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Strategic Education, Inc.

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Strategic Education, Inc.

STRA·NASDAQ·Trade & Services·CIK 0001013934

Strategic Education, Inc. is an education services company providing access to post-secondary education and job-ready skills programs. The company operates primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Capella University and Strayer University in the United States, and Torrens University in Australia. Its operations also include the Education Technology Services segment, which develops employer relationships for education benefits programs, including Workforce Edge for education benefits administration and Sophia Learning for low-cost online general education courses. In 2025, the company generated revenue of $1.3 billion. As of December 31, 2025, its three reportable segments were U.S. Higher Education, Australia/New Zealand, and Education Technology Services. The U.S. Higher Education segment offers certificate and degree programs to working adults through Capella University and Strayer University, including the Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI) MBA from Strayer University. This segment also provides non-degree web and mobile application development courses through Hackbright Academy and Devmountain, both offerings of Strayer University.

Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 7 items for STRA at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-07-29, rated 8/10. Across its 7 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 6 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for STRA spans 10-Q, 8-K, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Strategic Education Q2 2026: Revenue Beats, But $13.9M ANZ Back-Pay Charge Hits Margins
  • Q2 Revenue Beats on 15% Ed-Tech Surge, But EPS Misses
  • Strategic Education Q2 2026: Revenue Climbs 4.9%, EPS Hits $1.71, but Australia Unit Weighed Down by $13.9M Reserve
  • Strategic Education Reports Q1 Revenue of $305.9M, EPS $1.48; Declares Dividend & Repurchases Stock
  • Strategic Education Reports Strong Q1 2026 Results with 19% EPS Growth and $40M Share Repurchase

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$1.27B
Net Income
$126.61M
Diluted EPS
$5.41
Op. Cash Flow
$198.2M
Free Cash Flow
$153.95M
Operating Income
$174.23M
Cash & Equivalents
$140.76M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
10.0%
Shares Outstanding
22.97M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-27 · accession 0001013934-26-000006

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.03 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 1,572,322 shares in STRA as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 5.6% decrease from the prior period — about 6.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 67.1% of STRA volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)1,572,322 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 5.6%
Days to cover6.03 at avg daily volume of 260,534
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)67.1% of 52,070 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume70.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$79.72
52-week range · as of 2026-07-29 $69.7 – $87.86
Market cap
$1.77B
Volume
187.7K (0.6× avg)
3-mo avg 291.1K
Live data · 2026-10-04 09:55 UTC · Market closed

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STRA
Jul 29, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $87.62
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: -$7.90 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
STRA
Jul 29, 2026, 6:40 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $81.39
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: -$1.67 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
STRA
Jul 29, 2026, 6:35 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $81.39
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: -$1.67 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
STRA
Apr 23, 2026, 6:43 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $83.62
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: -$3.90 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
STRA
Apr 23, 2026, 6:35 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $83.62
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: -$3.90 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
STRA
Feb 27, 2026, 4:06 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $82.35
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: -$2.63 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
STRA
Feb 26, 2026, 4:08 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $78.41
Real-time Price: $79.72 info
Change: +$1.31 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $1.77B info
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