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Learning Tree International

LTRE
Education & Training Services · Consumer Defensive
Price
$0.50
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$6.6M
Winston Score
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We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Winston Score History

The full picture

Learning Tree International is a company that teaches job skills to working adults, mostly in technology and business topics. Their courses cover things like cybersecurity, cloud computing, project management, and leadership. The main customers are professionals and the companies that employ them — especially government agencies and large corporations that need to keep their workers trained on the latest tools and methods.

Learning Tree makes money by charging fees for training courses, which can be taken in person at their training centers or online. The company operates mainly in North America and parts of Europe, and it is quite small, with a market cap near zero. Its long-standing relationships with government clients and its catalog of hundreds of courses give it some stability, but it faces heavy competition from larger training providers and free or low-cost online learning platforms. The biggest risk is that corporate and government training budgets can shrink quickly during economic downturns, which directly cuts into revenue.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-11.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-81.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$3M/ year

Flat (-4% vs prior year)

4.3% of revenue

2.1x the sector average (2%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

7.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Learning Tree International's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

0.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 13.2M (2014) → 13.2M (2018)

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
44.7%
Healthy — 44.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
1.8%
Thin — 1.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
N/A
Data not available

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-9.0%
Shrinking sales (-9.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-3.0%
Burning cash (-3.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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