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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
APEI American Public Education	$30.34 -1.0%	$29.08	$11.80 ▼ $32.24	$552.73M	1.57	181,690 shs	240,073 shs
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	$1.81 -0.5%	$1.76	$1.35 ▼ $2.41	$54.10M	0.36	9,755 shs	4,582 shs
IH iHuman	$3.16 +3.8%	$2.37	$1.47 ▼ $3.55	$158.13M	0.38	41,894 shs	155,699 shs
PRDO Perdoceo Education	$29.65 -0.2%	$31.70	$20.55 ▼ $34.60	$1.95B	0.83	502,846 shs	1.26 million shs
VSTA Vasta Platform	$4.13 -0.7%	$4.16	$1.60 ▼ $5.49	$333.64M	-0.12	65,960 shs	12,870 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
APEI American Public Education	+0.13%	-1.13%	+9.16%	+26.87%	+59.75%
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	+3.41%	-0.33%	0.00%	+18.18%	-10.34%
IH iHuman	+23.26%	+32.66%	+28.09%	+59.60%	+79.17%
PRDO Perdoceo Education	+1.57%	+0.61%	-6.45%	+17.57%	+27.29%
VSTA Vasta Platform	+0.48%	+2.46%	-2.35%	-14.58%	+38.21%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
APEI American Public Education	4.1697 of 5 stars	2.5	1.0	0.0	4.6	2.5	3.3	1.9
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IH iHuman	1.3338 of 5 stars	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.3
PRDO Perdoceo Education	4.5938 of 5 stars	3.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	2.5	3.8
VSTA Vasta Platform	3.1984 of 5 stars	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.0	5.0

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
APEI American Public Education	3.00	Buy	$32.20	6.13% Upside
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
IH iHuman	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
PRDO Perdoceo Education	3.00	Buy	$40.00	34.91% Upside
VSTA Vasta Platform	1.00	Sell	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest BEDU, IH, VSTA, APEI, and PRDO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/18/2025	APEI American Public Education	Northland Capmk Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
6/18/2025	APEI American Public Education	Northland Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$36.00
6/6/2025	PRDO Perdoceo Education	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$38.00 ➝ $40.00
5/14/2025	APEI American Public Education	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$24.00 ➝ $30.00
5/13/2025	APEI American Public Education	B. Riley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy
5/13/2025	APEI American Public Education	Lake Street Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$30.00 ➝ $35.00
5/13/2025	APEI American Public Education	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$24.00 ➝ $32.00
5/2/2025	PRDO Perdoceo Education	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$35.00 ➝ $38.00
4/30/2025	APEI American Public Education	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$24.00 ➝ $24.00
4/25/2025	APEI American Public Education	Lake Street Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$30.00
4/24/2025	PRDO Perdoceo Education	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$35.00 ➝ $35.00

(Data available from 7/18/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
APEI American Public Education	$624.56M	0.88	$2.06 per share	14.71	$14.92 per share	2.03
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	$247.56M	0.22	$0.32 per share	5.68	$2.88 per share	0.63
IH iHuman	$126.34M	1.30	$0.31 per share	10.28	$2.53 per share	1.25
PRDO Perdoceo Education	$681.26M	2.85	$2.56 per share	11.56	$14.60 per share	2.03
VSTA Vasta Platform	$310.48M	1.07	$0.86 per share	4.81	$11.54 per share	0.36

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
APEI American Public Education	$16.11M	$1.02	28.11	22.47	1.44	3.86%	9.96%	4.52%	8/5/2025 (Estimated)
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	-$140.52M	-$4.70	30.33	∞	N/A	-58.44%	2.31%	0.61%	8/1/2025 (Estimated)
IH iHuman	$13.51M	$0.27	11.26	∞	N/A	11.44%	11.00%	7.38%	9/26/2025 (Estimated)
PRDO Perdoceo Education	$147.59M	$2.26	12.43	11.40	0.80	20.91%	17.10%	13.70%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
VSTA Vasta Platform	$90.19M	$1.01	27.73	14.75	0.28	26.56%	0.98%	0.63%	8/6/2025 (Estimated)

