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Largest EduTech Public Companies in the US
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Tyler Technologies, Duolingo, Graham Holdings, Stride and Exponent.
 | Tyler Technologies provides a full suite of software solutions and services that address the needs of cities, counties, schools, courts and other local government entities. The company’s three core products are Munis, which is the core ERP system, Odyssey, which is the court management system, or CMS, and payments. The company also provides a variety of add-on modules and offers outsourced property tax assessment services. | $314 | -47% | $13B | $13B | 5.4x | 19.4x | ||
| Duolingo Inc is a technology company that develops a mobile learning platform to learn languages and is the top-grossing app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Its products are powered by sophisticated data analytics and artificial intelligence and delivered with class art, animation, and design to make it easier for learners to stay motivated master new material, and achieve their learning goals. Its solutions include the Duolingo Language Learning App, Super Duolingo, Duolingo English Test: AI-Driven Language Assessment, Duolingo For Schools, Duolingo ABC, and Duolingo Math. It has four predominant sources of revenue; time-based subscriptions, in-app advertising placement by third parties, and the Duolingo English Test, and In-App Purchases. | $110 | -73% | $5B | $4B | 3.8x | 13.0x | ||
| Graham Holdings Company is a diversified holding company with operations spanning educational services, television broadcasting, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive dealerships, and other businesses. The Company's education activities are conducted through Kaplan, whose services include academic preparation programs for international students, English-language programs, exam preparation, and career and academic advisement. These services are provided to students, schools, and colleges, both domestically and outside the United States. It operates through seven reportable segments: Kaplan International, Kaplan Higher Education, Kaplan Supplemental Education, Television Broadcasting, CSI, Manufacturing and Automotive, with key revenue coming from the Education and Automotive segments. | $1,106 | +17% | $5B | $5B | 1.0x | 6.6x | ||
| Stride Inc is an American online educational company. It offers alternative programs to traditional on-campus schooling. It also operates state-funded virtual charter schools around the United States. The educational programs for K-12 students are usually monitored by parents and provide virtual classroom environments where teachers meet with students online, by phone, or in-person. The company's contractual agreements with various school districts to offer its curriculum programs provide a majority of the company's revenue. The company lines of business are Managed Public School Programs, Institutional and Private Pay Schools and Other. | $98 | -33% | $4B | $4B | 1.6x | 6.8x | ||
| Exponent Inc is a science and engineering consulting firm that provides solutions to complex problems. The company's consultant team is composed of scientists, physicians, engineers, as well as business and regulatory consultants. The company currently operates through two segments. The engineering and other scientific segments, which account for the majority of revenue, provide servicing encompassing biomechanics, biomedical engineering, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, etc. The environmental and health segment covers chemical regulation and food safety, ecological and biological sciences, environmental and earth sciences and others. The company generates almost all of its revenues from America. | $58 | -22% | $3B | $3B | 4.8x | 16.9x | ||
| John Wiley & Sons Inc is a publisher and a trusted leader in research and learning. The company segment includes: Research, which includes the reporting lines of Research Publishing and Research Solutions, and Learning includes the Academic and Professional reporting lines and consists of publishing, courseware, and assessments. Its industry-principal content, services, platforms, and knowledge networks are tailored to meet the evolving needs of its customers and partners, including researchers, students, instructors, professionals, institutions, and corporations. The company empowers knowledge-seekers to transform today’s obstacles into tomorrow’s brightest opportunities. For more than two centuries, the company has been delivering on its timeless mission to unlock human potential. | $44 | -1% | $2B | $3B | 1.8x | 7.7x | ||
| Coursera Inc is an online learning platform that connects learners, educators, and institutions with the goal of providing educational content that is affordable, accessible, and relevant. It combines content, data, and technology into a single, unified platform that is customizable and extensible to both individual learners and institutions. The company operates through two reporting segments: Consumer and Enterprise. The majority of revenue is generated from the Consumer segment. The consumer segment targets individual learners seeking to obtain hands-on learning, gain valuable job skills, receive professional-level certifications, and otherwise increase their knowledge to start or advance their careers. | $6 | -37% | $2B | $842M | 1.1x | 13.3x | ||
| Cengage Learning Holdings II Inc is an educational technology, content, and services company operating in the higher education, professional, K-12, English language teaching (ELT) and library spaces. It has five reportable segments on the basis of products and customers provided by each segment: Cengage Academic (U.S. Higher Education, International Higher Education, and Secondary Education), Cengage Work (ed2go and Infosec), Research, ELT, and Other (Australia K-12 and Milady). Research, ELT, and Other are reported together as a core business unit titled Cengage Select. | $24 | -- | $1B | $3B | - | - | ||
