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Strategic Education (STRA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$84.66 +3.37 (+4.15%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$84.66 +0.00 (+0.00%)
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About Strategic Education Stock (NASDAQ:STRA)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$82.15
$84.70
50-Day Range
$77.09
$97.94
52-Week Range
$74.28
$123.62
Volume
256,045 shs
Average Volume
152,522 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.09 billion
P/E Ratio
16.13
Dividend Yield
2.83%
Price Target
$107.67
Consensus Rating
Buy

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.

Strategic Education Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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89th Percentile Overall Score

STRA MarketRank™: 

Strategic Education scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 52nd out of 276 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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.

  • Read more about Strategic Education's stock forecast and price target.
  • 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 16.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.96.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Strategic Education is 16.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 16.73.

  • 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 1.25. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.17% 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 37.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Strategic Education pays a meaningful dividend of 2.97%, 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.

  • Read more about Strategic Education's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.17% 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 37.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Strategic Education has a news sentiment score of 0.52. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Strategic Education this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
  • 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.

  • Read more about Strategic Education's insider trading history.
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STRA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Strategic Education's stock was trading at $93.42 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, STRA shares have decreased by 9.4% and is now trading at $84.66.
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Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 24th. The health services provider reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.29. Strategic Education's revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Top institutional shareholders of Strategic Education include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (1.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.05%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.52%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.37%). 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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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.

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
5/03/2025
Record date for 6/2 Dividend
5/23/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/2 Dividend
5/23/2025
Dividend Payable
6/02/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Educational services
Sub-Industry
Education Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:STRA
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
+27.2%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
3 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
16.13
Forward P/E Ratio
17.67
P/E Growth
1.22
Net Income
$69.79 million
Pretax Margin
14.76%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.23 billion
Cash Flow
$4.92 per share
Price / Cash Flow
17.19
Book Value
$67.71 per share
Price / Book
1.25

Miscellaneous

Free Float
23,807,000
Market Cap
$2.09 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.58
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This page (NASDAQ:STRA) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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