Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

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

Is PRDO or TAL more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 21.66% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 5.77%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 16.85% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education	21.66%	16.85%	13.76%
TAL Education Group	5.77%	3.22%	2.23%

Is PRDO or TAL a better dividend stock?

Perdoceo Education pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.7%. Perdoceo Education pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TAL Education Group pays out 1,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.05%. TAL Education Group has a consensus target price of $13.70, suggesting a potential upside of 57.20%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk & volatility, PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PRDO or TAL?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 11 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 7 mentions for TAL Education Group. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat TAL Education Group's score of -0.11 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perdoceo Education	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TAL Education Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRDO or TAL?

TAL Education Group received 467 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.29% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 61.52% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 59 66.29%	Underperform Votes 30 33.71%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%

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

93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Perdoceo Education	$681.26M	2.42	$147.65M	$2.20	11.44
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.34	-$3.57M	$0.14	62.25

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats TAL Education Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.