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The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
An average decline of 17% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.2× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 73% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 4,040% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 99% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 17 buys and 12 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $103.4M against $376.9M in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The stock sits at $0.73. Under exchange rules, stocks that stay below $1 for too long risk being removed from the market.
This stock swings about 2.2 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
On our five-subject report card, CHGG sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: CHGG’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.