STRA · XBRL financial data
Strategic Education financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 6 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (STRA's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 1,028 | 1,132 | 1,065 | 1,133 | 1,220 | 1,268 |
| General and administrative | 295 | 361 | 380 | 384 | 412 | 425 |
| Operating income (loss) | 109 | 74 | 71 | 95 | 156 | 174 |
| Other income (expense) | 5 | 3 | (1) | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 28 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 49 | 51 |
| Net income (loss) | 86 | 55 | 47 | 70 | 113 | 127 |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 3.81 | 2.30 | 1.97 | 2.98 | 4.81 | 5.57 |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 3.77 | 2.28 | 1.94 | 2.91 | 4.67 | 5.41 |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (STRA's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 188 | 269 | 214 | 168 | 137 | 141 |
| Marketable securities | 8 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 47 | 7 |
| Marketable securities, non-current | 30 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Accounts receivable | 50 | 51 | 63 | 76 | 76 | 78 |
| Total current assets | 286 | 368 | 329 | 329 | 305 | 278 |
| Property and equipment, net | 159 | 151 | 133 | 119 | 111 | 107 |
| Right-of-use asset | 121 | 150 | 125 | 119 | 104 | 91 |
| Goodwill | 1,319 | 1,286 | 1,251 | 1,252 | 1,207 | 1,242 |
| Total assets | 2,296 | 2,306 | 2,162 | 2,125 | 2,050 | 2,039 |
| Total current liabilities | 200 | 196 | 210 | 210 | 216 | 218 |
| Long-term debt | 142 | 142 | 101 | 61 | 0 | — |
| Lease liability, non-current | 106 | 163 | 134 | 128 | 103 | 93 |
| Total liabilities | 547 | 592 | 526 | 473 | 387 | 392 |
| Retained earnings | 180 | 175 | 160 | 169 | 218 | 255 |
| Total stockholders' equity | 1,748 | 1,714 | 1,636 | 1,653 | 1,662 | 1,646 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 2,296 | 2,306 | 2,162 | 2,125 | 2,050 | 2,039 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page) millions of shares | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (STRA's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 86 | 55 | 47 | 70 | 113 | 127 |
| Stock-based compensation | 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 23 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 52 | 59 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 48 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 143 | 181 | 126 | 117 | 169 | 198 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 47 | 49 | 43 | 37 | 41 | 44 |
| Net cash from investing activities | (642) | (33) | (31) | (49) | (64) | 9 |
| Proceeds from issuing common stock | 220 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Share repurchases | 0 | 6 | 40 | 10 | 12 | 139 |
| Dividends paid | 56 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 58 |
| Proceeds from long-term debt | 146 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Net cash from financing activities | 279 | (68) | (142) | (114) | (137) | (206) |
| Net change in cash | (218) | 77 | (52) | (46) | (35) | 3 |
Compare with peers
SIC 8200 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 8200 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
- A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Education | 124 | 337 | 29* | 22.2M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Stride | 548 | 639 | (125) | 42.0M | 6.3 quarters | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Perdoceo Education | 163 | 213 | 75* | 62.6M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Laureate Education | 190 | 485 | 152* | 135.7M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Graham Holdings | 154 | 1,326 | 160* | not reported | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Universal Technical Institute | 130 | 219 | 10* | 55.1M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Covista | 222 | 512 | 114 | 33.3M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Udemy | 253 | not reported | 15 | 146.3M | — | 10-QMar 31, 2026 |
| Grand Canyon Education | 171 | 264 | 109* | 26.1M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
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