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Stride, Inc. (LRN) vs Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO)

Stride, Inc. and Perdoceo Education Corporation are both Education & Training Services companies. Stride, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.5B against $2.1B — 1.6× the size. Stride, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.4× against 12.0×. Perdoceo Education Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 4.69%. Perdoceo Education Corporation has the higher net margin (20.6% vs 13.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (43.7% vs 24.5%). Across the 22 metrics below, Stride, Inc. leads on 11 and Perdoceo Education Corporation on 11.

Valuation

Metric LRN PRDO Education & Training Services median
P/E 10.43 12.00 13.22
P/S 1.40 2.46 0.99
P/B 2.16 2.05 1.62
Price to free cash flow 9.94 9.70 10.06
EV/EBITDA 5.43 5.54 8.56
EV/Sales 1.25 1.61 0.78
Earnings yield 9.59% 8.33% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 10.06% 10.31% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric LRN PRDO Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 37.75% 77.09% 54.64%
Operating margin 17.90% 24.56% 0.00%
Net margin 13.43% 20.63% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 14.10% 25.39% 0.00%
Return on equity 21.74% 17.55% 0.00%
Return on assets 14.30% 13.47% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 24.52% 43.68% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LRN PRDO Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.69% 11.68% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.00% 10.50% 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.38% 4.24% 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 36.47% 5.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric LRN PRDO Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.00 0.05
Current ratio 5.94 4.69 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (0.84) (2.52) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric LRN PRDO Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — 1.84% 1.84%
Payout ratio — 0.23 0.23

Size

Metric LRN PRDO Education & Training Services median
Market cap 3.46b 2.12b 68.84m

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