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Strategic Education (Strategic Education) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Strategic Education Financial Strength?

Strategic Education has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Strategic Education Inc shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GuruFocus does not calculate Strategic Education's interest coverage with the available data. Strategic Education's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.17. As of today, Strategic Education's Altman Z-Score is 4.44.


Competitive Comparison of Strategic Education's Financial Strength

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Strategic Education's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Strategic Education's Financial Strength Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Strategic Education's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Strategic Education's Financial Strength falls into.



Strategic Education Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Strategic Education's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $36 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $178 Mil.

Strategic Education's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Strategic Education's interest coverage with the available data.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Strategic Education's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(23.316 + 177.606) / 1161
=0.17

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Strategic Education has a Z-score of 4.44, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.44 is strong.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Strategic Education  (NAS:STRA) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Strategic Education has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Strategic Education (Strategic Education) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2303 Dulles Station Boulevard, Herndon, VA, USA, 20171
Strategic Education Inc. is an education services company that provides access to high-quality education through campus-based and online post-secondary education offerings, as well as through programs to develop job-ready skills for high-demand markets. The company operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries Strayer University and Capella University, both accredited post-secondary institutions of higher education located in the United States, as well as Torrens University, an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education located in Australia. It provide employees with access to affordable and industry relevant training, certificate, and degree programs.
Executives
Viet D Dinh director GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, 600 NEW JERSEY AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON DC 20001
Robert R Grusky director C/O STRAYER EDUCATION INC, 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
Raymond Karl Mcdonnell officer: President and COO C/O STRAYER EDUCATION INC, 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
Daniel Wayne Jackson officer: Vice President - Operations C/O STRAYER EDUCATION INC., 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
Michael Thawley director C/O STRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC., 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
Robert S Silberman director, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O STRAYER EDUCATION INC, 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
Michael A. Mcrobbie director C/O STRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC., 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
William J Slocum director C/O INCLUSIVE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., 1170 GORGAS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Tal Darmon officer: Chief Accounting Officer 650 SOUTH EXETER STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Jerry Lavell Johnson director 512 HERNDON PARKWAY, SUITE A, HERNDON VA 20170
Casteen John T Iii director 301 S. COLLEGE STREET, 30TH FLOOR, NC0630, CHARLOTTE NC 28288-0630
J Kevin Gilligan director, officer: Executive Vice Chairman P O BOX 1441, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1441
Andrew E Watt officer: Chief Operating Officer 225 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, 9TH FLOOR, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Lizette Benedi Herraiz officer: SVP and General Counsel 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171
Thomas J Aprahamian officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD, HERNDON VA 20171