Growth Metrics

Strategic Education (STRA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Strategic Education (STRA) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.09%, compared with a TTM value of 0.09% through Dec 2025, up 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.1%, up 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.09% for Q4 2025 at Strategic Education, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.09% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed fell -6bps in 2021, then grew 6bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then rose by 4bps to 0.04% in 2022, then dropped by -26bps to 0.03% in 2023, then surged by 207bps to 0.08% in 2024, then rose by 15bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for STRA at 0.09% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q4 2024, and 0.09% in Q3 2024.