Strategic Education (STRA) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Strategic Education (STRA) reported EBT Margin of 13.82% for Q1 2026, down 1.0% on a YoY basis from 13.96% in Q1 2025, and down 15.98% quarter-over-quarter from 16.45% in Q4 2025.

Strategic Education (STRA) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Strategic Education has reported EBT Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 13.82% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 1.0% year-over-year to 13.82%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.98% (up 99.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.99%, up 75.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 13.82%, down from 16.45% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBT Margin was 18.24% in Q4 2023, with the low at 0.37% in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 10.75% across 5 years, with a median of 12.17% in 2024.
  • The largest YoY upside for EBT Margin was 1524 bps in 2024 against a maximum downside of 608 bps in 2024.
  • Strategic Education's EBT Margin stood at 10.22% in 2022, then surged by 78 bps to 18.24% in 2023, then plunged by 33 bps to 12.17% in 2024, then soared by 35 bps to 16.45% in 2025, then slipped by 16 bps to 13.82% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 13.82% (Q1 2026), 16.45% (Q4 2025), and 11.49% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn -19.01%
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn -10.02%
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 3.29%
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 16.00%
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 19.17%
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 31.90%
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn -11.37%
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.17%
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 30.72%
10 Strategic Education 1.69 Bn 1.53 Bn - 13.82%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.82%
Dec 31, 2025 16.45%
Sep 30, 2025 11.49%
Jun 30, 2025 14.14%
Mar 31, 2025 13.84%
Dec 31, 2024 12.17%
Sep 30, 2024 12.61%
Jun 30, 2024 13.39%
Mar 31, 2024 14.87%
Dec 31, 2023 18.24%
Sep 30, 2023 9.26%
Jun 30, 2023 6.95%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.37%
Dec 31, 2022 10.22%
Sep 30, 2022 2.87%
Jun 30, 2022 8.10%
Mar 31, 2022 4.74%
Dec 31, 2021 10.83%
Sep 30, 2021 2.04%
Jun 30, 2021 9.18%