Strategic Education Inc. — September 02, 2025Sergio Richi Premium ✅
NASDAQ:STRA #StrategicEducation — Strategic Education Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) Insider Activity Report | Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | USA | NASDAQ | September 02, 2025.
Price (Sept 2, 2025) : $82.12
On August 29th, Daniel Jackson, EVP & CFO of Strategic Education, stepped in with a 1,900-share open-market buy at $81.50 (~$155K). His total stake now tops 104K shares. It’s not the size of the purchase that matters here — it’s the timing: the transaction followed a Q2 earnings beat (EPS $1.52 vs. $1.42 est.) and nearly 8% YoY revenue growth, driven primarily by their Education Technology Services.
(SEC Form 4)
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Insiders rarely commit fresh capital unless they see value that the market is missing. What stands out: institutions have been quietly adding — Marshfield Associates increased by 12,500 shares, and American Century expanded their stake earlier in the quarter. Insider ownership sits near 3.3%, and inflows continue despite a flat YTD chart.
1. Company at a glance:
• Runs Strayer University, Capella University, Torrens (AU/NZ), plus Sophia Learning & Workforce Edge.
• Focused on affordable, flexible, employer-aligned higher ed.
• Q2 revenue ~$300M, cash position $133.6M, dividend $0.60/qtr (~3% yield).
Market cap around $2B.
2. Catalysts on the horizon:
• Dividend payable Sept 15.
• Next earnings Oct 29 — potential follow-through if enrollment momentum stabilizes.
• Expanding EdTech footprint — Sophia & Workforce Edge gaining traction in B2B partnerships.
• Protocol adoption in Australia/NZ could re-accelerate international enrollment.
Charts:
• (5D)
Insider Trades:
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STRA Ownership:
3. The setup:
Entry: $81.50–$82.06 (aligned with insider buy).
🎯 Take Profit 1: $111.00 (+35.27%)
🎯 Take Profit 2: $119.00 (+45.02%)
Base case: 35–45% upside in 6–12 months.
Bull case: test $119 on stronger EdTech growth + enrollment recovery.
STRA trade ideas
STRA LONG - OCTIn Oct when the broad market fell, STRA held within it's compression area and did not break support. This builds to my hypothesis that this breakout is lasting
7.12% Risk position of 77.67 is 50% of the compression area
- H1 SPX is showing a clear bullish trend
- D1 SPX is showing strong bullish candles
- D1 STRA is showing a strong bullish breakout
Need to work on
- Scale up strategy
- SL movement
STRA: Short Trade (Dying Demand)Dying Demand:
Since 27 Jul, we have seen buying strength bring price up towards key levels only for it to be brought down.
There is a KL at 77.67 and price has been unable to sustain the breakthrough only to be brought down very quickly
Compression zone: Price since 6 Sep has moved into a compression range.
4H price has been moving with the 100EMA
D1 price has shown price below the 100EMA with it unable to break the 100EMA line.
Hypothesis
This trade falls nicely in my Student Loan hypothesis where we should see some impact or negative sentiment on consumer related categories where consumption is a "Want" instead of a "Need"
Resistance/Support
With the dying demand and key resistance all above price, I entered it short
D1 EMA100 line is also nicely above
4H EMA100 line is being threaded and while it is not optimal, I think we can take some risk on this due price being below D1 EMA100
Broad Market Momentum
SPX is on a downwards movement
Trade Risk/Reward
Planned R/R is 5% to 14.39%
What I need to work on
I need to work on my exit plan, I think the current exit might be too simplistic and I might need to work on how I can portion it up and decrease the risk if the trade moves towards my directions
STRA watch for DUMP near term & down 50%+ this yearThis stock is unknown to me, but I got it in meditation and just feel like warning people (even though it's not traded much). And, maybe I'm wrong, but technically it looks like down regardless. In addition, there is a tight daily squeeze which could really bring the juice.
Specifically, I got the letters STR, and after a moment I got the A with the word "avalanche".
It's crazy, but then I used my dowsing and asked why this came and, basically, it came because it's going to dump pretty hard. This may happen on Thursday, or more likely this Friday.
I have the suggestion it can go to $48 this year.
Peace
Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA): Techno-Fundamental InvestmentTechno-Fundamental Mix :
From the 2009 - 2010 financial crisis levels (purple box on the left), Strategic Education's stock (STRA) was in a distribution phase and on the verge of collapsing with the business cycle of the macroeconomic scale of the U.S. economy. From the $240ish price level and by August 2010, STRA gave up the ghost, falling to $34 by 2014, where it found a bottom. However, today, in the year 2019, I have observed that the company's fundamental background looks stable again. It can be observed that investors picked up on this evidenced by the gradual run up in price from $34 to $180ish. This area marks the lows of the 2008 pre-financial crisis era, where price has paused.
Given the backdrop of the company and the recent macroeconomic trend, I believe that, going forward, STRA will reach the all time highs of the $240- $260 level, where I believe it will pause a little again. While this stock may seem to be shielded from the effects of a trade war, overall market factors still knocks this stock around a bit; however, given the multi-faceted trend of this company and its stock, even a pullback to $150 is still a good investment.
Candlestick Pattern recognitionLook the red circle and do not conceptualize about the name of the pattern you only need a trained eye
look only the last 2 candles (the long lower shadow + the big green candle)
Not overthink, for not overthink you need a trained eye
then look this, with only one horizontal line I try to present the idea
remember that I work with the concept that resistance becomes support
the past below 76.00 do not care
the past above 76.00 and the highs of 2007-2008 have relevance if you work with support and resistance
The strategy is responsability of the trader
I only find the opportunity in the market and put in the desk of traders
I do not use screener for pick stocks and I do not use social media to find ideas
I have my own list of stocks or watchlist and spend hours watching charts
of different company names for this reason I not publish a stock symbol twice.