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$10.23
US$10.23
-0.05%
14.4%US$13.00US$8.00n/a12
Nov ’24US$7.50
US$10.46
+39.4%
14.8%US$13.00US$8.00n/a12
Oct ’24US$8.92
US$13.46
+50.9%
18.2%US$18.00US$10.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$10.64
US$13.77
+29.4%
16.8%US$18.00US$11.00n/a11
Aug ’24US$10.34
US$13.14
+27.0%
20.3%US$18.00US$10.00n/a11
Jul ’24US$8.88
US$13.50
+52.0%
18.3%US$18.00US$11.00US$2.9911
Jun ’24US$9.02
US$14.00
+55.2%
19.7%US$18.00US$11.00US$3.8311
May ’24US$17.60
US$20.33
+15.5%
13.8%US$25.00US$17.00US$5.3812
Apr ’24US$16.30
US$19.92
+22.2%
12.2%US$25.00US$17.00US$7.2212
Mar ’24US$15.51
US$19.92
+28.4%
12.2%US$25.00US$17.00US$9.0412
Feb ’24US$20.95
US$27.74
+32.4%
16.1%US$35.00US$18.00US$9.8513
Jan ’24US$25.27
US$27.25
+7.9%
15.4%US$35.00US$18.00US$11.3613
Dec ’23US$29.59
US$26.18
-11.5%
13.7%US$32.00US$18.00US$10.2313
Nov ’23US$21.11
US$23.91
+13.3%
16.7%US$30.00US$15.00US$7.5013
Oct ’23US$21.07
US$24.14
+14.6%
15.7%US$30.00US$15.00US$8.9213
Sep ’23US$19.95
US$23.57
+18.1%
14.5%US$30.00US$15.00US$10.6412
Aug ’23US$21.14
US$22.00
+4.1%
24.9%US$33.00US$13.00US$10.3412
Jul ’23US$19.15
US$22.27
+16.3%
25.4%US$33.00US$13.00US$8.8811

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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