STRA Strategic Education, Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Strategic Education, Inc. (SEI) delivers a broad spectrum of educational services, encompassing both traditional campus-based and online post-secondary learning, alongside programs designed to cultivate career-ready competencies. The company operates through three principal divisions: U.S. Higher Education, Australia/New Zealand, and Education Technology Services. Within its U.S. Higher Education portfolio, SEI manages Strayer University, which provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in disciplines such as business administration, accounting, information technology, education, healthcare administration, public administration, and criminal justice, available at physical locations across the eastern United States and through distance learning. It also offers certificate-level web and mobile application development courses via Hackbright Academy and Devmountain, as well as an executive MBA entirely online from the Jack Welch Management Institute. Another key institution is Capella University, an online-only post-secondary provider catering to working adults with bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs spanning arts and sciences, business and technology, counseling and human services, education, nursing and health sciences, psychology, and public service leadership. Internationally, the Australia/New Zealand segment features Torrens University, which delivers undergraduate, graduate, research-focused, and specialized degrees, primarily in business, design and creative technology, health, hospitality, and education, accessible both online and at its Australian campuses. This division also includes Think Education, a vocational training organization, and New Zealand's Media Design School, renowned for its industry-aligned courses in 3D animation and visual effects, game art and programming, graphic and motion design, digital media artificial intelligence, and creative advertising. Furthermore, SEI's Education Technology Services offers Workforce Edge, a platform that aids employers in managing education benefits, and Sophia Learning, which facilitates more cost-effective education benefit initiatives. Founded in 1892, Strategic Education, Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Herndon, Virginia.
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Research Scores
Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.
How the Dividend Safety Score is built for STRA
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Earnings payout ratio 41% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 99 | 20% |
| FCF payout ratio | FCF payout ratio 30% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 100 | 25% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net cash (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 100 | 15% |
| Interest coverage | N/A (not used) | N/A | 10% |
| Dividend record | 9 years of uninterrupted regular payments | 66 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net income positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2021–FY2025) | 100 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Growth Score is built for STRA
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | 5-year dividend CAGR 0.0% (2020–2025) | 25 | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 0 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) | 10 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Headroom from the earnings payout ratio 41% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 98 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS CAGR 40.8% (FY2022–FY2025) | 100 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR 6.0% (FY2022–FY2025) | 87 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | N/A (not used) | N/A | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Value Score is built for STRA
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yield vs own history | Current yield at the 68th percentile of its 105 month-end yields | 68 | 40% |
| P/E vs own 5-year median | P/E 13.6 is 0.53x its 5-year median of 25.4 | 100 | 25% |
| FCF yield | FCF yield 10.0% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 100 | 20% |
| P/E vs peers | P/E 13.6 vs peer median 23.1 (0.59x; 55 corporation / Consumer Defensive securities) | 100 | 15% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
Key Metrics
Current Yield
2.95%
At the Oct 19, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$2.4000
Declared Jul 29, 2026
The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.RSI (14)
52
As of Oct 19, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$72.19 – $87.62
Closes through Oct 16, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
41.08%
12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
29
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
1.06
Price as of Oct 18, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
How often a record like this ends in a cut
STRA has raised its annual dividend in 13 separate years since April 1997, which ranks 863 among the 2,435 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. In 1 year the annual total fell by more than a fifth.
Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 278 of 1079 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.
Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
STRA's dividend yield fell from 3.18% to 2.95% over the past ~90 days (-0.23 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.23 pp from the share price ($75.54 on Jul 21, 2026 → $81.33 on Oct 19, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 275 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 16, 2026), STRA's current yield is higher than approximately 42% of them. Our stored price history for STRA covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 29, 2026 | Sep 04, 2026 | Sep 04, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 23, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | Jun 01, 2026 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2026 | Mar 09, 2026 | Mar 09, 2026 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2025 | Dec 01, 2025 | Dec 01, 2025 | Dec 08, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 30, 2025 | Sep 05, 2025 | Sep 05, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 24, 2025 | May 23, 2025 | May 23, 2025 | Jun 02, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 27, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2024 | Dec 02, 2024 | Dec 02, 2024 | Dec 09, 2024 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 31, 2024 | Sep 06, 2024 | Sep 06, 2024 | Sep 16, 2024 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 25, 2024 | May 23, 2024 | May 24, 2024 | Jun 03, 2024 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 08, 2024 | Mar 11, 2024 | Mar 18, 2024 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 02, 2023 | Nov 24, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 04, 2023 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 27, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 01, 2023 | Sep 11, 2023 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 27, 2023 | May 25, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | Jun 05, 2023 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 22, 2023 | Mar 03, 2023 | Mar 06, 2023 | Mar 13, 2023 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2022 | Nov 25, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Dec 05, 2022 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 27, 2022 | Sep 01, 2022 | Sep 02, 2022 | Sep 12, 2022 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 28, 2022 | May 26, 2022 | May 27, 2022 | Jun 06, 2022 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2022 | Mar 04, 2022 | Mar 07, 2022 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2021 | Nov 26, 2021 | Nov 29, 2021 | Dec 06, 2021 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 28, 2021 | Sep 02, 2021 | Sep 03, 2021 | Sep 13, 2021 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2021 | May 27, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Jun 07, 2021 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2021 | Mar 05, 2021 | Mar 08, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2020 | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 07, 2020 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jul 29, 2020 | Sep 03, 2020 | Sep 04, 2020 | Sep 14, 2020 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2020 | May 29, 2020 | Jun 01, 2020 | Jun 08, 2020 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2020 | Mar 06, 2020 | Mar 09, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 | Nov 25, 2019 | Dec 09, 2019 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Jul 31, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 03, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | May 01, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | Jun 10, 2019 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2019 | Mar 08, 2019 | Mar 11, 2019 | Mar 18, 2019 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 03, 2018 | Dec 17, 2018 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Aug 01, 2018 | Aug 30, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Sep 07, 2018 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | May 02, 2018 | Jun 01, 2018 | Jun 04, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2018 | Mar 09, 2018 | Mar 12, 2018 | Mar 19, 2018 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 01, 2017 | Dec 04, 2017 | Dec 18, 2017 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Jul 27, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 | Sep 05, 2017 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | May 03, 2017 | Jun 01, 2017 | Jun 05, 2017 | Jun 19, 2017 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Feb 16, 2017 | Mar 02, 2017 | Mar 06, 2017 | Mar 20, 2017 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2012 | Nov 21, 2012 | Nov 26, 2012 | Dec 10, 2012 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Jul 26, 2012 | Aug 23, 2012 | Aug 27, 2012 | Sep 10, 2012 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Apr 30, 2012 | May 24, 2012 | May 29, 2012 | Jun 11, 2012 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Feb 17, 2012 | Feb 27, 2012 | Feb 29, 2012 | Mar 12, 2012 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2011 | Nov 23, 2011 | Nov 28, 2011 | Dec 12, 2011 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Jul 29, 2011 | Aug 25, 2011 | Aug 29, 2011 | Sep 12, 2011 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2011 | May 25, 2011 | May 27, 2011 | Jun 10, 2011 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Feb 17, 2011 | Mar 01, 2011 | Mar 03, 2011 | Mar 10, 2011 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Oct 28, 2010 | Nov 23, 2010 | Nov 26, 2010 | Dec 10, 2010 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Jul 30, 2010 | Aug 25, 2010 | Aug 27, 2010 | Sep 10, 2010 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2010 | May 25, 2010 | May 27, 2010 | Jun 10, 2010 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Feb 12, 2010 | Feb 23, 2010 | Feb 25, 2010 | Mar 10, 2010 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Oct 29, 2009 | Nov 20, 2009 | Nov 24, 2009 | Dec 10, 2009 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Jul 30, 2009 | Aug 25, 2009 | Aug 27, 2009 | Sep 10, 2009 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Apr 30, 2009 | May 22, 2009 | May 27, 2009 | Jun 10, 2009 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Feb 10, 2009 | Feb 24, 2009 | Feb 26, 2009 | Mar 10, 2009 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Oct 30, 2008 | Nov 24, 2008 | Nov 26, 2008 | Dec 10, 2008 |
