Strategic Education (STRA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Strategic Education, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides education services through campus-based and online post-secondary education, and programs to develop job-ready skills. The company operates through U.S. Higher Education, Australia/New Zealand, and Education Technology Services segments. It operates Strayer University that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business, criminal justice, education, health services, information technology, and public administration at physical campuses located in the eastern United States, as well as through online; non-degree web and mobile application development courses through Hackbright Academy and Devmountain; and MBA online through its Jack Welch Management Institute. In addition, the company operates Capella University that provides post-secondary education; Torrens University, which offers undergraduate, graduate, higher degree by research, and specialized degree courses primarily in business, design and creative technology, health, hospitality, and education fields through online and on physical campuses located in Australia; Think Education, a vocational training organization; and Media Design School, which provides industry-endorsed courses in 3D animation and visual effects, game art and programming, graphic and motion design, digital media artificial intelligence, and creative advertising in New Zealand. It also offers Workforce Edge, a platform to employers that provides education benefits administration solutions; and Sophia Learning, which enables lower cost education benefits programs. Strategic Education, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $86.12 to $87.57
• 50-Day Range: $77.09 to $90.58
• 52-Week Range: $74.28 to $121.60
• Volume: 47,923 shs
• Average Volume: 155,495 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.11 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.61
• Dividend Yield: 2.75%
• Price Target: $107.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Strategic Education Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Strategic Education scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 91st out of 274 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Strategic Education has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Strategic Education has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.75%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Strategic Education are expected to grow by 17.75% in the coming year, from $4.79 to $5.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Strategic Education is 16.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Strategic Education is 16.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 15.10.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Strategic Education has a PEG Ratio of 1.22. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Strategic Education has a P/B Ratio of 1.29. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.48% of the float of Strategic Education has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Strategic Education has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Strategic Education has recently increased by 11.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Strategic Education pays a meaningful dividend of 2.71%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Strategic Education does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Strategic Education is 51.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Strategic Education will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.55% next year. This indicates that Strategic Education will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.48% of the float of Strategic Education has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Strategic Education has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Strategic Education has recently increased by 11.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.18

News Sentiment

Strategic Education has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Strategic Education this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Strategic Education to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Strategic Education insiders have sold 7,938.09% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $49,080.00 in company stock and sold $3,945,093.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.30% of the stock of Strategic Education is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.27% of the stock of Strategic Education is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

STRA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have STRA shares performed this year?

Strategic Education's stock was trading at $93.42 at the start of the year. Since then, STRA stock has decreased by 6.5% and is now trading at $87.3410.
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How were Strategic Education's earnings last quarter?

Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 24th. The health services provider reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.29. Strategic Education's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis.
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Who are Strategic Education's major shareholders?

Strategic Education's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.39%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (9.39%), Marshfield Associates (7.65%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Raymond Karl Mcdonnell, Daniel Wayne Jackson, Lizette Benedi Herraiz, Viet D Dinh, Robert R Grusky and Michael A Mcrobbie.
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How do I buy shares of Strategic Education?

Shares of STRA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Strategic Education own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Strategic Education investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), ServiceNow (NOW), Adobe (ADBE) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/17 Dividend: 3/10/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/17 Dividend: 3/10/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/17/2025
• Last Earnings: 4/24/2025
• Today: 5/23/2025
• Record date for 6/2 Dividend: 5/23/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/2 Dividend: 5/23/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Educational services
• Sub-Industry: Education Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:STRA
• CIK: 1013934
• Web: www.strayereducation.com
• Phone: (703) 561-1600
• Fax: 703-339-3569
• Employees: 3,910
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $107.67
• High Stock Price Target: $120.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $98.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $4.68
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.28
• P/E Growth: 1.22
• Net Income: $69.79 million
• Net Margins: 10.44%
• Pretax Margin: 14.76%
• Return on Equity: 7.61%
• Return on Assets: 5.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.34
• Quick Ratio: 1.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.23 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.72
• Cash Flow: $5.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.19
• Book Value: $67.71 per share
• Price / Book: 1.29

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 24,163,000
• Free Float: 23,807,000
• Market Cap: $2.12 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.52