Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$681.26M	2.91	$147.59M	$2.26	13.40
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.83	$84.59M	$0.14	74.64

Which has more risk and volatility, PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PRDO or TAL?

Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.10%. TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $12.66, suggesting a potential upside of 21.15%. Given Perdoceo Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

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)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is PRDO or TAL more profitable?

Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.91% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 3.76%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 17.10% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education	20.91%	17.10%	13.70%
TAL Education Group	3.76%	2.26%	1.54%

Does the media prefer PRDO or TAL?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 2 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 1 mentions for TAL Education Group. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.00 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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. 2.1% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats TAL Education Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.