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Strategic Education (Strategic Education) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 21.36 (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is Strategic Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-28), Strategic Education's current share price is $113.40. Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.31. Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 21.36.

The historical rank and industry rank for Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

STRA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.32   Med: 12.73   Max: 29.24
Current: 21.6

During the past years, Strategic Education's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 29.24. The lowest was 5.32. And the median was 12.73.

STRA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
61.19% of 67 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 13.1 vs STRA: 21.60

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Strategic Education's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.845. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $5.31 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Strategic Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* 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.

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Strategic Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Strategic Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.65 16.01 10.21 13.66 17.31

Strategic Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.04 12.51 13.94 17.31 19.59

Competitive Comparison of Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Strategic Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Strategic Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=113.40/5.31
=21.36

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Strategic Education's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=2.845/131.7762*131.7762
=2.845

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Strategic Education Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.003 100.560 1.314
201409 1.423 100.428 1.867
201412 1.213 99.070 1.613
201503 2.594 99.621 3.431
201506 0.826 100.684 1.081
201509 0.762 100.392 1.000
201512 1.852 99.792 2.446
201603 1.173 100.470 1.538
201606 0.549 101.688 0.711
201609 0.372 101.861 0.481
201612 0.798 101.863 1.032
201703 1.861 102.862 2.384
201706 0.325 103.349 0.414
201709 0.487 104.136 0.616
201712 0.737 104.011 0.934
201803 1.133 105.290 1.418
201806 0.757 106.317 0.938
201809 -2.927 106.507 -3.621
201812 2.343 105.998 2.913
201903 2.263 107.251 2.780
201906 1.551 108.070 1.891
201909 1.330 108.329 1.618
201912 2.254 108.420 2.740
202003 2.466 108.902 2.984
202006 1.456 108.767 1.764
202009 1.616 109.815 1.939
202012 -1.156 109.897 -1.386
202103 2.738 111.754 3.229
202106 1.515 114.631 1.742
202109 1.030 115.734 1.173
202112 0.148 117.630 0.166
202203 1.945 121.301 2.113
202206 0.460 125.017 0.485
202209 1.432 125.227 1.507
202212 -0.391 125.222 -0.411
202303 1.151 127.348 1.191
202306 -0.168 128.729 -0.172
202309 1.546 129.860 1.569
202312 0.848 129.419 0.863
202403 2.845 131.776 2.845

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Strategic Education  (NAS:STRA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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

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