Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO): Price and Financial Metrics

PRDO POWR Grades

• PRDO scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 99.38% of US stocks.
• PRDO's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 177 days.
• PRDO's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 61.85% of US stocks).

PRDO Stock Summary

• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP is higher than it is for about just 11.93% of US stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 1.28 for PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP; that's greater than it is for only 16.5% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -23.47%, PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP's debt growth rate surpasses just 13.63% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to PRDO, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are KFY, JOB, SCHL, TBI, and HHS.
• Visit PRDO's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.perdoceoed.com.

PRDO Valuation Summary

• PRDO's price/earnings ratio is 8.7; this is 56.06% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• PRDO's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 25.4 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for PRDO.

PRDO Growth Metrics

Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 186.36%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 49.35%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at 21.04%.

PRDO's revenue has moved down $9,126,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows PRDO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	695.208	148.186	95.867
2022-09-30	678.922	154.55	104.378
2022-06-30	684.5	163.15	110.08
2022-03-31	692.355	168.562	110.962
2021-12-31	693.034	191.116	109.637
2021-09-30	704.334	186.409	112.222

PRDO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• PRDO has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 99.41% of graded US stocks.
• PRDO's asset turnover comes in at 0.951 -- ranking 13th of 50 Personal Services stocks.
• LINC, EDU, and TAL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PRDO.

The table below shows PRDO's key quality metrics over time.