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Perdoceo Education Corporation PRDO R2K

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · United States
https://www.perdoceoed.com
Company Profile ↓
$36.32
+27.13% 1Y
Mkt Cap$2.28B
P/E13.86
P/B2.13
Div. Yield1.76%
52W High$37.77
52W Low$27.01
Book Value$15.95
EPS (TTM)$2.62

Company Overview

Perdoceo Education Corporation provides postsecondary education through online, campus-based, and blended learning programs in the United States. It operates through three segments: Colorado Technical University (CTU), The American InterContinental University System (AIUS), and University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS). The CTU segment offers academic programs in the career-oriented disciplines of business and management, nursing, healthcare management, computer science, engineering, information systems and technology, project management, cybersecurity, and criminal justice. Its AIUS segment provides academic programs in the career-oriented disciplines of business studies, information technologies, education, and behavioral sciences. The USAHS segment offers graduate health sciences degrees in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language therapy, and nursing, as well as continuing education programs. The company also provides non-degree seeking and professional development programs. In addition, it operates intellipath, a learning platform, as well as a mobile application and two-way messaging platform. The company was formerly known as Career Education Corporation and changed its name to Perdoceo Education Corporation in January 2020. Perdoceo Education Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Why Investors Should Care

Strong Return on Equity

Generates a return on equity of 17.3%, reflecting efficient use of shareholder capital.

Healthy Capital Returns

Return on capital employed stands at 17.7%.

Reasonable Valuation

Trades at a P/E of 13.9, below the sector median of 20.9.

Healthy Margins

Maintains a net profit margin of 19.9%.

Conservative Balance Sheet

Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $846.10M (+24.2% YoY); net profit $159.91M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +4.1%, earnings +30.8%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR -3.9%, profit CAGR 5.9%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:-3.86%
1 Year:4.10%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:5.92%
1 Year:30.80%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+27.13%
6 Months:+14.04%
3 Months:+4.97%
1 Month:+2.86%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Bullish
52-Week Range 87% of range
$27.01 $37.77
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMAAbove
  • Price vs 200-DMAAbove
  • RSI (14)65.90 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M+2.86%
3M+4.97%
6M+14.04%
1Y+27.13%
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 13.86 is below the sector median of 20.95 — relatively cheaper than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

  • Revenue declined at -3.9% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
13.86
Industry PE
20.95
Forward P/E
10.87
PEG Ratio
0.73
Book Value
$15.95
Price to Book
2.13
P/S
2.50
EV/EBITDA
6.38
Dividend Yield
1.76%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
-3.86%
Profit 5Y
5.92%
Revenue (YoY)
4.10%
Earnings (YoY)
30.80%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
17.66%
ROE
17.27%
ROA
10.14%
Profit Margin
19.91%
Op Margin
28.47%
Gross Margin
79.89%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$0.85
EPS (TTM)
$2.62

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.12
Quick Ratio
4.68
Current Ratio
4.82
Debt
$117.23M
Total Assets
$1.29B
Current Assets
$747.35M
Working Capital
$559.06M

