All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-03-03.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-03-03) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+12.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $441 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 12.5% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.8% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 6 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Strategic Education, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 11 sales (9 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $269 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Strategic Education, Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 37% of 41 in its family; net margin 10%.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s standing among 41 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 23% by size; a net margin of 10% ranks in the top 33%; revenue growth of 6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 16% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mcdonnell, Raymond Karl (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-05-03, 13.5 years (top 12% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8 years (top 35%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 47% of 41 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $141 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 6.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.1% of revenue (top 26%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 48% of 39 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6% a year over the last three filed years against 12.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 45% of its family); the newest year grew 4% (top 50%); capital spending grew 0.8% a year (top 40%) (its annual reports). Strategic Education, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: US Higher Education at $868 million (69%), Australia New Zealand at $252 million (20%), Education Technology Services at $148 million (12%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 39% of 36 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Strategic Education, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.8% below the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $127 million against a prior three-year average of $76 million (top 32%); a net margin of 10% against 6.6% before (top 43%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made