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Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Strategic Education, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Strategic Education, Inc.

Strategic Education, Inc. operates as an education services company providing campus-based and online post-secondary education primarily through its subsidiaries Capella University and Strayer University in the United States, and Torrens University in Australia. It offers degree and certificate programs designed for working adults, including bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and non-degree courses, as well as job-ready skills training through its Education Technology Services segment. The company serves a diverse student population, focusing on flexible and affordable education options for adult learners.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.27B
Revenue growth (YoY)
4.0%
Net income
$126.6M
Diluted EPS
$5.41
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
13.7%
Net margin
10.0%
FCF margin
12.1%
ROE
7.7%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
13.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.83B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Strategic Education

  • Revenue grew 4.0% to $1.3B in FY2025, slower than the 7.7% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 13.7% in FY2025, +7.2 pp against 6.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $337M, up 4.9% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $154M in FY2025, 12.1% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 12.4% to $127M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Strategic Education’s fundamentals sit among the 410 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin13.7%
83rd percentile of 348
Net margin10.0%
83rd percentile of 384
FCF margin12.1%
86th percentile of 358
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.0%
54th percentile of 401
ROE7.7%
52nd percentile of 349
P/E13.8×
32nd percentile of 245
Short interest3.94d
48th percentile of 408

Strategic Education’s FCF margin of 12.1% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 358 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
4
4 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$82.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$26.3M344.0KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$22.4M292.6KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$12.3M161.0KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$11.0M143.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$5.6M72.8KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$3.9M50.3KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$1.2M15.9KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-04
filed 2026-06-05
Christa HokensonCHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICERSell2.0K$80.00$160K
2026-05-05
G. Thomas Waite IIIDirectorSell666$77.68$52K
2026-04-24
Michael ThawleyDirectorBuy665$72.71$48K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.4M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-9.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.94
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
362.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-301.4M-9.3%3.94
2026-09-151.6M-5.6%6.03
2026-08-311.7M+18.1%7.67
2026-08-141.4M+16.0%5.11
2026-07-311.2M-6.0%3.66
2026-07-151.3M+2.7%4.65
2026-06-301.3M+16.6%3.68
2026-06-151.1M+1.4%4.75

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.27B$1.22B$1.13B$1.07B$1.13B
Gross profit—————
Operating income$174.2M$155.6M$95.3M$70.8M$73.9M
Net income$126.6M$112.7M$69.8M$46.7M$55.1M
Diluted EPS$5.41$4.67$2.91$1.94$2.28

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$198.2M$169.3M$117.1M$126.1M$180.5M
Capital expenditure$44.3M$40.6M$36.9M$43.2M$49.4M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$337.3M4.9%$37.2M$1.71
Q1 FY2026$305.9M0.8%$32.8M$1.48
Q4 FY20253.8%
Q3 FY2025$319.9M4.6%$26.6M$1.15
Q2 FY2025$321.5M2.9%$32.3M$1.37
Q1 FY2025$303.6M4.6%$29.7M$1.24
Q4 FY20242.9%
Q3 FY2024$306.0M7.0%$27.7M$1.15

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryServices-Educational Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2007
SEC CIK1013934

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-27
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10-Q2026-07-29
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10-Q2026-04-23
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8-K2026-07-29
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8-K2026-04-23
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8-K2026-02-26
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.