Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA)

NASDAQ: STRA · USD

$77.5

-2.37 (-3.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.7B
Revenue (ttm)	1.3B
Net income (ttm)	134.5M
EPS (ttm)	$5.98
Shares out	22M
P/E (trailing)	12.9x
P/E (forward)	9.6x
Dividend	$2.40 (3.09%)
Volume	209,303
Beta	0.47

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.3B
Net income (ttm): 134.5M
EPS (ttm): $5.98
P/E (trailing): 12.9x
P/E (forward): 9.6x
Market cap: 1.7B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E9.6

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Trailing P/E12.9

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ROE8.2

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ROIC9.2

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001013934
Company name	Strategic Education, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	86272C103
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	6,134
Employees change	-354
Employees growth	-5.46%
Enterprise value	$1.7B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2017
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Education & Training Services
IPO date	1996-07-25
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US86272C1036
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-27
Last earnings date	2026-07-29
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1997-11-19
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$1.7B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$77.47
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Staples
SIC code	8200
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	STRA
U.S. state	Virginia
Website	https://www.strategiceducation.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	11.85x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	48.94x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	20.88x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	28.02x
Earnings yield	7.72%
EV/Earnings	12.29x
EV/EBIT	8.18x
EV/EBITDA	6.7x
EV/FCF	9.81x
EV/Sales	1.29x
FCF / EV yield	10.2%
FCF yield	10.03%
Forward EV/Sales	1.26x
Forward P/E	9.58x
Forward P/S	1.28x
Graham number	100.07122
Graham upside	30.79%
Industry forward P/E	11.32x
Industry P/E	49.68x
Lynch fair value	$141.86
Lynch upside	85.41%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	11.45x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	8.66x
P/B ratio	1.07x
P/E ratio	12.95x
P/FCF ratio	9.97x
P/OCF ratio	7.78x
P/S ratio	1.31x
PEG ratio	0.66x
Price / tangible book value	13.52x
Price/EBITDA ratio	6.81x
Sector forward P/E	21.33x
Sector P/E	28.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	15.7%
EBITDA margin	19.18%
Effective tax rate	26.92%
FCF margin	13.11%
Gross margin	49.06%
Operating margin	15.7%
Pretax margin	14.31%
Profit margin	10.46%
Profit per employee	$21,928
Profitable quarters	13
Profitable years	7
Revenue per employee	$209,708
ROA	6.07%
ROA (5Y)	3.82%
ROCE	11.2%
ROE	8.15%
ROE (5Y)	4.93%
ROIC	9.23%
ROIC (5Y)	5.49%
SBC / revenue	1.7%
Tax / revenue	3.85%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	24.49%
EPS growth (Q)	24.82%
EPS growth (QoQ)	15.54%
EPS growth 10Y	5.72%
EPS growth 3Y	57.57%
EPS growth 5Y	25.37%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	3
FCF growth	35.46%
FCF growth (Q)	-26.16%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-80.54%
FCF growth 3Y	52.18%
FCF growth 5Y	8.46%
Gross profit growth	7.23%
Gross profit growth (Q)	2.62%
Gross profit growth 3Y	11.31%
Gross profit growth 5Y	4.1%
Net income growth	16.8%
Net income growth (Q)	14.93%
Net income growth (QoQ)	13.26%
Net income growth 3Y	54.29%
Net income growth 5Y	23.71%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	3
OCF growth	29.85%
OCF growth (Q)	-6.51%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-66.61%
OCF growth 10Y	14.4%
OCF growth 3Y	35.85%
OCF growth 5Y	6.61%
Operating income growth	20.42%
Operating income growth (Q)	9.07%
Operating income growth 3Y	49.12%
Operating income growth 5Y	13.99%
Revenue growth	3.53%
Revenue growth (Q)	4.91%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	10.24%
Revenue growth 10Y	11.52%
Revenue growth 3Y	6.09%
Revenue growth 5Y	3.25%
Revenue growth quarters	13
Revenue growth years	3