| $0.3750 Q | Regular | Jul 24, 2008 | Aug 25, 2008 | Aug 27, 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 |
| $0.3750 Q | Regular | Apr 30, 2008 | May 22, 2008 | May 27, 2008 | Jun 10, 2008 |
| $0.3750 S | Regular | Feb 14, 2008 | Feb 26, 2008 | Feb 28, 2008 | Mar 10, 2008 |
| $2.0000 M | Special | Nov 01, 2007 | Dec 28, 2007 | Jan 02, 2008 | Jan 16, 2008 |
| $0.3750 Q | Regular | Nov 01, 2007 | Nov 21, 2007 | Nov 26, 2007 | Dec 10, 2007 |
| $0.3125 Q | Regular | Jul 24, 2007 | Aug 23, 2007 | Aug 27, 2007 | Sep 10, 2007 |
| $0.3125 Q | Regular | May 03, 2007 | May 23, 2007 | May 25, 2007 | Jun 11, 2007 |
| $0.3125 Q | Regular | Feb 15, 2007 | Feb 26, 2007 | Feb 28, 2007 | Mar 12, 2007 |
| $0.3125 Q | Regular | Oct 26, 2006 | Nov 21, 2006 | Nov 24, 2006 | Dec 11, 2006 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Jul 27, 2006 | Aug 23, 2006 | Aug 25, 2006 | Sep 11, 2006 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | May 03, 2006 | May 24, 2006 | May 26, 2006 | Jun 12, 2006 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Feb 14, 2006 | Feb 24, 2006 | Feb 28, 2006 | Mar 10, 2006 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Oct 25, 2005 | Nov 23, 2005 | Nov 28, 2005 | Dec 12, 2005 |
| $0.1250 Q | Regular | Jul 28, 2005 | Aug 25, 2005 | Aug 29, 2005 | Sep 12, 2005 |
| $0.1250 Q | Regular | May 04, 2005 | May 25, 2005 | May 27, 2005 | Jun 10, 2005 |
| $0.1250 Q | Regular | Feb 16, 2005 | Feb 24, 2005 | Feb 28, 2005 | Mar 10, 2005 |
| $0.2100 S | Special | Oct 29, 2004 | Nov 23, 2004 | Nov 26, 2004 | Dec 10, 2004 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Jun 16, 2004 | Jul 01, 2004 | Jul 06, 2004 | Jul 20, 2004 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Mar 16, 2004 | Apr 02, 2004 | Apr 06, 2004 | Apr 20, 2004 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Dec 03, 2003 | Jan 06, 2004 | Jan 08, 2004 | Jan 22, 2004 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Sep 03, 2003 | Oct 03, 2003 | Oct 07, 2003 | Oct 21, 2003 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | May 29, 2003 | Jul 07, 2003 | Jul 09, 2003 | Jul 23, 2003 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Mar 14, 2003 | Apr 04, 2003 | Apr 08, 2003 | Apr 22, 2003 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Nov 25, 2002 | Jan 06, 2003 | Jan 08, 2003 | Jan 22, 2003 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Aug 22, 2002 | Oct 04, 2002 | Oct 08, 2002 | Oct 22, 2002 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | May 23, 2002 | Jul 05, 2002 | Jul 09, 2002 | Jul 23, 2002 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Mar 12, 2002 | Apr 05, 2002 | Apr 09, 2002 | Apr 23, 2002 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Dec 05, 2001 | Jan 04, 2002 | Jan 08, 2002 | Jan 22, 2002 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Aug 15, 2001 | Oct 03, 2001 | Oct 08, 2001 | Oct 22, 2001 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Jun 01, 2001 | Jul 05, 2001 | Jul 09, 2001 | Jul 23, 2001 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Mar 20, 2001 | Apr 05, 2001 | Apr 09, 2001 | Apr 23, 2001 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Dec 07, 2000 | Jan 04, 2001 | Jan 08, 2001 | Jan 22, 2001 |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | Sep 29, 2000 | Oct 12, 2000 | Oct 16, 2000 | Oct 30, 2000 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Jun 27, 2000 | Jul 07, 2000 | Jul 11, 2000 | Jul 25, 2000 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Mar 13, 2000 | Apr 06, 2000 | Apr 10, 2000 | Apr 24, 2000 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Dec 06, 1999 | Jan 06, 2000 | Jan 10, 2000 | Jan 24, 2000 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Oct 04, 1999 | Oct 06, 1999 | Oct 11, 1999 | Oct 25, 1999 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | Jun 25, 1999 | Jul 08, 1999 | Jul 12, 1999 | Jul 26, 1999 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | Mar 24, 1999 | Apr 08, 1999 | Apr 12, 1999 | Apr 26, 1999 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | Dec 08, 1998 | Jan 07, 1999 | Jan 11, 1999 | Jan 25, 1999 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | N/A | Oct 07, 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0420 Q | Regular | N/A | Jul 09, 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0420 Q | Regular | N/A | Apr 28, 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0420 Q | Regular | N/A | Jan 02, 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0650 Q | Regular | N/A | Oct 09, 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0620 Q | Regular | N/A | Jul 09, 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0625 Q | Regular | N/A | Apr 02, 1997 | N/A | N/A |
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STRA dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Strategic Education, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $2.40 per share, a yield of approximately 2.95%.
What is Strategic Education, Inc.'s dividend yield?
Strategic Education, Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 2.95%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Strategic Education, Inc. pay dividends?
Strategic Education, Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
How long has Strategic Education, Inc. paid dividends?
Strategic Education, Inc. has 29 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Oct 19, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.