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Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (PXED) vs Strategic Education Inc. (STRA)

Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. and Strategic Education Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Strategic Education Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $788.9M — 1.6× the size. Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.2× against 200×. Strategic Education Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.79% against 0.97%. Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.74% vs 0.74%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 2.52%). Both pay a dividend; Strategic Education Inc. yields more (4.15% vs 2.96%). Across the 20 metrics below, Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. leads on 14 and Strategic Education Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric PXED STRA Education & Training Services median
P/E 9.22 199.59 12.09
P/S 0.75 0.94 0.80
P/B 2.34 0.81 1.39
Price to free cash flow 4.34 7.26 7.31
EV/EBITDA 4.01 5.06 6.36
EV/Sales 0.58 0.89 0.58
Earnings yield 10.85% 0.50% 3.29%
Free cash flow yield 23.02% 13.77% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric PXED STRA Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 49.19% 55.03%
Operating margin 12.06% 4.31% 0.00%
Net margin 8.74% 0.74% 1.77%
Free cash flow margin 17.29% 16.47% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 0.60% 0.00%
Return on assets 15.97% 0.47% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.13% 2.52% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PXED STRA Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.97% 2.79% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.21% 15.85% 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 4.30% 4.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 7.98% 0.00%

Health

Metric PXED STRA Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 2.10 1.08 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 (0.66) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric PXED STRA Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield 2.96% 4.15% 2.64%
Payout ratio 0.29 14.12 0.26

Size

Metric PXED STRA Education & Training Services median
Market cap 788.92m 1.30b 59.54m

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