Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.03%. TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 62.01%. Given TAL Education Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TAL Education Group. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, 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
Perdoceo Education	$710M	2.58	$147.65M	$1.99	13.98
TAL Education Group	$1.49B	3.71	-$3.57M	$0.11	83.05

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRDO or TAL?

93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRDO or TAL?

TAL Education Group received 470 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 54 64.29%	Underperform Votes 30 35.71%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 524 61.65%	Underperform Votes 326 38.35%

Does the media favor PRDO or TAL?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education and Perdoceo Education both had 5 articles in the media. TAL Education Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 0.30 indicating that TAL Education Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perdoceo Education	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TAL Education Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PRDO or TAL more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.42% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 3.94%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 15.58% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education	20.42%	15.58%	12.98%
TAL Education Group	3.94%	1.97%	1.41%

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats TAL Education Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.