STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC (STRA)
Consumer Discretionary · Online higher education and skills training · NASDAQ
Strategic Education is an online higher education provider delivering flexible, competency-based degree and certificate programs to working adults through Capella and Strayer universities, plus employer education benefits solutions.
What STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC does
Strategic Education, Inc. operates Capella University and Strayer University, two accredited online and campus-based post-secondary institutions serving working adults, along with Torrens University in Australia and Education Technology Services (including Workforce Edge and Sophia Learning). The company provides flexible, affordable certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, as well as skills training and education benefits administration for employers. The company generated $1.3 billion in revenue in 2025, serving approximately 85,000 students in its U.S. higher education segment.
Themes: ["Online higher education for working adults"]
Fundamentals
- Price$83.48 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$1.9B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+3.2% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E14.49 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+10.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+49.4% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+7.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.51 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.9%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Seasonal business driven by student enrollment patterns, with lowest enrollment typically in Q3/summer term, creating quarterly revenue volatility"]
Competitors & peers
- 2U Incorporated (TWOU)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.