STRA vs. ATGE, LEG, UTI, LRN, LOPE, BFAM, LINC, APEI, TAL, and GHC
Should you be buying Strategic Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strategic Education include Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), TAL Education Group (TAL), and Graham (GHC).
Strategic Education vs. Its Competitors
Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) and Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Strategic Education has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Strategic Education currently has a consensus target price of $99.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.59%. Adtalem Global Education has a consensus target price of $139.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.30%. Given Strategic Education's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Adtalem Global Education.
Adtalem Global Education has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Strategic Education's net margin of 9.27%. Adtalem Global Education's return on equity of 17.95% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.
Adtalem Global Education has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Education. Strategic Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adtalem Global Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Strategic Education had 1 more articles in the media than Adtalem Global Education. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Strategic Education and 5 mentions for Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Strategic Education's score of 0.48 indicating that Adtalem Global Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.3% of Strategic Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Strategic Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Adtalem Global Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Adtalem Global Education beats Strategic Education on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:STRA) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
