Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

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

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.68%. TAL Education Group has a consensus target price of $13.70, suggesting a potential upside of 25.75%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 stronger earnings and valuation, 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	$726.00M	2.77	$147.65M	$2.26	13.60
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.93	-$3.57M	$0.14	77.82

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 1.7%. TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Perdoceo Education pays out 23.0% 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. Perdoceo Education has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to PRDO or TAL?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 3 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 3 mentions for TAL Education Group. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.64 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TAL Education Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRDO or TAL?

TAL Education Group received 465 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.03% 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 61 67.03%	Underperform Votes 30 32.97%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats TAL Education Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.