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

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

Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $156.44 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.10 million. Career Education had a return on equity of 25.42% and a net margin of 8.78%. The company's revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. View Career Education's Earnings History.

Career Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Career Education.

Career Education issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.20-1.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $604.2-610.1 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $602.83 million.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Career Education's shares. Their predictions range from $24.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Career Education's share price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% 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.

News coverage about CECO stock has trended negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Career Education earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Career Education.

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Career Education's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.31%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.24%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.13%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.51%), SG Capital Management LLC (2.21%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.90%). 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 and Richard D Wang. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Career Education.

CECO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, AQR Capital Management LLC and Zebra Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Career Education company stock in the last year include Andrew Hurst, David C Czeszewski, Gregory L Jackson, Jeffrey David Ayers, John Robert Kline, Michele A Peppers and Richard D Wang. View Insider Buying and Selling for Career Education.

CECO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Marshall Wace LLP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Invesco Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CECO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.08.

Career Education has a market capitalization of $1.55 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]