{"id":34253,"date":"2022-07-29T09:33:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=34253"},"modified":"2022-07-29T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:33:53","slug":"strategic-education-nasdaqstra-price-target-raised-to-85-00-at-barrington-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/29\/strategic-education-nasdaqstra-price-target-raised-to-85-00-at-barrington-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) Price Target Raised to $85.00 at Barrington Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- start main text --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/scripts\/TextAdNewsSites.ashx?color=e64c3c\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"35\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Advertisement\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" width=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanbankingnews.com\/wp-content\/timthumb\/timthumb.php?w=250&amp;h=150&amp;zc=2&amp;src=https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/logos\/page_head_text.gif\" alt=\"Strategic Education logo\" title=\"Strategic Education\" class=\"companylogo\"\/><span>Strategic Education (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/stocks\/NASDAQ\/STRA\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ:STRA<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=STRA&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=STRA&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Rating<\/a>)<\/span> had its price objective upped by analysts at Barrington Research  from $75.00 to $85.00 in a research note issued on Wednesday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefly.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fly<\/a> reports. Barrington Research\u2019s price target points to a potential upside of 15.93% from the stock\u2019s previous close.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:bold\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=STRA&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=STRA&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">StockNews.com<\/a> assumed coverage on Strategic Education in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a \u201chold\u201d rating for the company.<\/p>\n<h2>Strategic Education Stock Performance<\/h2>\n<p>Shares of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/stocks\/NASDAQ\/STRA\/price-target\/\" rel=\"noopener\">STRA<\/a> opened at $73.32 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 1.64. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $66.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $63.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.83 billion, a P\/E ratio of 33.63, a P\/E\/G ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 0.44. Strategic Education has a 52 week low of $48.01 and a 52 week high of $82.48. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/marketbeat.com\/scripts\/336x280AdNewsSites.ashx\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"no\" title=\"Offer\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>                 Strategic Education (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/stocks\/NASDAQ\/STRA\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ:STRA<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=STRA&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=STRA&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Rating<\/a>) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. The health services provider reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.12). The business had revenue of $273.56 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $275.88 million. Strategic Education had a net margin of 4.78% and a return on equity of 5.38%. The business\u2019s revenue was down 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.55 earnings per share.  Equities analysts forecast that  Strategic Education will post 2.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. <\/p>\n<h2>Hedge Funds Weigh In On Strategic Education<\/h2>\n<p>Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. National Bank of Canada FI bought a new position in  Strategic Education during the fourth quarter valued at $29,000.  Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in  Strategic Education by 65.4% during the fourth quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 506 shares of the health services provider\u2019s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period.  Covestor Ltd bought a new position in  Strategic Education during the fourth quarter valued at $32,000.  Advisor Group Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in  Strategic Education by 107.5% during the fourth quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. now owns 776 shares of the health services provider\u2019s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 402 shares during the period.  Finally, Gladius Capital Management LP bought a new position in  Strategic Education during the fourth quarter valued at $55,000. 94.74% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"display:inline-block\">Strategic Education Company Profile<\/h2>\n<p> (<a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=STRA&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=STRA&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Rating<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Strategic Education, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides education services through campus-based and online post-secondary education, and programs to develop job-ready skills. It operates through three segments: U.S. Higher Education, Australia\/New Zealand, and Education Technology Services. The company operates Strayer University that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, health services administration, public administration, and criminal justice at physical campuses located in the eastern United States, as well as through online; non-degree web and mobile application development courses through Hackbright Academy and Devmountain; and an executive MBA online through its Jack Welch Management Institute.<\/p>\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefly.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/images\/flyonthewall.png\" alt=\"The Fly logo\" title=\"The Fly\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t \t<!-- end inline unit --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- end main text --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Invalidate Article --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- End Invalidate --><\/p>\n<p><!--Begin Footer Opt-In--><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both\"><strong>Receive News &amp; Ratings for Strategic Education Daily<\/strong> &#8211; Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts&#8217; ratings for Strategic Education and related companies with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseworld.net\/daily-email-updates-basic\/?symbol=NASDAQ:STRA&amp;c=Strategic+Education\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold\">MarketBeat.com&#8217;s FREE daily email newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Footer Opt-In --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseworld.net\/2022\/07\/29\/strategic-education-nasdaqstra-price-target-raised-to-85-00-at-barrington-research.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA \u2013 Get Rating) had its price objective upped by analysts at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34255,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34253\/revisions\/34255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}