Ownership

Promoter Holding
1.19%
Chg in Prom Hold
-
FII / Inst Holding
101.71%
Chg in FII Hold
-0.38%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$2.28B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$854.84M
EBITDA
$246.57M
Free Cash Flow
$193.13M
Operating Cash Flow
$229.50M
Shares Outstanding
62.70M
Gross Margin
79.89%
Payout Ratio
22.14%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Defensive).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation R2K 36.32 13.86 $2.28B 1.76% 17.66% 17.27% -3.86% 5.92%
2 WMT Walmart Inc. SPX 113.70 40.04 $904.83B 0.89% 18.21% 24.13% 5.27% 23.30%
3 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation NDXSPX 921.75 46.46 $408.78B 0.60% 25.96% 29.15% 8.16% 11.45%
4 KO The Coca-Cola Company SPX 83.08 26.13 $357.45B 2.57% 16.47% 43.37% 2.86% 4.46%
5 PG The Procter & Gamble Company SPX 146.08 21.36 $340.16B 2.85% 22.93% 31.11% 0.36% 1.66%
6 PM Philip Morris International Inc. SPX 175.95 24.78 $274.23B 3.19% 34.03% -113.55% -1.69% 3.57%
7 PEP PepsiCo, Inc. NDXSPX 135.45 21.23 $185.13B 4.10% 15.41% 43.88% 4.93% 2.11%
8 MO Altria Group, Inc. SPX 70.16 14.65 $117.16B 5.89% 38.27% - 1.24% -1.89%
9 MNST Monster Beverage Corporation NDXSPX 98.00 47.34 $95.84B 0.00% 28.33% 26.65% 13.03% 14.82%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Jun 2015Sep 2015Dec 2015Mar 2016Jun 2016Sep 2016Dec 2016Mar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sep 2018Dec 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Dec 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Dec 2020Mar 2021Jun 2021Sep 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue --------146.22M144.99M-148.06M142.04M145.69M145.50M157.85M156.44M154.96M158.45M170.99M176.03M169.13M171.16M183.64M175.54M174.00M182.96M167.68M168.42M195.60M186.56M179.92M168.26M166.74M169.83M213.00M209.58M211.87M211.64M221.74M
Cost of Revenue -----------------------------------48.54M50.24M49.14M49.62M47.06M
Gross Profit -----------------------------------164.46M159.34M162.73M162.02M174.68M
Operating Expenses -----------------------------------105.18M102.48M103.86M111.54M105.81M
Operating Income -19.89M-43.99M-3.93M6.98M17.29M-706.00K-55.91M9.78M9.10M4.54M10.71M20.53M11.30M19.28M20.18M29.97M184.00K24.29M32.01M37.30M37.37M32.07M36.19M40.62M35.96M37.86M43.69M33.95M29.32M43.34M48.09M43.07M46.28M46.01M44.79M59.28M56.86M58.87M50.48M68.87M
EBITDA -----------------------------------69.99M68.00M67.63M59.31M79.00M
Interest Expense -----------------------------------1.68M1.61M1.59M1.58M1.53M
Pretax Income -----------------------------------56.51M56.24M56.02M48.07M68.13M
Tax Provision -----------------------------------12.82M15.21M16.17M12.72M14.18M
Net Income -20.72M-45.23M142.72M3.01M11.84M-686.00K-32.88M5.18M4.29M3.02M-44.38M17.50M8.75M14.86M14.07M24.79M-559.00K18.23M27.52M29.11M28.17M39.94M27.05M30.75M26.65M27.77M32.08M25.77M22.07M34.48M54.67M41.31M39.44M38.43M38.26M43.69M41.03M39.85M35.35M53.95M
Diluted EPS -0.31-0.672.080.040.17-0.01-0.480.070.060.04-0.640.250.120.210.200.35-0.010.250.380.410.400.560.380.430.370.390.460.370.320.500.800.620.590.570.570.650.620.600.540.85

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue 1.65B1.80B2.07B1.71B1.02B1.02B913.96M847.27M704.39M596.43M581.30M627.70M687.31M693.03M695.21M710.00M681.26M846.10M
Operating Income 114.84M225.21M242.34M11.23M-69.69M-162.06M-139.27M-92.17M-32.34M34.14M71.30M86.46M142.93M149.02M129.64M150.45M174.25M196.00M
Net Income 60.14M81.22M157.77M18.57M-142.80M-164.26M-178.16M51.88M-18.71M-31.90M55.18M69.98M124.26M109.64M95.87M147.65M147.59M159.91M
Diluted EPS 0.670.941.950.25-2.15-2.46-2.650.76-0.27-0.460.770.971.741.551.392.182.192.42

