HIGHOutside partySupplier
single vendor for learning kits
“10-K Item 1A: 'Any failure by the single vendor we use to manage, receive, assemble and ship our learning kits and printed educational materials'”
LRN · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Stride (LRN) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Stride discloses is single vendor for learning kits, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Stride’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 4 disclosed concentrations
HIGH1
MEDIUM2
LOW1
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
MEDIUMBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
school-as-a-service agreements
“10-K Item 1: 'The majority of our revenue is derived from these school-as-a-service service agreements with the governing authorities of our public school partners.'”
MEDIUMOutside partySupplier
AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure
“10-K Item 1A: 'Any significant interruption in the operation of AWS or Azure could cause a loss of data and disrupt our ability to manage our technological infrastructure'”
LOWBuilt-inGeographic
California
“10-K Item 1A: 'we have agreements with 13 schools in California, and while each school is independent with its own governing authority and no single school in California accounts for more than 10% of our revenue'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-10-18Stride's disclosed concentrations are operational dependencies layered on a single revenue model, with no percentages given for most. The majority of revenue is derived from school-as-a-service agreements with the governing authorities of its public school partners, a medium-share structural exposure. Funding, policy and contract renewal decisions by public authorities therefore sit behind most of the revenue base. The most idiosyncratic risk is a single vendor used to manage, receive, assemble and ship learning kits and printed educational materials, a high-share dependency. A failure there would disrupt the physical materials that students need at the start of a school term, with direct consequences for service delivery and partner relationships. Technology adds a further dependency: any significant interruption in the operation of AWS or Azure could cause a loss of data and disrupt the company's ability to manage its technological infrastructure, a medium-share exposure. Geographically, the company has agreements with 13 schools in California, and no single school there accounts for more than 10% of revenue, a low-share structural exposure that looks well diversified within the state. Netting these out, the single logistics vendor is the item most able to move the verdict, while the public-contract model sets the structural baseline.
For the engine’s reasoning on LRN’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Education & Training Services
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINC | Lincoln Educational Services Co | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| LRN● | Stride, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| LAUR | Laureate Education, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| COUR | Coursera, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| APEI | American Public Education, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CVSA | Covista Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.