On October 16, 2024, Fuzzy Panda Research issued a report entitled “Stride Inc (LRN) – The Last Covid Over Earner – Hiding That Est >25% of EBITDA Came from Covid Funds.” In this report, Fuzzy Panda announced that it had a short position in Stride, in part, because Stride was the “last Covid over-earning stock yet to fall. The stock is near its highs . . . but investors are clueless about the looming Covid funding cliff. Investors don’t know because Stride management has NOT told them. . . . Former Stride executives told us that management misled investors.”
On this news, Stride’s stock fell by $6.55 per share, or 9%, to close at $64.04 per share on October 16, 2024.