Strategic Education
STRA Nasdaq· Education Services
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$79.84
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Strategic Education had $1.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 4.0% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 13.7%, up 1.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 14 is left after running the business.
- Strategic Education made $127M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 6.0% a year.
- Free cash flow was $154M in fiscal 2025, 12.1% of revenue.
- Strategic Education returned $196M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 128% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.1%.
- Strategic Education has $148M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$1.7B
P/E
13.3x
Revenue
$1.3B
Net income
$127M
Free cash flow
$154M
Operating margin
13.7%
Strategic Education in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+4.0%
Only a little. Sales grew 4.0% last year.
Does it make a profit?
10.0%
A little. It keeps 10.0% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
12.1%
Yes. 12.1% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
13.3x
One share costs 13.3 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.9x.
What Strategic Education does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 27, 2026
- Legal name
- Strategic Education, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001013934
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.3B |
| Revenue growth | 10.1% | −5.9% | 6.3% | 7.7% | 4.0% |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 6.6% | 8.4% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| Net income | $55.1M | $46.7M | $69.8M | $113M | $127M |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 4.4% | 6.2% | 9.2% | 10.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.28 | $1.94 | $2.91 | $4.67 | $5.41 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $181M | $126M | $117M | $169M | $198M |
| Capital expenditure | $49.4M | $43.2M | $36.9M | $40.6M | $44.3M |
| Free cash flow | $131M | $82.9M | $80.2M | $129M | $154M |
| FCF margin | 11.6% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 10.6% | 12.1% |
| Dividends paid | $59.0M | $59.2M | $58.8M | $59.0M | $57.5M |
| Share buybacks | $5.9M | $40.1M | $10.0M | $11.5M | $139M |
| Share count change | 5.5% | −0.5% | −0.2% | 0.8% | −3.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $275M | $223M | $208M | $184M | $148M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $142M | $101M | $61.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.0x | −1.0x | −1.0x | −0.9x | −0.7x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.4x | 1.3x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 3.3% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 3.2% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 7.7% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
2 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$5.2M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
97%
$5.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Education STRA | $1.7B | 4.0% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 8.4% | 13.3x | 6 |
| Grand Canyon Education LOPE | $4.1B | 7.1% | 24.0% | 21.6% | 45.3% | 19.1x | 4 |
| Duolingo DUOL | $7.1B | 38.7% | 13.1% | 35.6% | 77.6% | 16.7x | 4 |
| Laureate Education LAUR | $5.3B | 8.6% | 25.3% | 15.5% | 28.6% | 17.0x | 8 |
| Perdoceo Education PRDO | $2.0B | 24.2% | 23.2% | 25.6% | — | 11.7x | — |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $79.84 a share, the company is worth $1.7B: 13.3 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Strategic Education grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 1 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001013934). Data updated October 20, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.