Strategic Education price to free cash flow STRA

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.8×
10-year median: 20.3×
Against its 10-year history: 4th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.6× to 163×
Peer median: 12.7×

Strategic Education's price to free cash flow is 10.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 20.3×, lower than on 96% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.6× in Apr 2026 to 163× in Apr 2019.

The median for 8 education and Training Services stocks of a similar size is 12.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 20.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	10.8×	9.6×	15.3×
2025	14.5×	13.6×	18.7×
2024	15.8×	15.2×	47.6×
2023	44.6×	21.7×	45.3×
2022	20.0×	10.9×	20.8×
2021	14.3×	12.4×	23.7×
2020	13.4×	11.1×	24.3×
2019	21.0×	18.0×	163×
2018	41.3×	26.3×	45.7×
2017	26.0×	20.6×	30.7×
2016	21.0×	7.7×	21.3×
2015	11.7×	7.2×	12.2×
2014	11.8×	4.4×	12.6×
2013	4.6×	4.4×	11.3×
2012	10.0×	6.3×	13.5×
2011	11.1×	7.6×	14.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Education & Training Services nearest Strategic Education's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
STRAStrategic Education	10.8×
PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION	9.7×
UTIUniversal Technical Institute	n/m
LRNStride	6.6×
APEIAmerican Public Education	12.7×
LOPEGrand Canyon Education	17.5×
CVSACovista	11.4×
LINCLincoln Educational Services	28.0×
LAURLaureate Education	18.8×
Peer median	12.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.