PRDO vs. EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, and IRS
Should you be buying Perdoceo Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perdoceo Education include New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), Afya (AFYA), EVgo (EVGO), and IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Perdoceo Education vs. Its Competitors
Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.09% compared to New Oriental Education & Technology Group's net margin of 7.59%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 17.13% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.
Perdoceo Education presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.04%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus price target of $56.60, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Perdoceo Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than New Oriental Education & Technology Group.
Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Perdoceo Education. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Oriental Education & Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 4 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 6 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 0.49 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Perdoceo Education beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PRDO) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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