Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$75.33
+0.21% today
1Y Change
-14.95%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $1.78B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $75.33 and down 14.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.0%, EPS growth of +16.0%, a dividend yield of 3.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.0%, EPS +16.0%, free cash flow +19.6% with operating margin 14.2% and ROIC 7.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.0 and price/sales 1.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines STRA price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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Normalized return
SPY
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STRA Max Drawdown
-17.06%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Dividend Yield
3.07%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.80
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 16, 2026 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 8, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 23, 2025 | May 23, 2025 | Jun 2, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 17, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 | Dec 9, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 | Sep 16, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 23, 2024 | May 24, 2024 | Jun 3, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Mar 11, 2024 | Mar 18, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 4, 2023 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | Sep 11, 2023 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 25, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | Jun 5, 2023 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Mar 6, 2023 | Mar 13, 2023 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Nov 25, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Dec 5, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Sep 2, 2022 | Sep 12, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 26, 2022 | May 27, 2022 | Jun 6, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Mar 7, 2022 | Mar 14, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Nov 26, 2021 | Nov 29, 2021 | Dec 6, 2021 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 13, 2021 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Jun 7, 2021 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 7, 2020 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Sep 4, 2020 | Sep 14, 2020 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| May 29, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | Jun 8, 2020 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Mar 9, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Nov 25, 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| May 24, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | Jun 10, 2019 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Mar 11, 2019 | Mar 18, 2019 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 | Dec 17, 2018 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Sep 7, 2018 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Jun 4, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Mar 12, 2018 | Mar 19, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 4, 2017 | Dec 18, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 | Sep 18, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Jun 5, 2017 | Jun 19, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Mar 6, 2017 | Mar 20, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Nov 21, 2012 | Nov 26, 2012 | Dec 10, 2012 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Quarterly |
| Aug 23, 2012 | Aug 27, 2012 | Sep 10, 2012 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Quarterly |
| May 24, 2012 | May 29, 2012 | Jun 11, 2012 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Quarterly |
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