Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) Issues Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Perdoceo Education updated its Q3 2025 earnings guidance, expecting earnings per share between $0.600 and $0.620, which is slightly lower than the consensus estimate of $0.620.
• The company's shares saw a 0.5% increase on Thursday, trading at $28.78, with a market capitalization of $1.89 billion.
• Insider transactions recorded a significant decrease in share ownership, with Director William Dean Hansen selling 5,994 shares, which led to a 11.95% reduction in his holdings.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO - Get Free Report) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.600-0.620 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.620. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Perdoceo Education also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.480-2.550 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Perdoceo Education from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, May 5th. Barrington Research reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Friday.

Perdoceo Education Stock Performance

PRDO traded down $0.64 during trading on Monday, reaching $29.06. 128,217 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 588,933. Perdoceo Education has a fifty-two week low of $20.55 and a fifty-two week high of $34.60. The company has a quick ratio of 4.26, a current ratio of 4.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $31.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $28.51. The company has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.57, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.87.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. Perdoceo Education had a net margin of 20.09% and a return on equity of 17.13%. The firm had revenue of $209.58 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $206.92 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.60 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 25.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that Perdoceo Education will post 2.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Perdoceo Education Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be paid a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. This is a boost from Perdoceo Education's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. Perdoceo Education's dividend payout ratio is presently 25.97%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP David C. Czeszewski sold 30,892 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.66, for a total value of $978,040.72. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 92,129 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,916,804.14. The trade was a 25.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Julia A. Leeman sold 5,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.07, for a total transaction of $160,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 29,677 shares in the company, valued at $951,741.39. This represents a 14.42% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 131,474 shares of company stock worth $4,157,836 in the last three months. Company insiders own 2.11% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Perdoceo Education by 49.7% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,547,405 shares of the company's stock valued at $38,964,000 after buying an additional 513,599 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Perdoceo Education by 117.5% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 267,312 shares of the company's stock valued at $6,731,000 after buying an additional 144,395 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Perdoceo Education by 2.2% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 56,278 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,417,000 after buying an additional 1,235 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in shares of Perdoceo Education by 19.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 10,663 shares of the company's stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 1,717 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Perdoceo Education

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.