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Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) vs Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO)

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. and Perdoceo Education Corporation are both Education & Training Services companies. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.2B against $1.7B — 1.9× the size. Perdoceo Education Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 9.2× against 12.5×. Perdoceo Education Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.38% against 5.30%. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs 21.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (41.0% vs 49.9%). Across the 21 metrics below, Perdoceo Education Corporation leads on 15 and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric LOPE PRDO Education & Training Services median
P/E 12.50 9.16 11.92
P/S 2.63 1.92 0.76
P/B 4.73 1.58 1.42
Price to free cash flow 11.41 6.46 6.96
EV/EBITDA 8.21 3.49 5.65
EV/Sales 2.54 1.02 0.61
Earnings yield 8.00% 10.91% 3.34%
Free cash flow yield 8.77% 15.47% 3.06%

Profitability

Metric LOPE PRDO Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 53.34% 0.00% 55.03%
Operating margin 27.27% 24.93% 0.00%
Net margin 21.85% 21.06% 1.77%
Free cash flow margin 23.06% 29.70% 0.00%
Return on equity 35.91% 17.77% 0.00%
Return on assets 26.04% 13.68% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 41.01% 49.85% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LOPE PRDO Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.30% 6.38% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.26%) 10.50% 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.55% 4.24% 4.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.42%) 5.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric LOPE PRDO Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.10
Current ratio 2.64 4.54 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA (0.98) (2.52) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric LOPE PRDO Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — 2.33% 2.77%
Payout ratio — 0.22 0.25

Size

Metric LOPE PRDO Education & Training Services median
Market cap 3.19b 1.66b 57.17m

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