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How Strategic Education, Inc. stacks up
STRA · against 223 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
80/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #44 of 224 · scores higher than 80% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score24 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 217 reported | 8.3% | 4.6% | 79% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 225 reported | 15.8% | 9.3% | 86% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 82 reported | 10.3% | 9.0% | 57% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 214 reported | 100.5% | 54.9% | 83% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around STRA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 87.0B INR (≈$1.0B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 1 | 29.73T IDR (≈$1.8B) | 98 | 60 | |
| 3 | 933M USD | 97 | 84 | |
| 4 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 96 | 60 | |
| 5 | 24.2B HKD (≈$3.1B) | 95 | 64 | |
| 41 | 135.8B JPY (≈$924M) | 81 | 59 | |
| 41 | 17.8B MXN (≈$959M) | 81 | 64 | |
| 41 | 6.0B DKK (≈$900M) | 81 | 48 | |
| 44 | 1.7B USD | 80 | 42 | |
| 44 | 1.6B USD | 80 | 65 | |
| 44 | 36.93T IDR (≈$2.3B) | 80 | 86 | |
| 47 | 204.4B JPY (≈$1.4B) | 79 | 63 | |
| 48 | 4.0B MYR (≈$870M) | 78 | 67 | |
| 48 | 820.6B CLP (≈$903M) | 78 | 57 |
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