Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer TAL or PRDO?

TAL Education Group presently has a consensus target price of $12.66, suggesting a potential upside of 26.35%. Perdoceo Education has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Given Perdoceo Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TAL or PRDO more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.91% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 3.76%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 17.10% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	3.76%	2.26%	1.54%
Perdoceo Education	20.91%	17.10%	13.70%

Does the media prefer TAL or PRDO?

In the previous week, TAL Education Group had 2 more articles in the media than Perdoceo Education. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TAL Education Group and 4 mentions for Perdoceo Education. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat TAL Education Group's score of -0.32 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Perdoceo Education	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TAL or PRDO?

Perdoceo Education has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TAL Education Group. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.71	$84.59M	$0.14	71.57
Perdoceo Education	$681.26M	3.04	$147.59M	$2.26	13.98

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TAL or PRDO?

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TAL or PRDO?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats TAL Education Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.