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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STRA
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
STRA Max Drawdown
-17.06%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.1B
+6.2% YoY
FY Net Income
$55.1M
+18.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$131.1M
+58.2% YoY
Revenue Growth
+4.0%
EPS Growth
+16.0%
Gross Margin
49.3%
Net Margin
10.2%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Gross Profit | 621M | 569M | 509M | 468M | 523M |
| Operating Income | 196M | 156M | 95M | 71M | 74M |
| EBITDA | 226M | 202M | 170M | 137M | 214M |
| Net Income | 127M | 113M | 70M | 47M | 55M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 141M | 137M | 168M | 214M | 269M |
| Total Assets | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 392M | 387M | 473M | 526M | 592M |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.7B |
| Total Debt | 109M | 125M | 213M | 259M | 331M |
| Net Debt | -32M | -12M | 45M | 46M | 63M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
181M
+43.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
49M
-14.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
131M
+58.2% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
49.3%
Operating Margin
14.2%
Net Margin
10.2%
ROE
7.9%
Debt / Equity
0.07x
Next Step
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