Strategic Education - STRA Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Strategic Education in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" STRA shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Strategic Education's stock. Their STRA share price forecasts range from $85.00 to $110.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $94.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Strategic Education's stock was trading at $78.32 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, STRA shares have increased by 12.7% and is now trading at $88.24.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Strategic Education will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 27th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 22nd. The health services provider reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.93 by $0.15. The health services provider earned $269.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $271.68 million. Strategic Education had a net margin of 4.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.65%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.15 earnings per share.

Strategic Education declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Monday, March 13th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 3rd.
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Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.75%. The dividend payout ratio is 123.71%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, STRA will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.38% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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11 employees have rated Strategic Education Chief Executive Officer Karl McDonnell on Glassdoor.com. Karl McDonnell has an approval rating of 44% among the company's employees. This puts Karl McDonnell in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Strategic Education trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "STRA."

Strategic Education's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (8.54%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (8.46%), Marshfield Associates (8.16%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (4.39%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.89%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Daniel Wayne Jackson, J Kevin Gilligan, John T Casteen III, Raymond Karl Mcdonnell, Robert R Grusky and Robert S Silberman.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of STRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.24.

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion and generates $1.07 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $46.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.94 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,907 workers across the globe.

Strategic Education's mailing address is 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA, 20171. The official website for the company is www.strayereducation.com. The health services provider can be reached via phone at (703) 561-1600, via email at daniel.jackson@strayer.edu, or via fax at 703-339-3569.