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STRA · Consumer Discretionary · $1.7B mkt cap · FY2025 filings · Narrow moat ·

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The five investor questions

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2021–2025 (latest 5 aligned FYs; v3 window cap 5): revenue $1.1B to $1.3B, increasing; diluted EPS 2.28 to 5.41, increasing. Latest-filed diluted EPS remains usable for Business Trend, but an integer share-count change lacks enough evidence to confirm a comparable EPS basis; valuation growth therefore stays at 0%.

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Not enough years of gross-margin data to score pricing power.

11

Median ROIC 5.9%, above the 12% hurdle in 20% of years.

100

Net cash position — no leverage risk.

80

Owner earnings changed +14.2%/yr over up to the ten most recent annual observations, share count n/a.

The pricingPower component abstained: Not enough years of gross-margin data to score pricing power. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

Price vs. value if growth stopped today

A cautious baseline, not a price target: what the shares may support if normalized owner earnings simply hold steady.

Above value if growth stopped todayBelow value if growth stopped today
92% above value if growth stopped today
$81.2M
$39.30
$39.30
$75.64
92% above value if growth stopped today

What today’s price assumes: owner earnings growing ~14%/yr over 5 years. The zero-growth estimate assumes owner earnings stay flat (0% growth).

How to read this

We solve for the constant annual change in owner earnings that would make the five-year zero-growth estimate equal today’s price. This keeps the existing model inputs and calculation unchanged; it is an expectations lens, not a forecast.

This zero-growth estimate assumes trailing owner earnings persist — unreliable for declining businesses. The recent FY revenue series does not trigger the three-consecutive-declines flag.

Among the current top-score group, the median current price is 239% above the zero-growth estimate across 48 of the current top 50 companies by Moat Score with both values.

Score records captured Jul 26, 2026.

Exactly which 50 companies?

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Missing a usable price or zero-growth estimate: ANF, BKNG.

Model details under moat-index@3.0.0: zero-growth multiple 11.1×, capped-growth comparison at no more than 18×; 9% discount rate; high-end growth 0% (capped at 4%) using min(5y revenue CAGR, 5y diluted-EPS CAGR), clamped to 0%–4%; maintenance capex uses min(capex, D&A); abstain when D&A is unavailable. This is a disclosed model range, not intrinsic value as fact.

19 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $441M (FY2016) to $1.3B (FY2025) — about 12.5% a year compounded over 9 years.

It earned 8.3% on invested capital in the latest filed year, FY2025. Across the full 18-year measurable filed record, median ROIC was 47.3%. Over the v3 recent window (10 measurable filed years), median ROIC was 5.9%. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 11/100.

STRA's latest filed year, FY2025, doesn't disclose total debt in a form the methodology can use, so current leverage is treated as unmeasured — never assumed to be zero.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2007–FY2025 · 19 fiscal years, normalized from STRA’s SEC filings

Sales, as filed$1.3B FY2025
$0$500M$1B2007201320192025
Revenue kept after cost of goods

Not disclosed in STRA’s filings for these years — we don’t estimate it.

Standard ROIC or separately labeled Operating ROICROIC 8.3% FY2025
0%50%100%2007201320192025
Cash an owner could take out$131M FY2025
$0$100M2007201320192025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in STRA’s filings for that year. The series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

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How Strategic Education, Inc. makes its money

Strategic Education, Inc.'s filing does not supply enough comparable lines for a truthful flow chart — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$1.3B100%
$174M14%
Income before tax$177M14%
Income tax$50.8M4%
$127M10%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What Strategic Education, Inc. owns — and owes

Strategic Education, Inc.'s filing tags don't support a full breakdown — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of assetsSource
Total assets$2.0B100%
Cash and equivalents$141M7%
Stockholders’ equity$1.6B81%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What drives Strategic Education, Inc.’s return on equity?

ROE is five filed business factors multiplied together.

