STRA Historical PE Ratio Notes

— Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) is a leading provider of post-secondary education and related services, primarily through its wholly-owned institutions Strayer University and Capella University. These accredited universities offer flexible, career-focused degree programs, targeting working adults seeking to advance their education & career prospects. STRA generates revenue mainly via tuition & educational services, with growth often tied to student enrollment trends, regulatory landscape, and market demand for online education. When reviewing the company’s historical PE ratio, investors should be aware that significant shifts often reflect changes in student enrollment, tuition pricing, government policies (such as federal student aid rules), and the broader perception of the for-profit education sector. Periods of increased regulatory scrutiny or negative sentiment toward for-profit schools have, at times, resulted in lower PE ratios due to investor caution. Conversely, times of enrollment growth or favorable regulatory changes can lead to higher expectations, fueling a higher PE ratio. Therefore, reviewing STRA’s historical PE trends alongside its business milestones & industry headwinds or tailwinds will provide context for shifts in valuation metrics over time.

On this page we presented the STRA Historical PE Ratio information for Strategic Education' stock. The average STRA historical PE based on using the annualized quarterly earnings result at each measurement period (for the "E" in the PE calculation; and the closing price on earnings date as the "P") is 23.6. Meanwhile, using the trailing twelve month (TTM) quarterly earnings result as our method of calculation the "E" value at each measurement period, the average STRA historical PE based on this TTM earnings result method is 22.9. Note: any PE calculations involving negative earnings were discarded as not meaningful.

Let's now compare this STRA historical PE result, against the recent PE: when this page was posted on 8/14/2026, the most recent closing price for STRA had been 82.33, and the most recent quarterly earnings result, annualized, was 7.04. Meanwhile, the most recent TTM earnings summed to 6.56. From these numbers, we calculate the recent STRA PE on 8/14/2026 based on annualized quarterly EPS was 11.7. Based on STRA's history, that recent PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 50.4% lower than the historical average PE across our data set for Strategic Education. Looking at the recent STRA PE on 8/14/2026 based on TTM EPS, we calculate the ratio at 12.6. Based on STRA's history, that recent PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 45.0% lower than the average PE across our Strategic Education data set with TTM EPS used in the calculation at each period.

Another interesting STRA historical PE Ratio calculation we look at is to take the median earnings per share of the last four quarters for STRA, and then annualize the resulting value... with that annualized number then being used in the PE calculation. To walk through this math for STRA, we start with the past four EPS numbers and we first sort them from lowest to highest: 1.42, 1.64, 1.74, and 1.76. We then toss out the highest and lowest result, and then take the average of those two middle numbers — 1.64 and 1.74 — which gives us the median of 1.69. Basically the way to think about this 1.69 number is this: for the trailing four earnings reports, 1.69 marks the "middle ground" number where STRA has reported a value higher than 1.69 half the time, and has reported a value lower than 1.69 half the time. Annualizing that median value then gets us to 6.76/share, which we use as the denominator in our next PE calculation. With 82.33 as the numerator (as of 8/14/2026), the calculation is then 82.33 / 6.76 = 12.2 as the STRA PE ratio as of 8/14/2026, based on that annualized median value we calculated.

For self directed investors doing their due diligence on STRA or any other given stock, valuation analysis for STRA can greatly benefit from studying the past earnings and resulting PE calculations. This exercise can help inform an analysis as to whether the past earnings trajectory and current versus historical PE ratios justify the current stock value.

That's why we bring you HistoricalPERatio.com to make it easy for investors to investigate Strategic Education PE history or the past PE information for any stock in our coverage universe. And in your continued research we hope you will be sure to check out the further links included for earnings surprises history (beat/miss data) as well as next earnings dates for STRA. Thanks for visiting, and the next time you need to research STRA Historical PE Ratio or the ratio for another stock, we hope you'll think of our site, as your go-to historical PE ratio research resource of choice.