STRA PEER ANALYSIS

Strategic Education Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

STRAStrategic Education Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Education & Training Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

STRAIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	STRA	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	MTS	BATS	Ind. Median
P/E	14.35	17.02	20.06	—	11.97●	13.12	18.69
P/B	1.14●	2.96	7.72	88.06	1.96	2.12	3.05
EV/EBITDA	7.92	8.09	13.02	—	6.94●	10.64	10.88
P/S	1.46	0.93	2.38	40.53	0.19●	3.97	2.09

Financial Health
Metric	STRA	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	MTS	BATS	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.16	2.12	0.79	8.18●	1.07	0.87	1.16
Debt/Equity	6.7%	57.0%	190.6%	4.7%●	111.4%	74.6%	29.8%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-0.21●	0.98	2.21	6.99	2.46	2.54	-0.00

Profitability
Metric	STRA	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	MTS	BATS	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.2%	5.4%	11.9%	-5.2%	1.6%	30.2%●	5.4%
ROE	7.9%	18.0%	33.4%●	-12.4%	16.7%	15.9%	11.9%
ROA	6.2%	9.0%●	8.0%	-9.4%	4.0%	6.8%	5.2%
EBITDA Margin	18.0%	13.0%	22.0%	-5.3%	4.3%	49.0%●	13.3%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	STRA	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	MTS	BATS	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.0%●	-0.5%	-16.2%	-31.4%	0.2%	-1.0%	8.6%
NI Growth	15.0%	2.5%	-9.9%	—	-1.5%	154.1%●	-1.0%
Div. Yield	3.0%	3.3%	4.3%	0.0%	6.1%●	5.3%	0.6%
Payout	43.4%	55.2%	73.0%	0.0%	69.4%	67.7%	10.7%

Valuation
Metric	STRA	LINC	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
P/E	14.35	77.85	13.11●	66.86	—	18.69	18.69
P/B	1.14●	8.77	2.23	8.40	1.55	5.90	3.05
EV/EBITDA	7.92	33.87	3.42●	26.85	—	12.09	10.88
P/S	1.46	3.20	2.61	3.28	1.26●	3.65	2.09

Financial Health
Metric	STRA	LINC	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.16	0.83	4.82●	1.17	2.47	2.75	1.16
Debt/Equity	6.7%	103.9%	6.0%●	93.0%	—	15.0%	29.8%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-0.21	3.32	-4.77●	1.38	—	-0.45	-0.00

Profitability
Metric	STRA	LINC	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.2%	4.1%	19.9%●	4.9%	-8.2%	19.5%	5.4%
ROE	7.9%	11.9%	17.3%	13.5%	-10.3%	29.8%●	11.9%
ROA	6.2%	4.9%	13.3%	5.4%	-6.5%	22.0%●	5.2%
EBITDA Margin	18.0%	10.5%	31.9%●	12.9%	-3.8%	29.1%	13.3%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	STRA	LINC	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.0%	19.9%●	17.7%	11.0%	9.8%	7.4%	8.6%
NI Growth	15.0%	86.0%●	12.1%	-25.7%	—	-4.3%	-1.0%
Div. Yield	3.0%●	—	1.4%	0.0%	—	—	0.6%
Payout	43.4%	—	22.3%	0.0%	—	—	10.7%

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