Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX) and Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GPX or PRDO?

GP Strategies received 351 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.18% of users gave GP Strategies an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GP Strategies	Outperform Votes 395 67.18%	Underperform Votes 193 32.82%
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 44 59.46%	Underperform Votes 30 40.54%

Does the media favor GPX or PRDO?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 2 more articles in the media than GP Strategies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 0 mentions for GP Strategies. GP Strategies' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GP Strategies	Neutral
Perdoceo Education	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, GPX or PRDO?

GP Strategies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GPX or PRDO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GP Strategies	$473.11M	0.77	$7.07M	$0.73	28.56
Perdoceo Education	$710M	2.01	$147.65M	$2.27	9.59

Do analysts recommend GPX or PRDO?

Perdoceo Education has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.57%. Given GP Strategies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than GP Strategies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GP Strategies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GPX or PRDO more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Perdoceo Education's net margin of 2.73%. GP Strategies' return on equity of 17.09% beat Perdoceo Education's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GP Strategies	2.73%	9.09%	5.38%
Perdoceo Education	22.35%	17.09%	13.88%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GPX or PRDO?

62.0% of GP Strategies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of GP Strategies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats GP Strategies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.