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

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

Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $145.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $144.63 million. Career Education had a return on equity of 19.78% and a net margin of 9.49%. Career Education's quarterly revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.19 EPS. View Career Education's Earnings History.

Career Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Career Education.

Career Education updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.11-1.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.11. Career Education also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $1.11-1.15 EPS.

3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Career Education's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate Career Education's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Career Education.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Career Education in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 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 been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Career Education earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Career Education saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 848,108 shares, a decline of 26.1% from the February 15th total of 1,148,041 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 596,003 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.54%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (9.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.83%), FMR LLC (3.94%), D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (2.05%) and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.62%). Company insiders that own Career Education stock include Andrew Hurst, 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 Two Sigma Investments LP, Park West Asset Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Oberweis Asset Management Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corp, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Two Sigma Advisers LP and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have sold Career Education company stock in the last year include Andrew Hurst, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Geode Capital Management LLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $15.97.

Career Education has a market capitalization of $1.11 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.

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]