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How Strategic Education, Inc. stacks up
STRA · against 225 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
68/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #75 of 226 · scores higher than 66% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score28 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including STRA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 68?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 9.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 74% of peers. Return on assets: 6.5% vs peer median 4.0%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 14.0% vs peer median 7.6%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 211 reported | 9.4% | 7.8% | 56% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 223 reported | 14.0% | 8.3% | 74% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 211 reported | 6.5% | 4.1% | 73% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 208 reported | 8.2% | 8.1% | 50% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 226 reported | 49.1% | 32.3% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around STRA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 72 | 1.3B USD | 69 | 66 | |
| 75 | 6.5B HKD (≈$837M) | 68 | 63 | |
| 75 | 1.9B CAD (≈$1.4B) | 68 | 56 | |
| 75 | 2.6B EUR (≈$2.9B) | 68 | 42 | |
| 75 | 1.6B USD | 68 | 65 | |
| 79 | 6.5B CNY (≈$906M) | 67 | 60 | |
| 79 | 753M EUR (≈$828M) | 67 | 63 | |
| 81 | 9.0B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 66 | 57 | |
| 81 | 30.5B TWD (≈$946M) | 66 | 51 |
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