Latest BEDU, IH, VSTA, APEI, and PRDO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2025	Q2 2025	VSTA Vasta Platform	$0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	$434.00 million	N/A
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	APEI American Public Education	-$0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	$160.88 million	N/A
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	PRDO Perdoceo Education	$0.65	N/A	N/A	N/A	$206.92 million	N/A
6/26/2025	Q1 2025	IH iHuman	N/A	$0.07	N/A	$0.07	N/A	$29.00 million
5/12/2025	Q1 2025	APEI American Public Education	$0.15	$0.41	+$0.26	$0.41	$161.92 million	$164.55 million
5/8/2025	Q1 2025	VSTA Vasta Platform	$0.06	$0.05	-$0.01	-$0.01	$414.00 million	$75.32 million
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	PRDO Perdoceo Education	$0.66	$0.70	+$0.04	$0.65	$207.97 million	$213.00 million
4/28/2025	Q2 2025	BEDU Bright Scholar Education	N/A	$0.14	N/A	$0.14	N/A	$55.20 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
APEI American Public Education	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IH iHuman	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PRDO Perdoceo Education	$0.52	1.75%	N/A	23.01%	1 Years
VSTA Vasta Platform	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest BEDU, IH, VSTA, APEI, and PRDO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/1/2025	PRDO Perdoceo Education	quarterly	$0.13	1.7%	5/30/2025	6/1/2025	6/13/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
APEI American Public Education	0.35	3.27	3.27
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	N/A	0.68	0.67
IH iHuman	N/A	3.07	3.02
PRDO Perdoceo Education	0.01	4.46	4.43
VSTA Vasta Platform	0.10	1.21	1.00

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
APEI American Public Education	79.62%
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	26.05%
IH iHuman	4.92%
PRDO Perdoceo Education	93.46%
VSTA Vasta Platform	15.80%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
APEI American Public Education	17.54%
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	84.79%
IH iHuman	63.60%
PRDO Perdoceo Education	2.11%
VSTA Vasta Platform	2.00%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
APEI American Public Education	6,117	18.04 million	14.88 million	Optionable
BEDU Bright Scholar Education	2,193	29.73 million	4.52 million	Not Optionable
IH iHuman	1,120	52.02 million	18.93 million	Not Optionable
PRDO Perdoceo Education	5,690	65.54 million	64.15 million	Optionable
VSTA Vasta Platform	1,808	80.20 million	78.60 million	Not Optionable

BEDU, IH, VSTA, APEI, and PRDO Headlines

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Vasta Platform price target lowered to $2 from $2.30 at BofA

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Vasta Platform Limited (NASDAQ:VSTA) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Vasta Platform Reports Strong Q4 2024 Financial Growth and Strategic Expansion Plans

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Vasta Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 Results

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BEDU, IH, VSTA, APEI, and PRDO Company Descriptions

American Public Education NASDAQ:APEI

$30.34 -0.30 (-0.98%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$30.38 +0.04 (+0.12%)

As of 04:04 PM Eastern

American Public Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides online and campus-based postsecondary education and career learning in the United States. It operates through three segments: American Public University System, Rasmussen University, and Hondros College of Nursing. The company offers 184 degree programs and 134 certificate programs in various fields of study, including nursing, national security, military studies, intelligence, homeland security, business, health science, information technology, justice studies, education, and liberal arts; and career learning opportunities in leadership, finance, human resources, and other fields of study critical to the federal government workforce. It also provides nursing-and health sciences-focused postsecondary education, pre-licensure nursing programs, diploma in practical nursing, and an associate degree in nursing. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Charles Town, West Virginia.

