Strategic Education (STRA) Competitors

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

Is STRA or PRDO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Strategic Education	10.44%	7.61%	5.89%
Perdoceo Education	20.42%	15.58%	12.98%

Which has better valuation and earnings, STRA or PRDO?

Perdoceo Education has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Strategic Education	$1.13B	2.07	$69.79M	$5.25	18.20
Perdoceo Education	$710M	2.46	$147.65M	$1.99	13.34

Is STRA or PRDO a better dividend stock?

Strategic Education pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Perdoceo Education pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Strategic Education pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Perdoceo Education pays out 26.1% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STRA or PRDO?

Strategic Education received 328 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Strategic Education	Outperform Votes 378 55.83%	Underperform Votes 299 44.17%
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 50 62.50%	Underperform Votes 30 37.50%

Does the media favor STRA or PRDO?

In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 18 more articles in the media than Strategic Education. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 9 mentions for Strategic Education. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Strategic Education's score of 0.37 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Strategic Education	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Perdoceo Education	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, STRA or PRDO?

Strategic Education has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STRA or PRDO?

93.3% of Strategic Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Strategic Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend STRA or PRDO?

Strategic Education presently has a consensus price target of $126.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.85%. Perdoceo Education has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.53%. Given Strategic Education's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Strategic Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats Strategic Education on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.