Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors $25.93 +0.13 (+0.50%) Closing price 04/15/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$25.92 -0.01 (-0.04%) As of 04/15/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PRDO vs. TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, AFYA, HTZ, UDMY, IRS, and DAOShould you be buying Perdoceo Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perdoceo Education include TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), Hertz Global (HTZ), Udemy (UDMY), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), and Youdao (DAO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry. Perdoceo Education vs. TAL Education Group Graham Laureate Education Driven Brands Mister Car Wash Afya Hertz Global Udemy IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima Youdao Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) and TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings. Is PRDO or TAL a better dividend stock? Perdoceo Education pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. Perdoceo Education pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TAL Education Group pays out 947.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Which has stronger 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPerdoceo Education$681.26M2.51$147.65M$2.2011.79TAL Education Group$2.07B2.87-$3.57M$0.1951.76 Which has more risk & volatility, PRDO or TAL? Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate PRDO or TAL? Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.98%. TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $15.53, indicating a potential upside of 57.94%. Given TAL Education Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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) 3.00TAL Education Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media refer more to PRDO or TAL? In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 7 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 4 mentions for TAL Education Group. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Perdoceo Education 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive TAL Education Group 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Is PRDO or TAL more profitable? Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 21.66% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 5.77%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 16.85% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Perdoceo Education21.66% 16.85% 13.76% TAL Education Group 5.77%3.22%2.23% Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRDO or TAL? TAL Education Group received 467 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 61.62% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPerdoceo EducationOutperform Votes5865.91% Underperform Votes3034.09% TAL Education GroupOutperform Votes52561.62% Underperform Votes32738.38% Do institutionals and insiders believe in PRDO or TAL? 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryPerdoceo Education beats TAL Education Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Perdoceo Education News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PRDO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PRDO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPerdoceo EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.71B$937.29M$7.06B$7.57BDividend Yield2.02%9.03%3.51%4.33%P/E Ratio11.7910.3915.8417.81Price / Sales2.511.487.4894.58Price / Cash10.5727.8916.4234.64Price / Book1.782.214.124.00Net Income$147.65M$22.13M$259.47M$247.23M7 Day Performance3.80%6.13%5.32%7.26%1 Month Performance5.41%-5.21%-6.82%-6.26%1 Year Performance53.89%-1.32%-6.65%-0.18% Perdoceo Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PRDOPerdoceo Education4.33 of 5 stars$25.93+0.5%$35.00+35.0%+53.9%$1.71B$681.26M11.794,500Positive NewsGap DownTALTAL Education Group3.0505 of 5 stars$10.91-11.1%$15.53+42.3%-16.4%$6.60B$2.07B57.4516,200Stock SplitShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeGHCGraham1.9535 of 5 stars$888.46-3.8%N/A+29.9%$3.86B$4.79B17.4019,900Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeLAURLaureate Education4.0499 of 5 stars$18.71-1.4%$20.00+6.9%+38.5%$2.82B$1.57B9.6435,000Positive NewsGap DownDRVNDriven Brands3.8235 of 5 stars$15.43-4.2%$20.50+32.9%+12.8%$2.53B$2.34B385.759,900Gap DownMCWMister Car Wash1.8304 of 5 stars$7.16-1.8%$8.43+17.7%+10.0%$2.32B$994.73M32.556,350Gap DownAFYAAfya2.0519 of 5 stars$16.99-0.5%$17.60+3.6%+6.1%$1.59B$3.30B13.708,080News CoverageHTZHertz GlobalN/A$3.94+6.5%N/A-47.1%$1.21B$9.05B-0.4225,000Gap DownUDMYUdemy3.6145 of 5 stars$6.04-9.2%$10.68+76.9%-37.2%$892.37M$786.57M-10.601,680Short Interest ↓Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeIRSIRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima1.4269 of 5 stars$11.73-6.5%$13.00+10.8%+46.7%$888.78M$319.75B-2.751,401News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownDAOYoudao0.7128 of 5 stars$6.87-3.2%N/A+90.8%$831.08M$5.63B68.736,100News CoveragePositive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies TAL Alternatives GHC Alternatives LAUR Alternatives DRVN Alternatives MCW Alternatives AFYA Alternatives HTZ Alternatives UDMY Alternatives IRS Alternatives DAO Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PRDO) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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