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Strategic Education, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Strategic Education, Inc. had return on equity of 7.7%, an operating margin of 13.7%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.27. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin13.0%11.5%−3.6%11.1%10.6%6.5%6.6%8.4%12.8%13.7%14.0%
Net margin7.9%4.5%−2.5%8.1%8.4%4.9%4.4%6.2%9.2%10.0%10.5%
Free-cash-flow margin7.1%8.4%3.0%16.4%9.4%11.6%7.8%7.1%10.6%12.1%13.1%
Return on equity18.5%10.4%−1.9%5.6%5.4%3.2%2.8%4.2%6.8%7.7%8.2%
Return on assets11.7%6.6%−1.6%4.7%4.2%2.4%2.1%3.3%5.4%6.2%6.5%
Asset turnover1.481.470.640.580.500.490.480.530.580.620.63
Current ratio2.682.763.363.341.431.881.571.571.411.271.10
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.1%8.3%6.2%3.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)89.5x81.3x—————————
Effective tax rate39.3%60.8%—34.4%24.3%28.1%32.9%30.7%30.2%28.6%26.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.0%4.0%4.3%3.9%4.6%4.4%4.1%3.3%3.3%3.5%3.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income90.1%184.9%—201.5%111.4%238.0%177.6%114.9%114.3%121.6%125.3%
Dividends ÷ net income—55.4%—57.5%64.9%107.2%126.9%84.2%52.3%45.4%41.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—30.0%144.1%28.5%58.5%49.5%119.9%85.8%54.7%127.6%122.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.1bn
Short-term assets $290mLonger-term assets $1.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.1bn
Short-term liabilities $265mLonger-term liabilities $170mShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $290m of assets due within a year against $265m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $290m short-term assets against $170m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Strategic Education, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

50 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Strategic Education's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 6 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 4 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.7%; its worst year was 1.7%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 10.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (55 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Strategic Education, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Strategic Education, Inc.