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STRA vs. ATGE, LEG, UTI, BFAM, LRN, LOPE, 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), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Adtalem Global Education has a net margin of 13.34% compared to Strategic Education's net margin of 9.14%. Adtalem Global Education's return on equity of 17.47% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Strategic Education9.14% 7.29% 5.76%
Adtalem Global Education 13.34%17.47%8.89%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Strategic Education$1.22B1.57$112.68M$4.6816.96
Adtalem Global Education$1.58B2.74$136.78M$6.0319.31

93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Strategic Education currently has a consensus price target of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 35.67%. Adtalem Global Education has a consensus price target of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.52%. Given Strategic Education's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Adtalem Global Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Strategic Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Adtalem Global Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Strategic Education has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Strategic Education had 1 more articles in the media than Adtalem Global Education. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Strategic Education and 4 mentions for Adtalem Global Education. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Adtalem Global Education's score of 0.76 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Strategic Education
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Adtalem Global Education
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Adtalem Global Education beats Strategic Education on 10 of the 14 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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STRA vs. The Competition

MetricStrategic EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.91B$1.61B$8.25B$9.32B
Dividend Yield3.03%4.13%3.20%4.05%
P/E Ratio16.9613.0420.9519.68
Price / Sales1.572.163.39100.28
Price / Cash11.9815.0616.5057.53
Price / Book1.172.974.835.67
Net Income$112.68M$76.25M$215.29M$257.51M
7 Day Performance-1.87%2.02%-0.14%0.52%
1 Month Performance-5.60%13.83%38.59%8.84%
1 Year Performance-32.90%25.44%14.03%14.18%

Strategic Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STRA
Strategic Education
4.8705 of 5 stars
$79.36
+0.3%
$107.67
+35.7%
-31.0%$1.91B$1.22B16.963,801Positive News
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.6063 of 5 stars
$118.68
+0.6%
$135.67
+14.3%
+56.8%$4.42B$1.58B19.689,938
LEG
Leggett & Platt
2.5344 of 5 stars
$9.99
-1.3%
$9.67
-3.3%
-19.3%$1.35B$4.31B-2.6717,700News Coverage
Positive News
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
2.9532 of 5 stars
$31.75
+1.6%
$35.83
+12.9%
+88.2%$1.73B$782.69M30.533,700News Coverage
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.3329 of 5 stars
$115.37
+0.0%
$138.67
+20.2%
-4.1%$6.60B$2.69B41.651,450Positive News
LRN
Stride
2.0269 of 5 stars
$134.91
+0.3%
$126.83
-6.0%
+91.5%$5.87B$2.29B21.057,800Positive News
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
4.4829 of 5 stars
$172.78
0.0%
$203.67
+17.9%
+14.8%$4.90B$1.03B21.685,830
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
2.5352 of 5 stars
$22.79
+0.6%
$24.60
+7.9%
+81.0%$719.94M$440.06M58.442,475
APEI
American Public Education
4.1309 of 5 stars
$31.13
-1.9%
$32.20
+3.4%
+69.8%$561.59M$624.56M30.526,117High Trading Volume
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.5392 of 5 stars
$10.50
0.0%
$12.66
+20.6%
+5.0%$6.39B$2.25B74.9623,000Upcoming Earnings
Stock Split
GHC
Graham
3.8647 of 5 stars
$927.90
+0.7%
N/A+20.6%$4.05B$4.80B6.5121,446Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STRA) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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