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 quarterly earnings results 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 company earned $156.44 million during 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%. Career Education's revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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 EPS 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Career Education's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Career Education's share price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% 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.

News coverage about CECO stock has trended positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Career Education earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Career Education.

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Career Education's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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, 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, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Marshall Wace LLP, Renaissance Technologies LLC and SG Americas Securities 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 $21.55.

Career Education has a market capitalization of $1.51 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]