Growth Metrics

Strategic Education (STRA) Gross Margin (2016 - 2018)

Quarterly Gross Margin fell 545.0% to 79.52% in Q4 2018 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 78.4% through Dec 2018, down 345.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 78.4% for FY2018, 345.0% down from the prior year.

Strategic Education filings provide 10 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 79.52% for Q4 2018.

  • Gross Margin hit 79.52% in Q4 2018 for Strategic Education, up from 71.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 191.62% in Q4 2015 and bottomed at 43.05% in Q2 2016.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 77.4%, with a median of 77.43% recorded in 2017.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin tumbled -16012bps in 2014 before it skyrocketed 14458bps in 2015.
  • Strategic Education's Gross Margin stood at 47.05% in 2014, then skyrocketed by 307bps to 191.62% in 2015, then decreased by -5bps to 181.45% in 2016, then crashed by -53bps to 84.97% in 2017, then decreased by -6bps to 79.52% in 2018.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STRA's Gross Margin are 79.52% (Q4 2018), 71.32% (Q3 2018), and 81.59% (Q2 2018).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn 72.43%
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 68.04%
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn -6.01%
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn 79.28%
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 36.76%
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 78.77%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn 46.96%
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - -
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 83.40%
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 57.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2018 79.52%
Sep 30, 2018 71.32%
Jun 30, 2018 81.59%
Mar 31, 2018 82.72%
Dec 31, 2017 84.97%
Sep 30, 2017 75.34%
Jun 30, 2017 82.94%
Mar 31, 2017 83.71%
Dec 31, 2016 181.45%
Sep 30, 2016 44.89%
Jun 30, 2016 43.05%