How Strategic Education, Inc. stacks up

STRA · against 149 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Valuation

80/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #15 of 150 · scores higher than 89% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score

10 peers with a valuation score of 80–89, including STRA · Click a bar to see the companies

Why valuation scores 80?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.

more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 69% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 10.3% vs peer median 6.2%
higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 80% of peers. Earnings yield: 8.2% vs peer median 4.5%
more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 82% of peers. EBITDA yield: 15.8% vs peer median 8.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = STRA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	STRA	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Earnings yieldHigher is better · 146 reported	8.3%	3.7%	88%	30%
EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 151 reported	15.8%	9.0%	88%	50%
Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 132 reported	10.3%	5.8%	74%	20%
Book yieldHigher is better · 145 reported	100.5%	39.9%	81%	Context only

Ranking by valuation score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around STRA

Rank	Company	Market cap	Valuation	Overall
1	Afya LimitedAFYA · US-listed	933M USD	97	84
2	Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.NATR · US-listed	212M USD	93	72
2	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	843M USD	93	88
4	Smithfield Foods, Inc.SFD · US-listed	7.2B USD	92	72
5	BellRing Brands, Inc.BRBR · US-listed	1.1B USD	91	67
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13	John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.JBSS · US-listed	615M USD	83	73
14	Chegg, Inc.CHGG · US-listed	72M USD	82	26
15	Nomad Foods LimitedNOMD · US-listed	1.7B USD	80	42
15	Pilgrim's Pride CorporationPPC · US-listed	6.5B USD	80	51
15	Strategic Education, Inc.STRA · US-listed	1.6B USD	80	65
18	Ingredion IncorporatedINGR · US-listed	6.1B USD	79	58
19	Embotelladora Andina S.A.AKO-A · US-listed	3.9B USD	78	64
19	The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.HAIN · US-listed	13M USD	78	24
19	Post Holdings, Inc.POST · US-listed	3.8B USD	78	50

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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