Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY)
Consumer Discretionary · For-profit post-secondary education / career training · NYSE
A federally-regulated, career-focused post-secondary education provider that relies on Title IV student aid funding and operates multiple campuses nationwide.
What Legacy Education Inc. does
Legacy Education Inc. is a post-secondary education provider operating multiple campuses that offers career-focused programs to students. The company is subject to extensive federal regulation, particularly Title IV federal student financial assistance programs, and must comply with requirements including the 90/10 revenue test, gainful employment metrics, and cohort default rate limits. The company generates revenue primarily through student enrollment in educational programs across its campus network.
Themes: post-secondary education, career training, federal student aid, for-profit education, Title IV compliance
Fundamentals
- Price$10.52 as of 2026-08-26 close
- Market cap$133M as of 2026-08-26
- 1-year return-17.7% 2025-08-26 close $12.79 → 2026-08-26 close $10.52
- P/E17.18 as of 2026-08-26
- Net margin+10.9% as of 2026-08-26
- Gross margin+47.2% as of 2026-08-26
- ROE+18.8% as of 2026-08-26
- Debt / equity0.02 as of 2026-08-26
- Revenue growth (YoY)+32.1% as of 2026-08-26
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+34.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.98 as of 2026-08-26
- Last reported earnings2026-05-14 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How LGCY compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 262 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-26
- net profit margintop 25% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-26
- operating margintop 25% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-26
- gross marginmiddle range 331 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-26
- return on equitymiddle range 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-26
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 10% 325 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 311 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which LGCY reported a dividend payment is FY2023, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2023 ratio would not describe LGCY today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2023) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Legacy Education Inc. looks technically
Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) is trading 6.9% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 129 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 32, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 8 trading days ago. It is 28.4% below its highest point of the past year. Trading volume is unusually light — only about 48% of its 30-day average.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 6.9% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -6.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $11.41 | $11.41 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $11.31 | $11.31 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 129 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 129 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 32, with sellers in control | 31.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 38.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($10.00 to $11.93) — its "stochastic" reading is 27 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 26.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 16 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $14.70 | $14.70 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 28.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -28.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 32.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +32.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 28.4% below its highest point of the past year | 28.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $14.70 (set on 2026-03-05) | $14.70 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($8.15 to $14.33), and it has given back a bit over half of its rise from last year’s low — 62% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $10.31 to $10.51. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 61.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 28.4% below its all-time high | -28.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.0% above a support level at $10.31 — a price it turned at five times since 2024-12-16, most recently on 2026-01-27. Since 2024-09-26 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $3.60 (set on 2024-09-26) | $3.60 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 192.2% above its all-time low | +192.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 75% of it) | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.3568 between its high and its low — about 3.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.3568 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $9.74 and $12.40 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $9.74 – $11.07 – $12.40 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.4% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (6.9% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is unusually light — only about 48% of its 30-day average | 0.48× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 6 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
1
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap up opened on 2026-08-14 has been "filled" 7 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 7 sessions ago |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 14.0 percentage points (the stock lost 10.3% while the market gained 3.7%) | -14.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 5.1 percentage points (the stock lost 3.0% while the market gained 2.1%) | -5.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 33.3 percentage points (the stock lost 22.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -33.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 36.5 percentage points (the stock lost 17.7% while the market gained 18.7%) | -36.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 9.9% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-21 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.0% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | -9.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 12% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $11.89 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 160 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -11.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-05-14 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $11.47 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 69 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -8.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
LGCY last closed at $10.52 on 2026-08-26. Since 2024-09-26 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 7 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.31 | Support | 2.0% below the last close | turned there five times · 2024-12-16 to 2026-01-27 |
| $10.75 | Resistance | 2.2% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-11-28 to 2026-06-05 |
| $9.83 | Support | 6.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-08-05 to 2026-04-24 |
| $11.26 | Resistance | 7.0% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-09-18 to 2026-07-22 |
| $9.53 | Support | 9.4% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-05-19 to 2026-01-29 |
| $11.70 | Resistance | 11.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-11 to 2025-08-29 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-26.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · lagging the market · Near the golden pocket (has given back about two thirds of its 52-week move) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-26. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$14.80 range $14.50 – $15.40; median $14.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Regulatory risk: Heavy dependence on Title IV federal funding; changes in ED regulations, executive orders, or reductions in Title IV funding could materially impact revenue and operations","Enrollment risk: Enrollment declines or macroeconomic headwinds affecting students' ability to find employment could reduce revenue; sensitivity to general economic conditions","Compliance risk: Failure to maintain eligibility for federal student financial assistance, comply with the 90/10 revenue test, gainful employment metrics, or cohort default rate limits could result in loss of Title IV access and regulatory investigations"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of LGCY's 10-Q filed 2026-05-14 against the prior one filed 2026-02-12.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-14) includes a full 'CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INDUSTRY DATA' section with detailed forward-looking statement language and risk disclaimers
- Newer filing includes detailed 'PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION' with Item 1 'FINANCIAL STATEMENTS' containing condensed consolidated financial statements for three and nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
- Newer filing includes consolidated balance sheets showing specific asset and liability figures as of March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-02-12) Item 1A contained a cross-reference to Form 10-K risk factors from September 25, 2025, which does not appear in newer filing
- Older filing contained detailed Item 2(b) 'Use of IPO Proceeds' describing September 27, 2024 IPO with specific dollar amounts ($7.9 million and $1.4 million) and underwriter information, not present in newer filing's Item 2 section
- Older filing contained Item 5 'OTHER INFORMATION' with Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans disclosure dated six months ended December 31, 2025, not present in newer filing
- Reworded:
- Item 1A heading in newer filing (2026-05-14) is simply 'RISK FACTORS' versus older filing (2026-02-12) which had 'ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS' with cross-reference structure
- Item numbering and organization differs: newer filing shows Items 1A through 6 with page references in table of contents format; older filing shows Item numbers with full content embedded
- Notes:
- The newer filing appears to be a different section or excerpt focused on financial statements rather than a complete Risk Factors section comparable to the older filing
- The documents appear to be from different reporting periods (Q3 2026 for newer, Q2 2026 for older based on fiscal year timing) which may explain structural differences
- Text truncation in newer filing's balance sheet section prevents full assessment of all content changes
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 3 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 1 sell ($56500) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days0 buys · 3 sells ($168867) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days0 buys · 5 sells ($219568) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-10. As of 2026-08-27.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about LGCY's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding LGCY as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 205,226
- Reported value $2,569,429
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 1 new, 3 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
LGCY had 77,711 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
LGCY had 0.61% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 1.79 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 77,711
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 0.61%
- Prior settlement (shares) 71,500
- Reported change 8.69%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.79
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Adtalem Global Education (ATGE)
- Strayer Education (STRA)
- Grand Canyon Education
- Perdoceo Education (PRDO)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) do?
Legacy Education Inc. is a post-secondary education provider operating multiple campuses that offers career-focused programs to students. The company is subject to extensive federal regulation, particularly Title IV federal student financial assistance programs, and must comply with requirements including the 90/10 revenue test, gainful employment metrics, and cohort default rate limits.
What sector is Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) in?
Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is For-profit post-secondary education / career training. It trades on NYSE.
Who are Legacy Education Inc.'s (LGCY) competitors?
Notable peers of Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) include Adtalem Global Education, Strayer Education, Grand Canyon Education and Perdoceo Education. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) overbought or oversold right now?
Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-26). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LGCY come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-26; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-26. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-26.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.