PRDO vs. STRA, GPX, APEI, DL, ATGE, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, and AFYA
Should you be buying Perdoceo Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perdoceo Education include Strategic Education (STRA), GP Strategies (GPX), American Public Education (APEI), China Distance Education (DL), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), and Afya (AFYA).
Perdoceo Education vs.
Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) and Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Strategic Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 11 more articles in the media than Strategic Education. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 1 mentions for Strategic Education. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 0.64 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Education has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.09%. Strategic Education has a consensus target price of $126.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.76%. Given Strategic Education's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.
Strategic Education received 327 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.96% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote.
Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.42% compared to Strategic Education's net margin of 10.44%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 15.58% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.
Perdoceo Education pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Strategic Education pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Perdoceo Education pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strategic Education pays out 45.7% 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.
Perdoceo Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Strategic Education. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Perdoceo Education beats Strategic Education on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PRDO) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