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --1.56B1.57B1.32B1.12B805.04M573.53M610.91M559.60M447.10M482.49M599.15M721.52M847.43M957.37M1.01B1.24B1.25B
Current Assets ---------------575.12M654.96M640.15M696.86M
Cash & Equivalents 211.15M222.41M258.24M172.54M171.72M112.42M318.47M93.83M66.92M49.51M18.11M32.39M108.69M105.68M319.98M109.41M118.01M109.13M110.97M
Inventory ---------------1.90M5.00M3.39M4.05M
Receivables ---------------42.55M29.40M22.81M27.20M
Total Liabilities ---------------231.52M165.90M277.50M275.31M
Current Liabilities --442.01M457.08M329.44M352.71M207.43M180.24M192.81M169.21M112.69M97.05M103.81M103.81M140.24M163.38M111.04M132.16M137.81M
Long Term Debt -----------------56.50M-
Total Debt ---------------33.84M27.05M131.54M118.33M
Total Equity 886.11M947.65M922.04M934.54M806.09M611.79M455.38M281.93M337.61M321.50M296.20M355.20M431.30M555.91M650.11M725.85M841.42M959.54M972.41M
Shares Outstanding ---------------89.40M90.27M91.02M92.07M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow 186.72M288.25M272.26M230.45M-16.80M-85.80M-118.62M-21.25M6.47M-21.79M56.99M73.08M179.96M-148.19M112.03M161.59M225.24M
Investing Cash Flow -150.79M-49.30M-92.81M-66.23M58.35M166.87M-107.62M-7.99M-34.35M-11.65M-41.49M7.70M-165.91M--326.75M-88.51M-107.78M-53.64M
Financing Cash Flow -21.05M-199.15M-173.72M-163.04M-79.69M6.10M980.00K28.96M-37.79M1.53M-1.66M-4.84M-13.05M--27.73M-23.38M-41.08M-171.07M
Capital Expenditure -53.85M-74.09M-127.28M-78.33M-37.94M-19.64M-13.16M-11.70M-4.13M------12.62M-6.41M-4.62M-8.58M
Free Cash Flow 132.87M214.16M144.98M152.12M-54.74M-105.44M-131.78M-32.94M2.35M-----135.57M105.61M156.97M216.66M
Net Change in Cash ---------------206.29M137.00K12.73M527.00K
Share Buybacks 14.05M201.12M154.91M150.44M56.43M------3.88M17.86M25.30M23.12M8.30M6.77M120.79M
Dividends Paid ---------------14.42M--

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % ------------------
Operating Margin % 7.0%12.5%11.7%0.7%-6.8%-15.9%-15.2%-10.9%-4.6%5.7%12.3%13.8%20.8%21.5%18.6%21.2%25.6%23.2%
Net Margin % 3.6%4.5%7.6%1.1%-14.0%-16.1%-19.5%6.1%-2.7%-5.3%9.5%11.1%18.1%15.8%13.8%20.8%21.7%18.9%
ROE % 6.3%8.8%16.9%2.3%-23.3%-36.1%-63.2%15.4%-5.8%-10.8%15.5%16.2%22.4%16.9%13.2%17.5%15.4%16.4%
ROCE % -20.1%21.7%1.1%-9.1%-27.1%-35.4%-22.0%-8.3%10.2%18.5%17.5%23.1%21.1%16.3%16.8%15.8%17.7%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
1.19%
Institutions
101.71%
Public Float
102.94%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Blackrock Inc. 14.65% 9.19M $321.58M
2 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 6.23% 3.91M $136.80M
3 Renaissance Technologies, LLC 5.59% 3.50M $122.61M
4 First Trust Advisors LP 4.74% 2.97M $103.99M
5 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 4.28% 2.68M $93.97M
6 State Street Corporation 3.84% 2.41M $84.31M
7 Geode Capital Management, LLC 3.17% 1.99M $69.59M
8 American Century Companies Inc 3.04% 1.91M $66.71M
9 Copeland Capital Management, LLC 2.96% 1.85M $64.91M
10 Frontier Capital Management Company LLC 2.95% 1.85M $64.66M

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PRDO — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO)?

As of 2026-07-14 21:23 PDT, Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) trades at $36.32 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $27.01 to $37.77.

What is the market capitalisation of PRDO?

Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) has a market capitalisation of $2.28B on NasdaqGS.

What is the P/E ratio of PRDO?

PRDO trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.86. The industry average P/E is 20.95. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 2.13.

Does PRDO pay a dividend?

Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) currently offers a dividend yield of 1.76%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of PRDO?

PRDO has a return on equity (ROE) of 17.27%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 17.66%.

Is PRDO a good stock to buy?

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