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NASDAQ:PRDO

Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

$11.93
-0.08 (-0.67%)
(As of 05/26/2023 04:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$11.87
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$12.04
50-Day Range
$11.81
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$13.62
52-Week Range
$9.87
▼
$15.65
Volume
230,300 shs
Average Volume
378,400 shs
Market Capitalization
$805.28 million
P/E Ratio
8.40
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$19.00
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PRDO vs. VTRU, AFYA, NRDY, QSG, UTI, LRN, ATGE, STRA, LAUR, and GHC

Should you be buying Perdoceo Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perdoceo Education include Vitru (VTRU), Afya (AFYA), Nerdy (NRDY), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Stride (LRN), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Laureate Education (LAUR), and Graham (GHC). These companies are all part of the "educational services" industry.

Perdoceo Education vs.

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

53.0% of Vitru shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by 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 received 15 more outperform votes than Vitru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Vitru an outperform vote while only 52.46% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VitruOutperform Votes
17
60.71%
Underperform Votes
11
39.29%
Perdoceo EducationOutperform Votes
32
52.46%
Underperform Votes
29
47.54%

Vitru presently has a consensus target price of $22.75, indicating a potential upside of 44.35%. Perdoceo Education has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.26%. Given Perdoceo Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than Vitru.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vitru
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Perdoceo Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vitru$255.14 million2.09$18.08 million$0.7421.30
Perdoceo Education$695.21 million1.16$95.87 million$1.428.40

In the previous week, Vitru had 1 more articles in the media than Perdoceo Education. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vitru and 5 mentions for Perdoceo Education. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Vitru's score of 0.73 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vitru
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Perdoceo Education
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 13.88% compared to Vitru's net margin of 7.94%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 16.28% beat Vitru's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vitru 7.94% 13.30% 4.56%
Perdoceo Education 13.88% 16.28% 12.78%

Vitru has a beta of -0.18, meaning that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats Vitru on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

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MetricPerdoceo EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$805.28M$567.82M$6.59B$5.80B
Dividend YieldN/A6.52%2.97%6.19%
P/E Ratio8.4022.6815.2014.48
Price / Sales1.161.429.48108.87
Price / Cash6.069.1115.0822.87
Price / Book1.101.484.715.34
Net Income$95.87M-$12.04M$213.67M$177.57M
7 Day Performance-2.93%-0.45%-1.20%-0.91%
1 Month Performance-8.09%-8.63%-3.61%1.33%
1 Year Performance7.96%-8.81%-8.89%-0.25%

Perdoceo Education Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTRU
Vitru
2.4969 of 5 stars		$16.90
+11.8%		$22.75
+34.6%		-8.4%$571.05M$255.14M22.8410,177Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AFYA
Afya
2.3854 of 5 stars		$11.84
-0.3%		$15.75
+33.0%		+7.8%$1.11B$451.09M14.808,708
NRDY
Nerdy
1.9494 of 5 stars		$3.12
-2.2%		$4.75
+52.2%		+14.3%$521.85M$162.66M-7.261,000
QSG
QuantaSing Group
0 of 5 stars		$8.25
+11.3%		N/AN/A$454.41MN/A0.002,269Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
2.8604 of 5 stars		$6.64
+1.4%		$9.75
+46.8%		-29.9%$226.23M$418.77M83.011,950Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LRN
Stride
1.9914 of 5 stars		$41.42
-0.7%		$48.00
+15.9%		+1.6%$1.78B$1.69B15.877,500
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
1.8895 of 5 stars		$42.30
-1.4%		$44.67
+5.6%		+29.6%$1.84B$1.39B24.174,682Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
STRA
Strategic Education
2.0614 of 5 stars		$78.58
-0.8%		$95.50
+21.5%		+18.6%$1.93B$1.07B50.373,907Dividend Announcement
LAUR
Laureate Education
2.235 of 5 stars		$12.32
+0.5%		$15.00
+21.8%		-7.0%$1.94B$1.24B23.6935,000
GHC
Graham
2.2292 of 5 stars		$583.57
-0.6%		N/A-6.9%$2.77B$4.04B117.426,500

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This page (NASDAQ:PRDO) was last updated on 5/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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