DuPont return on equity factor treeReturn on equity branches into tax burden, interest burden, operating margin, asset turnover, and the equity multiplier.Return on equity8%Tax burden71%net income ÷ pretax incomeInterest burden102%pretax ÷ operating incomeOperating margin14%operating income ÷ revenueAsset turnover0.62×revenue ÷ average assetsEquity multiplier1.24×average assets ÷ average equityAs of 2025-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com
DuPont source inputs
InputValueFiscal yearSource
$127MFY2025
Income before tax$177MFY2025
Operating income$174MFY2025
$1.3BFY2025
Ending assets$2.0BFY2025
Beginning assets$2.0BFY2024
$1.6BFY2025
$1.7BFY2024
Source:
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001013934-25-000007
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001013934-26-000006
· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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Where Strategic Education, Inc.'s cash went

Strategic Education, Inc.’s filing does not supply enough provenance-matched cash-flow lines for a truthful flow chart — here’s what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of cash from operationsSource
Cash from operations$198M100%
Depreciation and amortization$48.4M24%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

Curated 19-manager tier

Who reported holding Strategic Education, Inc.

Delayed public 13F reports for 2026-Q1—not live positions, trades, or recommendations.

0 holding0 exited0 not holding0/19 resolved19 unavailable

Named manager positions and quarter-over-quarter changes
ManagerReported positionQuarter-over-quarterFiling accession
Abrams CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Akre CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Baupost GroupUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Berkshire HathawayUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Brave Warrior AdvisorsUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Dodge & CoxUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
First EagleUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
FundsmithUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gardner Russo & QuinnUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gates Foundation TrustUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Mairs & PowerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Markel / Markel-GaynerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Oakmark / Harris AssociatesUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Pershing SquareUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Polen CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Sequoia / Ruane CunniffUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Southeastern Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Tweedy, BrowneUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Yacktman Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable

Position size uses shares and filed value from each manager’s 13F. Portfolio weight uses the eligible long-share filing denominator. Changes compare only with the immediately preceding calendar quarter.

Source: Filing source unavailable · event Mar 31, 2026 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026

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What Strategic Education, Inc. insiders reported

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 11, 2026.

Partial coverage: the incomplete Form 4 walk cannot establish no activity, an activity date, or zero counts.

Moat Score history

16 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale66.7 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 20, 2026Jul 26, 2026

Breaks in the line mark methodology or normalizer upgrades — readings across versions aren’t compared, so a level shift there isn’t a change in the business.

Tier changesSame-methodology and same-normalizer crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

  1. Normalizer upgraded unstamped (version unknown)moat-xbrl-normalizer@1.1.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 26, 2026
  2. Methodology upgraded moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@3.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 23, 2026
  3. Methodology upgraded moat-index@1.2.0moat-index@2.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 20, 2026

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record cannot be reconstructed retroactively, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Insider activity

Form 4 reports mix P/S market or private transactions with compensation-plan mechanics. Activity casually described as “insider selling” can include compensation mechanics; awards, tax withholding, and option exercises are shown by their exact filed class here, never collapsed into “Bought” or “Sold.”

These are disclosed filing facts and arithmetic aggregates, not a signal or verdict.

This machine-readable surface covers SEC ownership filings from 2003; it does not represent earlier paper-era records.

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 11, 2026.

45 filings were skipped because the SEC primary document returned 404; the omission is disclosed and aggregates are withheld.

Trailing-12-month totals and the 90-day cluster result are withheld because this issuer walk is incomplete.

No reported Form 4 rows were captured for STRA; the incomplete walk cannot establish zero activity, zero counts, or a negative cluster result.

A filing source-event date will appear when a Form 4 row is captured.

Retrieved .

Consumer Discretionary context

#95 of 487 scored Consumer Discretionary companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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  3. #96EUBG ENTREPRENEUR UNIVERSE BRIGHT GROUP66.6Narrow moat
  4. #97BLBD BLUE BIRD CORPORATION66.6Narrow moat

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Common questions about STRA

Does Strategic Education, Inc. have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA) 66.7 out of 100 — a Narrow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 76, pricing power not measurable from the filings, returns on capital 11, balance-sheet safety 100, capital allocation 80.
Is STRA trading below the conservative owner-earnings estimate?
The value if growth stopped today — a zero-growth baseline — is $39.30 per share. It capitalizes normalized owner earnings at a 9% rate and assumes 0% growth. Versus a recent price of $75.64, that is 92% above value if growth stopped today. The model also publishes a capped-growth comparison, but the zero-growth estimate is the cautious baseline. It assumes trailing owner earnings persist and is unreliable for declining businesses. This is an educational estimate from primary SEC filings, not intrinsic value as a fact or investment advice.
How has STRA's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 16 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 66.7 out of 100 (narrow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

Scored from primary SEC filings via the public methodology. Educational only — not a recommendation to buy or sell STRA. See the disclaimer.