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Perdoceo Education Corporation
PRDO Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services
Perdoceo Education Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $846.1 million, up 24.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.80%, EPS grew 22.2%, free cash flow fell 3.87% and total debt fell 64.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 2.23 | 7.62 | 11.01 | 11.19 | 7.11 | 9.65 | 9.65 | 11.50 | 16.12 | 23.87 |
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| High | 10.53 | 13.92 | 19.07 | 22.50 | 19.85 | 14.05 | 14.82 | 19.62 | 29.47 | 38.02 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 5,149 | 4,462 | 4,244 | 4,000 | 4,700 | 4,300 | 4,500 | 4,350 | 5,690 | 6,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.14 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 704 | 596 | 581 | 628 | 687 | 693 | 695 | 710 | 681 | 846 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 66.62 | 75.97 | 81.09 | 83.76 | 83.74 | 84.31 | 83.21 | 81.64 | 82.26 | 76.65 | |||||
| EBT | (31) | 36 | 74 | 93 | 147 | 149 | 134 | 192 | 201 | 217 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | (4.45) | 6.08 | 12.79 | 14.82 | 21.35 | 21.51 | 19.31 | 27.06 | 29.57 | 25.63 | |||||
| Net income | (19) | (32) | 55 | 70 | 124 | 110 | 96 | 148 | 148 | 160 | |||||
| Depreciation | 23 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 42 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 10.30 | 8.65 | 8.35 | 8.96 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 10.23 | 10.68 | 10.38 | 13.06 | ||||
| Earnings | (0.27) | (0.46) | 0.79 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 1.57 | 1.41 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.47 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.09 | (0.32) | 0.82 | 1.04 | 2.59 | 2.73 | 2.18 | 1.69 | 2.46 | 3.48 | |||||
| Capex | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.14) | (0.15) | (0.19) | (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.13) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 0.03 | (0.41) | 0.72 | 0.97 | 2.45 | 2.58 | 2.00 | 1.59 | 2.39 | 3.34 | |||||
| Book value | 4.70 | 4.30 | 5.10 | 6.15 | 8.01 | 9.28 | 10.68 | 12.66 | 14.62 | 15.01 | |||||
| Shares, m | 68 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 65 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.46 | 18.58 | 7.02 | 7.49 | 10.15 | 8.11 | 11.76 | 11.83 | ||||
| P/S | 0.95 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 2.05 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.41 | 1.68 | 2.55 | 2.25 | |||||
| P/B | 2.08 | 2.91 | 2.24 | 2.99 | 1.58 | 1.27 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.81 | 1.95 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.66 | 1.14 | 0.97 | 1.67 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.70 | 0.86 | 1.76 | 1.49 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 197.31 | (24.27) | 11.26 | 15.42 | 3.00 | 1.99 | 3.60 | 5.78 | 7.62 | 5.83 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 6 | (22) | 57 | 73 | 180 | 191 | 148 | 112 | 162 | 225 | ||||
| Capex | (4) | (6) | (7) | (5) | (10) | (10) | (13) | (6) | (5) | (9) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 2 | (28) | 50 | 68 | 170 | 181 | 136 | 106 | 157 | 217 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 79 | 98 | 172 | 257 | 363 | 414 | 412 | 544 | 508 | 559 | ||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | 52 | 43 | 36 | 27 | — | 50 | 44 | |||||
| Net debt | (207) | (180) | (229) | (242) | (367) | (464) | (491) | (604) | (541) | (600) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 322 | 296 | 355 | 431 | 556 | 650 | 726 | 841 | 960 | 972 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | (3.20) | (6.34) | 11.87 | 12.94 | 18.82 | 13.98 | 10.62 | 15.03 | 13.15 | 12.87 | ||||
| ROIC | (17.68) | 18.38 | 35.35 | 28.51 | 47.28 | 50.00 | 34.49 | 39.63 | 26.04 | 32.87 | |||||
| ROE | (5.68) | (10.33) | 16.94 | 17.80 | 25.17 | 18.18 | 13.93 | 18.84 | 16.39 | 16.55 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Perdoceo Education Corporation vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | $4.2B | 19.4× | 16.3× | +6.69% (above 0%: growing) | +18.24% (above 0%: growing) | −15.15% (below 0%: shrinking) | 49.36% | 22.02% | Compare |
| TAL TAL Education Group | $4.2B | 7.3× | 12.0× | +31.89% (above 0%: growing) | +1,380.00% (above 0%: growing) | +37.51% (above 0%: growing) | 57.78% | 18.09% | Compare |
| LRN Stride, Inc. | $3.5B | 10.4× | 13.4× | −2.69% (below 0%: shrinking) | +62.18% (above 0%: growing) | +3.70% (above 0%: growing) | 34.16% | 16.64% | Compare |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. | $2.7B | 27.7× | 15.6× | +2.65% (above 0%: growing) | +9,900.00% (above 0%: growing) | +57.50% (above 0%: growing) | 79.87% | 20.78% | Compare |
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation | $2.1B | 12.0× | 11.7× | +1.80% (above 0%: growing) | +22.22% (above 0%: growing) | −3.87% (below 0%: shrinking) | 76.15% | 25.72% | |
| STRA Strategic Education Inc. | $1.8B | 13.2× | 10.2× | +4.91% (above 0%: growing) | +23.40% (above 0%: growing) | −26.16% (below 0%: shrinking) | 47.26% | 14.97% | Compare |
| COUR Coursera, Inc. | $1.4B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +59.59% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −190.46% (below 0%: shrinking) | 58.07% | (28.37%) | Compare |
| AFYA Afya Limited | $1.3B | 8.8× | 7.7× | +18.55% (above 0%: growing) | +29.41% (above 0%: growing) | +59.54% (above 0%: growing) | 61.59% | 30.64% | Compare |
| UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc | $1.1B | 32.8× | 56.3× | +7.15% (above 0%: growing) | −80.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | −408.92% (below 0%: shrinking) | 45.94% | 1.48% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $2.3B | 13.2× | 13.4× | +6.92% | +29.41% | −5.72% | 53.57% | 17.37% |
Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) key facts
- Strength: Perdoceo Education Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $846.1 million, up 24.2% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $159.9 million, or $2.47 per share (basic), a net margin of 18.9%.
- Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, PRDO traded at $33.73, a market capitalization of $2.1 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 12.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 69% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Perdoceo Education Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share, a yield of 1.84%, with a payout ratio of 22.6%.
- Return on equity was 16.6% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 6.68 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.