Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to PRDO or GHC?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education and Perdoceo Education both had 8 articles in the media. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 0.92 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perdoceo Education	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graham	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PRDO or GHC a better dividend stock?

Perdoceo Education pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Perdoceo Education pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is PRDO or GHC more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.86%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 16.85% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education	21.66%	16.85%	13.76%
Graham	4.86%	5.79%	3.21%

Do analysts prefer PRDO or GHC?

Perdoceo Education presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.39%. Given Perdoceo Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than Graham.

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
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, PRDO or GHC?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PRDO or GHC?

93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRDO or GHC?

Graham received 81 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 58 65.91%	Underperform Votes 30 34.09%
Graham	Outperform Votes 139 62.33%	Underperform Votes 84 37.67%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PRDO or GHC?

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Perdoceo Education. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perdoceo Education, 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	$681.26M	2.45	$147.65M	$2.20	11.50
Graham	$4.79B	0.88	$205.29M	$164.90	5.89

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats Graham on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.