NASDAQ:CECO - Career Education Stock Price, Forecast & News

Career Education trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CECO."

Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $155 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $146.70 million. Career Education had a return on equity of 26.01% and a net margin of 9.20%. The company's revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.25 EPS. View Career Education's Earnings History.

Career Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Career Education.

Career Education issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.32-1.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.24. The company issued revenue guidance of $615.9-618.8 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $610.40 million.

2 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Career Education's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Career Education's stock price to reach $24.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 46.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Career Education.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Career Education in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Career Education.

Media coverage about CECO stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Career Education earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Career Education.

Career Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,960,000 shares, an increase of 5.6% from the October 31st total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 634,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.2 days. Approximately 5.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Career Education's Current Options Chain.

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Career Education's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.84%), Millennium Management LLC (1.46%), Tenzing Global Management LLC (1.42%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.34%), Squarepoint Ops LLC (0.33%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.30%). Company insiders that own Career Education stock include Andrew Hurst, David C Czeszewski, Gregory L Jackson, Jeffrey David Ayers, John Robert Kline, Michele A Peppers, Richard D Wang and Thomas B Lally. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Career Education.

CECO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tenzing Global Management LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Career Education company stock in the last year include Andrew Hurst, David C Czeszewski, Jeffrey David Ayers, John Robert Kline, Michele A Peppers and Thomas B Lally. View Insider Buying and Selling for Career Education.

CECO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Boston Advisors LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Systematic Financial Management LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Career Education.

Shares of CECO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CECO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.79.

Career Education has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion and generates $581.30 million in revenue each year. The company earns $55.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.05 on an earnings per share basis. Career Education employs 4,244 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Career Education.

The official website for Career Education is http://www.careered.com/.

Career Education's mailing address is 231 NORTH MARTINGALE ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL, 60173. The company can be reached via phone at 847-781-3600 or via email at [email protected]