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Zovio Inc

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Signs2 good5 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16
Revenue$263.0M$397.1M$417.8M$116.8M$475.1M$523.5M
Operating income−$42.6M−$61.9M−$56.6M−$620,000$6.4M−$43.2M
Net income−$42.3M−$49.0M−$54.8M$1.3M$9.1M−$33.1M
Total assets$149.0M$161.3M$250.1M$269.5M$284.6M$463.4M
Total liabilities$129.0M$102.1M$151.2M$141.9M$161.6M$182.7M
Equity$20.0M$59.2M$98.9M$127.6M$123.0M$276.7M
EPS (diluted)$-1.27$-1.53$-1.86$0.05$0.28$-0.71
Shares out.32.8M30.3M27.2M27.2M46.5M46.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2021
Operating margin
−16.2%
Net margin
−16.1%
Return on equity
−211.7%
Return on assets
−28.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−71.8%
Liabilities / assets
86.6%
Debt / equity
6.45×
Book value / share
$0.61
Revenue growth (YoY)
−33.8%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2021
Altman Z″ (distress)
3.22safe
Accruals / assets
18.1%clean
Piotroski F-Score
2/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
30
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe5 warning2 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
12 acquisitions0 disposalsnet +289,438 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Kiely JohnDirectorAug 31, 2022Option exercise8,855
Wilson John Silvanus Jr.DirectorMay 31, 2022Option exercise7,843$0.00
Huberman RonDirectorMay 31, 2022Option exercise7,843$0.00
Royal KevinOfficer — EVP, Chief Financial OfficerMay 31, 2022Option exercise10,020$0.00
Nichols Victor KDirectorMay 12, 2022Option exercise44,129$0.00
Spohn Christopher L.Officer — EVP, OperationsMay 2, 2022Option exercise27,473$0.00
Pernsteiner George P.DirectorApr 7, 2022Option exercise20,450$0.00
Semel JohnOfficer — EVP, Chief Strategy OfficerMar 29, 2022Option exercise33,989$0.00
Royal KevinOfficer — EVP, Chief Financial OfficerMar 29, 2022Option exercise59,668$0.00
Burkholder SteveOfficer — VP, Chief Accounting OfficerMar 29, 2022Option exercise9,937$0.00
Schray Vickie L.Officer — See remarksMar 29, 2022Option exercise22,067$0.00
Spohn Christopher L.Officer — EVP, OperationsMar 29, 2022Option exercise37,164$0.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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