Strategic Education, Inc.

DB:SQE Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.4b

Strategic Education Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Strategic Education's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -1.3%, while the Consumer Services industry saw earnings growing at 12.9% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.1% per year. Strategic Education's return on equity is 7.4%, and it has net margins of 10.4%.

Key information

-1.3%

Earnings growth rate

-3.4%

EPS growth rate

Consumer Services Industry Growth10.5%
Revenue growth rate3.1%
Return on equity7.4%
Net Margin10.4%
Next Earnings Update27 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Strategic Education makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:SQE Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 241,2111264000
30 Jun 241,1911173920
31 Mar 241,1671023860
31 Dec 231,133703840
30 Sep 231,100493830
30 Jun 231,077373830
31 Mar 231,063383800
31 Dec 221,065473800
30 Sep 221,068503750
30 Jun 221,075483730
31 Mar 221,100533690
31 Dec 211,132553610
30 Sep 211,127393610
30 Jun 211,096463390
31 Mar 211,053613130
31 Dec 201,028862950
30 Sep 201,0241092780
30 Jun 201,0271152760
31 Mar 201,0161052770
31 Dec 19997812720
30 Sep 19975752730
30 Jun 1989562630
31 Mar 19764-142270
31 Dec 18634-161940
30 Sep 18511-451590
30 Jun 18458141400
31 Mar 18456201450
31 Dec 17455211290
30 Sep 17455391500
30 Jun 17449351480
31 Mar 17445331450
31 Dec 16441351450
30 Sep 16435361400
30 Jun 16432371350
31 Mar 16434411310
31 Dec 15434401310
30 Sep 15437401300
30 Jun 15438411300
31 Mar 15441431290
31 Dec 14446461280
30 Sep 14454141300
30 Jun 14463131340
31 Mar 14483141400

Quality Earnings: SQE has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: SQE's current net profit margins (10.4%) are higher than last year (4.5%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: SQE's earnings have declined by 1.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: SQE's earnings growth over the past year (158.2%) exceeds its 5-year average (-1.3% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: SQE earnings growth over the past year (158.2%) exceeded the Consumer Services industry 16.6%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: SQE's Return on Equity (7.4%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/06 16:48
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/06 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Strategic Education, Inc. is covered by 27 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey MeulerBaird
Gary BisbeeBarclays
Alexander ParisBarrington Research Associates, Inc.