Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) and GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PRDO or GPX?

Perdoceo Education has higher revenue and earnings than GP Strategies. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GP Strategies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perdoceo Education	$710M	1.97	$147.65M	$2.27	9.41
GP Strategies	$473.11M	0.77	$7.07M	$0.73	28.56

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRDO or GPX?

GP Strategies received 352 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.23% of users gave GP Strategies an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 44 59.46%	Underperform Votes 30 40.54%
GP Strategies	Outperform Votes 396 67.23%	Underperform Votes 193 32.77%

Which has more volatility and risk, PRDO or GPX?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GP Strategies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PRDO or GPX?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 2 more articles in the media than GP Strategies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 0 mentions for GP Strategies. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat GP Strategies' score of 0.00 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Perdoceo Education	Positive
GP Strategies	Neutral

Do analysts prefer PRDO or GPX?

Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.10%. Given Perdoceo Education's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than GP Strategies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GP Strategies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is PRDO or GPX more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 22.35% compared to GP Strategies' net margin of 2.73%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 17.09% beat GP Strategies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education	22.35%	17.09%	13.88%
GP Strategies	2.73%	9.09%	5.38%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PRDO or GPX?

93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of GP Strategies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of GP Strategies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats GP Strategies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.