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-47.3M
Depreciation and amortization	$44.8M
EBIT	$202M
EBITDA	$246.8M
EPS	$5.98
FCF per share	$7.68
Financing cash flow	$-219.9M
Free cash flow	$168.6M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$146.7M
Gross profit	$631M
Income taxes	$49.6M
Investing cash flow	$-8.7M
Net cash flow	$-12.8M
Net income	$134.5M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$194M
Operating income	$202M
Revenue	$1.3B
Stock-based compensation	$21.9M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	3.71
Book value per share	$74.38
Debt / EBITDA	0.39
Debt / equity	0.07
Debt / FCF	0.63
Goodwill	$1.3B
Interest coverage	202.02
Long-term assets	$1.8B
Long-term liabilities	$170.5M
Net cash (debt)	$27M
Net cash / market cap	1.61%
Net cash growth	-54.66%
Net debt / EBITDA	-0.11
Net debt / equity	-0.02
Net debt / FCF	-0.16
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$196.6M
Shareholders' equity	$1.6B
Tangible book value	$124.3M
Tangible book value per share	$5.66
Total assets	$2.1B
Total cash	$128.8M
Total debt	$106.7M
Total liabilities	$435.3M
WACC	6.46%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.62
Current assets	$290.1M
Current liabilities	$264.8M
Current ratio	1.1
Net working capital	$-88.8M
Quick ratio	0.89
Working capital	$25.3M
Working capital turnover	28.34

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	6.22%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	25.38%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-09-14
Dividend payment years	10
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.40
Dividend yield	3.09%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-04
FCF payout ratio	31.27%
Last dividend	$0.60
Payout ratio	40.11%
Shareholder yield	9.32%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	32.53%
10Y return CAGR	5.26%
10Y total return	67.01%
150-day SMA	$80.28
15Y price change	-13.27%
15Y return CAGR	1.04%
15Y total return	16.82%
1D price change	-2.97%
1M price change	0.53%
1M total return	0.53%
1W price change	-4.41%
1W total return	-4.41%
1Y price change	-7.98%
1Y return CAGR	-5.18%
1Y total return	-5.18%
20-day SMA	$80.74
200-day SMA	$80.50
20Y price change	-28.61%
20Y return CAGR	0.24%
20Y total return	4.99%
3M price change	-1.67%
3M total return	-0.94%
3Y price change	-3.73%
3Y return CAGR	1.46%
3Y total return	4.44%
50-day SMA	$81.07
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$89.73
52-week high date	2026-07-30
52-week low	$69.70
52-week low date	2026-04-23
5Y price change	11.55%
5Y return CAGR	5.33%
5Y total return	29.63%
6M price change	1.69%
6M total return	3.22%
All-time high	$262.44
All-time high date	2010-04-21
All-time low	$6.83
All-time low date	1996-07-25
Average true range (ATR)	$2.19
Average volume	248.8K
Beta (1Y)	0.32
Beta (2Y)	0.63
Beta (5Y)	0.47
Change from 52-week high	-13.66%
Change from 52-week low	11.15%
Change from all-time high	-70.57%
Change from all-time low	1,030.4%
Change from open	-0.22%
Day's gap	-2.76%
Dollar volume	$16.2M
High price	$77.75
Low price	$76.33
Monthly RSI	44.98
Open price	$77.64
Position in 52-week range	80.28%
Premarket change	0.09%
Premarket close	$79.84
Premarket price	$79.91
Premarket volume	8.9K
Previous close	$79.84
Price vs 150-day SMA	-3.79%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-4.33%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-4.05%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-4.72%
Relative volume	0.84
RSI	38.13
Sharpe ratio	-0.08
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.12
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.19
Sortino ratio	0.04
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.33
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.45
Volume	209.3K
Weekly RSI	45.03
YTD price change	-3.69%
YTD total return	-1.52%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	21.1M
Float percentage	96.07%
Shares change (QoQ)	-1.96%
Shares change (YoY)	-6.22%
Shares held by insiders	3.89%
Shares held by institutions	102.27%
Shares outstanding	22M
Short % of float	6.76%
Short % of shares	6.49%
Short ratio	4.5 days

Deeper analysis on STRA

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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