| Founded in 1981, Blackbaud provides software solutions designed to serve the "social good" community, including nonprofits, foundations, corporations, educational institutions, healthcare institutions, and individual change agents. Through M&A and organic product development efforts, the company has also moved into related areas outside core fundraising, notably into K-12 schools. The firm enables more than $100 billion in donations annually across a customer base in excess of 40,000 customers in over 100 countries. | $30 | -53% | $1B | $3B | 2.3x | 6.3x | ||
| American Public Education Inc provides online and campus based postsecondary education including various undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The fields of study include business administration, health science, technology, criminal justice, education, liberal arts, national security, military studies, intelligence, and homeland security. There are three reporting segments: the American Public University segment which is the key revenue generator; the Rasmussen University Segment and the Hondros College of Nursing segment. The revenue is generated from net course registrations and enrollment, tuition rate, net tuition, and other fees. | $52 | +72% | $959M | $895M | 1.4x | 10.4x | ||
| Scholastic Corp is an American publishing and education media company that focuses on books and educational material for schools, teachers, parents, and children. It creates print, digital, and audiobooks, learning materials and programs, classroom magazines, and other products that support children’s learning and reading both at home and at school. The company also owns rights to various books, including Harry Potter, Dog Man, and The Hunger Games among others. It has three reportable segments Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution, Education Solutions, and International. The majority of its revenue is from the Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution segment. | $43 | +104% | $789M | $969M | 0.6x | 6.7x | ||
| Udemy Inc operates a marketplace platform at the center of a vibrant knowledge network. The company operates under two operating and reportable segments Enterprise segment and Consumer segment, out of which the Enterprise segment derives the maximum revenue. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from North America, and also has its presence in Europe, Middle East, Africa; Asia Pacific; and Latin America. The company leverages data, technology, and insights for effective learning experiences. It helps individuals and organizations to possess effective skill acquisition and development with flexibility. | $5 | -34% | $677M | $329M | - | - | ||
| WW International Inc specializes in weight management and providing clinical solutions in the United States. it also operates its proprietary digital platform that provides members with access to science-backed behavioral weight loss and weight management programs. The company's primary sources of revenue are subscriptions for digital, workshop, and clinical offerings. The Digital business refers to providing subscriptions to digital product offerings. Workshops + Digital business provides subscriptions for unlimited access to workshops combined with digital subscription product offerings. The Clinical business provides subscriptions to clinical product offerings combined with digital subscription product offerings and unlimited access to workshops. | $16 | -- | $160M | $507M | 0.6x | (2.6x) | ||
| Chegg Inc is an American educational services company. The Chegg platform provides products and services to support learners with their academic course materials, as well as their career and personal skills development. The company's service and product offerings fall into two categories: Subscription Services, which encompasses Chegg Study Pack, Chegg Study, Chegg Writing, Chegg Math, and Busuu offerings that can be accessed internationally through the company's websites and on mobile devices, and Skills and Other, which encompasses skills, advertising services, print textbooks, and eTextbooks offerings. | $1 | +11% | $150M | $136M | 0.4x | 2.0x | ||
| Nerdy Inc provides a platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The company's proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners with instructors across a wide range of subjects and formats, including subscription-based learning, one-on-one instruction, small group tutoring, large-format classes, and assessments. Its flagship business operates under the Varsity Tutors brand. The company's offerings are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. | $1 | -50% | $102M | $77M | 0.4x | (4.3x) | ||
| Skillsoft Corp is a leader in corporate digital learning. The company's segments include Talent Development Solutions and Global Knowledge. Talent Development Solutions brings a foundation of products and customers. TDS enterprise-grade solution serves customers and employees world-wide. TDS Learner is a world-renowned consumer-scale and experiential learning platform that serves learners internationally. The Global Knowledge segment is centered around instructor-led training, or live learning, with face-to-face delivery by experienced trainers, both in-person and virtually. | $8 | -50% | $71M | $557M | 1.1x | 5.1x | ||
| ZSPACE Inc is a provider of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) educational technology solutions. It focuses on both United States K-12 schools and Career & Technical Education (CTE) markets. The company's proprietary hardware and software platform provides the ability to deliver an interactive, stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) learning experience to users without the need to utilize VR goggles or specialty glasses. The platform serves a broad range of critical educational tools designed for K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) lessons as well as training skilled trades in areas such as health sciences, automotive engineering/repair, Unity3D software programming, and manufacturing. Key revenue is generated from hardware. | VR & AR+2 | $0 | -93% | $728K | $18M | - | - | |
| Median | $30 | -34% | $1B | $969M | 1.2x | 6.8x |
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