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Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

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$22.35
-0.02 (-0.09%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

PRDO vs. STRA, GPX, DL, APEI, REDU, GHC, DRVN, LAUR, MCW, and AFYA

Should you be buying Perdoceo Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perdoceo Education include Strategic Education (STRA), GP Strategies (GPX), China Distance Education (DL), American Public Education (APEI), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), Graham (GHC), Driven Brands (DRVN), Laureate Education (LAUR), Mister Car Wash (MCW), and Afya (AFYA).

Perdoceo Education vs.

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) and Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

93.3% of Strategic Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Strategic Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Strategic Education$1.19B1.80$69.79M$4.2220.61
Perdoceo Education$662.85M2.21$147.65M$2.0410.96

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Strategic Education's net margin of 9.84%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 16.42% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Strategic Education9.84% 7.47% 5.72%
Perdoceo Education 20.57%16.42%13.55%

Strategic Education has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Strategic Education pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Perdoceo Education pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Strategic Education pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Perdoceo Education pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Strategic Education received 329 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 55.77% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Strategic EducationOutperform Votes
377
55.77%
Underperform Votes
299
44.23%
Perdoceo EducationOutperform Votes
48
61.54%
Underperform Votes
30
38.46%

In the previous week, Strategic Education had 6 more articles in the media than Perdoceo Education. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Strategic Education and 3 mentions for Perdoceo Education. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Strategic Education's score of 0.40 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Strategic Education
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Perdoceo Education
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Strategic Education currently has a consensus price target of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.89%. Perdoceo Education has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.23%. Given Strategic Education's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Strategic Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Perdoceo Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats Strategic Education on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRDO vs. The Competition

MetricPerdoceo EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.47B$895.93M$8.02B$8.41B
Dividend Yield2.46%6.40%2.74%4.20%
P/E Ratio10.9610.6017.7517.57
Price / Sales2.211.1231.2578.36
Price / Cash8.7622.6015.0033.56
Price / Book1.741.675.384.57
Net Income$147.65M$21.72M$246.56M$225.42M
7 Day Performance5.08%-0.44%0.14%-0.61%
1 Month Performance0.49%-4.55%1.05%1.50%
1 Year Performance23.55%7.37%66.27%32.94%

Perdoceo Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.2033 of 5 stars
$22.35
-0.1%
$30.00
+34.2%
+23.7%$1.47B$662.85M10.964,350
STRA
Strategic Education
4.357 of 5 stars
$86.74
+1.0%
$126.00
+45.3%
+8.2%$2.11B$1.19B17.813,774Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
GPX
GP Strategies
N/A$20.85
flat
N/A+0.0%$365.94M$473.11M28.564,343High Trading Volume
DL
China Distance Education
N/A$9.73
flat
N/A+0.0%$332.64M$209.56M31.392,457
APEI
American Public Education
3.9949 of 5 stars
$14.95
+6.0%
$16.33
+9.3%
+271.9%$262.75M$610.97M59.806,037Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
REDU
RISE Education Cayman
N/A$3.11
+1.6%
N/A+5.6%$184.27M$146.89M-22.213,621News Coverage
GHC
Graham
2.1988 of 5 stars
$778.58
+1.1%
N/A+46.1%$3.43B$4.41B26.2819,900Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
DRVN
Driven Brands
4.1293 of 5 stars
$14.74
+1.4%
$16.95
+15.0%
+27.3%$2.42B$2.32B-3.1410,600News Coverage
Gap Up
LAUR
Laureate Education
3.6298 of 5 stars
$15.33
+0.2%
$17.00
+10.9%
+8.4%$2.41B$1.55B12.2628,900Gap Up
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.032 of 5 stars
$6.50
+0.6%
$9.50
+46.3%
+24.1%$2.08B$958.44M29.526,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
AFYA
Afya
3.7627 of 5 stars
$16.73
+1.0%
$21.13
+26.3%
+3.8%$1.57B$3.07B13.839,680Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PRDO) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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