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PRDO vs. EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, DAO, and EVGO

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), Youdao (DAO), and EVgo (EVGO). 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 mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perdoceo Education$681.26M3.18$147.59M$2.3114.45
New Oriental Education & Technology Group$4.90BN/A$371.72M$2.2521.12

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 8 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 5 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 1.33 indicating that New Oriental Education & Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Perdoceo Education
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.87%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus target price of $51.60, indicating a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Perdoceo Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than New Oriental Education & Technology Group.

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
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education20.09% 17.13% 13.41%
New Oriental Education & Technology Group 7.59%11.32%5.97%

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PRDO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PRDO vs. The Competition

MetricPerdoceo EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.13B$1.71B$8.30B$9.58B
Dividend Yield1.59%4.34%3.11%4.09%
P/E Ratio14.4512.5818.0226.05
Price / Sales3.182.135.56105.98
Price / Cash12.7514.6616.6358.48
Price / Book2.203.134.726.61
Net Income$147.59M$85.04M$226.48M$265.56M
7 Day Performance4.97%6.59%15.42%1.98%
1 Month Performance16.07%7.66%14.22%1.33%
1 Year Performance45.85%43.37%52.48%21.15%

Perdoceo Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.4818 of 5 stars
$33.37
+1.8%
$40.00
+19.9%
+45.9%$2.13B$681.26M14.455,690Positive News
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.888 of 5 stars
$48.34
-0.1%
$51.60
+6.8%
-30.9%$8.21B$4.90B21.4875,005Positive News
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.4764 of 5 stars
$11.00
-3.8%
$12.66
+15.1%
+26.5%$6.97B$2.25B64.7123,000Stock Split
GHC
Graham
4.2574 of 5 stars
$1,062.11
-0.3%
N/A+45.6%$4.64B$4.79B6.8221,446Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0594 of 5 stars
$26.10
+0.7%
$24.00
-8.0%
+79.6%$3.82B$1.57B15.3531,800Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
4.012 of 5 stars
$16.85
+0.5%
$21.60
+28.2%
+30.1%$2.75B$2.34B-9.9110,700Positive News
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.9423 of 5 stars
$5.78
-2.5%
$8.09
+40.0%
-8.6%$1.89B$1.03B26.276,350Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.22
+2.2%
N/A+86.9%$1.62B$8.61B-0.6325,000
AFYA
Afya
4.1492 of 5 stars
$15.25
+1.3%
$17.50
+14.8%
-17.6%$1.41B$612.78M11.559,717Short Interest ↑
DAO
Youdao
0.7378 of 5 stars
$9.38
-6.7%
N/A+170.7%$1.20B$782.62M33.493,750
EVGO
EVgo
2.5942 of 5 stars
$4.19
+10.0%
$6.19
+47.7%
+8.0%$1.17B$256.83M-10.22220Analyst Forecast

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