The entity has a beta of 0.4116, which indicates possible diversification benefits within a given portfolio. Let's try to break down what Strayer's beta means in this case. As returns on the market increase, Strayer Education returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss on holding Strayer Education will be expected to be smaller as well. Even though it is essential to pay attention to
Strayer Education current price movements, it is always good to be careful when utilizing equity historical returns. Our philosophy towards measuring any stock's
future performance is to check both, its past performance charts as well as the business as a whole, including all available
technical indicators. Strayer Education exposes twenty-eight different technical indicators, which can help you to evaluate its performance.
Strayer Education has an expected return of -0.0206%. Please be advised to validate Strayer Education
expected short fall, and the
relationship between the
value at risk and
daily balance of power to decide if
Strayer Education stock performance from the past will be repeated at some point in the near future.
Typically, a company's
financial statements are the reports that show the
financial position of the company. There are three main documents that fall into the category of financial statements. These documents include Strategic Education income statement, its balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows. Potential Strategic Education investors and stakeholders use financial statements to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Strategic Education investors may use each financial statement separately, they are all related. The changes in Strategic Education's assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses that we see on Strategic Education's income statement, which results in the company's gains or losses. Cash flows can provide more information regarding cash listed on a balance sheet, but not equivalent to net income shown on the income statement. Please read more on our
technical analysis and
fundamental analysis pages.
The goal of Strategic Education
fundamental analysis is to do accurate financial forecasts. There are several possible objectives to fundamental analysis, such as projecting of Strategic Education performance into the future periods or doing a reasonable stock valuation. The intrinsic value of Strategic Education shares is the value that is considered the true value of the share. If
the intrinsic value of Strategic is higher than its market price, buying is generally recommended. If it is equal to the market price, it is recommended to hold; and if it is less than the market price, then one should sell all shares Strategic Education. Please read more on our
fundamental analysis page.
How effective is Strategic Education in utilizing its assets?
Strategic Education reports assets on its Balance Sheet. It represents the amount of Strategic resources that either has an existing economic value or will provide some form of benefits in the future. By effectively utilizing its assets, Strategic Education aims to generate revenue, control costs, drive operational efficiency, and enhance profitability. Optimizing asset utilization helps maximize shareholder value and maintain a competitive position in the Diversified Consumer Services space. To get a better handle on how balance sheet or income statements item affect Strategic volatility, please check the breakdown of all its
fundamentals.
Are Strategic Education Earnings Expected to grow?
The
future earnings power of Strategic Education involves the interaction of many company-specific, industry, and economic forces. Earnings estimates embody investors' opinions of Strategic Education factors such as sales growth, product demand, competitive industry environment, profit margins, and cost controls. Strategic Education
stock prices adjust as these expectations change or are proven wrong. The main thing to remember is that equities with high expected earnings growth tend to underperform the market because it is usually difficult to meet the market's high expectations. Companies with low earnings expectations tend to do better than expected. Please use our latest analysis of Strategic
expected earnings.
And What about dividends?
A dividend is the distribution of a portion of Strategic Education earnings, decided and managed by the company's board of directors and paid to a class of its shareholders. Note, announcements of dividend payouts are generally accompanied by a proportional increase or decrease in a company's stock price. Strategic Education dividend payments follow a chronological order of events, and the associated dates are important to determine the shareholders who qualify for receiving the dividend payment. Strategic one year expected dividend income is about USD1.6 per share.
At present, Strategic Education's
Dividends Paid is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's
Dividend Payout Ratio is expected to grow to 0.88, whereas
Dividend Yield is forecasted to decline to 0.02.
Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Strategic Education is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Strategic Education must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.
This type of analysis is very useful when you want to generate a past dividend schedule and payout information for Strategic Education. Then that information in the form of graph and calendar can be used to fully explain how Du Pont dividends can provide a real clue to its valuation.
Strategic Education Gross Profit
Strategic Education Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Strategic Education previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Strategic Education Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Strategic Education's
gross profit and other
fundamental indicators for more details.
A Deeper Perspective
Many companies such as Strayer Education have both institutions investors and insiders sharing the ownership. Retail investors typically buy and sell stocks in round lots of 100 shares or more. Other other hand institutional investors are known to buy and sell in block trades of 10,000 shares or more. Let's take a look at how the ownership of Strayer is distributed among investors.
Ownership Allocation
Strayer Education maintains a total of 24.4 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Strayer Education
outstanding shares are owned by
institutional holders. These institutional investors are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to take positions in Strayer Education to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutions are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Strayer Education. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Strayer Education as this could imply that something significant has changed or about to change at the company. Note that regardless of who owns the company, if the true value of the entity is less than the market is willing to pay for it, you may not be able to generate positive returns over time.
| Retail Investors | 1.62 |
| Insiders | 1.66 |
| Institutions | 96.72 |
| 2020 | 2021 (projected) |
Long Term Debt to Equity | 0.0633 | 0.065 | Interest Coverage | 13.0 | 13.34 |
Asset Utilization
The asset utilization indicator refers to the revenue earned for every dollar of assets a company currently reports. Strayer Education has an asset utilization ratio of 410.57 percent. This suggests that the company is making $4.11 for each dollar of assets. An increasing asset utilization means that Strayer Education is more efficient with each dollar of assets it utilizes for everyday operations.
| Current Assets | 508.92 Million | 76.95 |
| Assets Non Current | 102.11 Million | 15.44 |
| Goodwill | 20.14 Million | 3.05 |
| Tax Assets | 30.2 Million | 4.57 |
Strayer technical analysis suggests possible throwback
The downside deviation is down to 2.36 as of today. Strayer Education currently demonstrates below-average downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of -0.01 and Jensen Alpha of 0.02. However, we advise investors to further question Strayer Education expected returns to ensure all indicators are consistent with the current outlook about its relatively low value at risk. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Strayer Education's stock risk against market volatility during both bullying and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Strayer Education's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different stocks as prices fall.
Our Conclusion on Strayer Education
Whereas some firms under the education & training services industry are still a bit expensive, Strayer Education may offer a potential longer-term growth to investors. To summarize, as of the 26th of February 2021, our analysis shows that Strayer Education slowly supersedes the market. The company is
undervalued and projects
very low odds of financial distress for the next 2 years. Our actual 30 days buy-or-sell advice on the company is
Strong Hold.
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Raphi Shpitalnik is a Junior Member of Macroaxis Editorial Board. Raphael is a young entrepreneur who joined Macroaxis on a part-time basis at the beginning of the pandemic and eventually acquired a real taste for investing and fintech. He likes to analyze different equity instruments across a wide range of industries, focusing primarily on consumer products, sports, fintech, cannabis, and AI.
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