Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 27, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Terese Wilke - Senior Director of Investor Relations Karl McDonnell - President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Silberman - Chairman Daniel Jackson - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer Conference Call Participants Jeffrey Silber - BMO Capital Markets Alexander Paris - Barrington Research Jasper Bibb - Truist Securities Operator Welcome to Strategic Education's Fourth Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call. I will now turn the call over to Terese Wilke, Senior Director of Investor Relations for Strategic Education.
The headline numbers for Strategic Education (STRA) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Strategic Education (STRA) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.27 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.19 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.68 per share a year ago.
Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Strategic Education (STRA), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended December 2024.
Strategic Education (STRA) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Strategic Education (STRA) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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Strategic Education's financial metrics counter its six-month price performance. Here's what you should know about the stock's growth drivers moving into 2025.
The consensus price target hints at a 26.6% upside potential for Strategic Education (STRA). While empirical research shows that this sought-after metric is hardly effective, an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean that the stock will witness an upside in the near term.