Bright Scholar Education NYSE:BEDU

$1.85 +0.03 (+1.43%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited, an education service provider, operates and provides K-12 schools and complementary education services in China, Hong Kong, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The company operates in three segments: Overseas Schools; Complementary Education Services; and Domestic Kindergartens and K-12 Operation Services. It also offers a range of complementary education services, including camps and after-school programs, and international education consulting services, as well as career counselling and international contest training services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Foshan, China.

iHuman NYSE:IH

$3.16 +0.12 (+3.78%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$3.20 +0.05 (+1.55%)

As of 07:18 PM Eastern

iHuman Inc. provides intellectual development products to individual users, kindergartens, and distributors in the People's Republic of China. The company offers interactive and self-directed learning apps, including iHuman Chinese, iHuman ABC, iHuman Pinyin, iHuman Magic Thinking, iHuman Books, iHuman Stories, iHuman Reading, iHumanpedia, iHuman Kids Workout, iHuman Coding, iHuman Fun Idioms, iHuman Little Artists, iHuman Writing, iHuman Fantastic Friends, and iHuman Readers; bekids Coding, bekids Coloring, bekids Reading, bekids Puzzle, bekids Academy, and Gogo Town; and Aha World, an open-ended interactive app that nurtures a desire for discovery. It provides intellectually stimulating materials, including books, interactive materials, and smart devices that develop children's abilities in speaking, critical thinking, independent reading, and creativity. iHuman Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Perdoceo Education NASDAQ:PRDO

$29.65 -0.06 (-0.20%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$29.83 +0.18 (+0.61%)

As of 07:56 PM Eastern

Perdoceo Education Corporation provides postsecondary education through online, campus-based, and blended learning programs in the United States. It operates in two segments, Colorado Technical University and The American InterContinental University System. The Colorado Technical University segment offers academic programs, such as business and management, nursing, healthcare management, computer science, engineering, information systems and technology, project management, cybersecurity, and criminal justice. The American InterContinental University System segment provides academic programs, including business studies, information technologies, education, and health sciences. The company also offers non-degree and professional development programs. In addition, it operates intellipath, a learning platform used to educate students; and a mobile application and two-way messaging platform. The company was formerly known as Career Education Corporation and changed its name to Perdoceo Education Corporation in January 2020. Perdoceo Education Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Vasta Platform NASDAQ:VSTA

$4.13 -0.03 (-0.72%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$4.12 -0.01 (-0.24%)

As of 04:04 PM Eastern

Vasta Platform Limited provides educational printed and digital solutions to private schools operating in the K-12 education sector in Brazil. The company offers digital and printed textbooks, teacher handbooks, exercise books, multidisciplinary subject books, and student evaluations; and PAR platform that allows schools to select their preferred books and materials and follow their own specific teaching methods. It also provides traditional learning systems under the Anglo, Pitágoras, Rede Cristã de Educação, Maxi Ético, Fibonacci, Mackenzie, and Amplia brands; ongoing training for educators; and services to partner schools, including consulting services for school management and the organization of events, and a proprietary and differentiated evaluation system for partner schools and their students. In addition, the company offers Plurall that provides a digital learning experience and allows for tailor-made adjustments for each school; Plurall Maestro that develops digital solutions to help educators in planning and conducting classes; PROFS, a teacher training program; O Líder em Mim, a program with content, methodology, teaching material, and training to develop leadership; English Stars, an English educational platform; EduAll, a bilingual program to enhance its current solutions; Plurall Olímpico, a content for scientific competitions; MindMakers to develop leadership, collaboration, and persistence through multidisciplinary problem-solving exercises; Matific that provides interactive learning environments and adaptable worksheets; Plurall Store; Plurall Adapta for adaptive learning sessions; Plurall MeuProf to connect students with professors for private tutoring; Prepara to prepare students for external assessments; Leader in Me to develop socio-emotional competencies of K12 students; Education Systems, a structured teaching system for K12 students and teachers; and Prepara ENEM. Vasta Platform Limited was founded in 1966 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

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