Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO - Get Free Report) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.640-0.670 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Perdoceo Education also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.310-2.510 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on the company. StockNews.com upgraded Perdoceo Education from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Barrington Research raised their target price on Perdoceo Education from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday.

Perdoceo Education Price Performance

Shares of Perdoceo Education stock traded down $1.20 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $25.97. 674,167 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 418,896. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 4.84 and a quick ratio of 5.45. The firm has a market cap of $1.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.80, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.07. Perdoceo Education has a 52 week low of $16.12 and a 52 week high of $29.84. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.76.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $176.43 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $160.12 million. Perdoceo Education had a return on equity of 16.85% and a net margin of 21.66%. Research analysts forecast that Perdoceo Education will post 2.41 earnings per share for the current year.

Perdoceo Education Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Saturday, March 1st will be given a $0.13 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.00%. Perdoceo Education's payout ratio is 23.64%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Perdoceo Education

In other Perdoceo Education news, SVP John Robert Kline sold 12,148 shares of Perdoceo Education stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.79, for a total value of $313,296.92. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 130,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,363,144.95. The trade was a 8.52 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 12,472 shares of Perdoceo Education stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.29, for a total value of $327,888.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 615,697 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $16,186,674.13. The trade was a 1.99 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.81% of the company's stock.

Perdoceo Education Company Profile

Perdoceo Education Corporation provides postsecondary education through online, campus-based, and blended learning programs in the United States. It operates in two segments, Colorado Technical University and The American InterContinental University System. The Colorado Technical University segment offers academic programs, such as business and management, nursing, healthcare management, computer science, engineering, information systems and technology, project management, cybersecurity, and criminal justice.