Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.310-2.510 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.360. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Perdoceo Education also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.640-0.670 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. StockNews.com upgraded Perdoceo Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $32.00 price objective on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Friday, February 7th.

Perdoceo Education Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PRDO traded up $0.35 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $28.81. The stock had a trading volume of 757,358 shares, compared to its average volume of 385,544. Perdoceo Education has a 1 year low of $16.12 and a 1 year high of $29.47. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $27.38 and its 200-day moving average is $24.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.48, a P/E/G ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.07.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. Perdoceo Education had a return on equity of 15.58% and a net margin of 20.42%. Analysts forecast that Perdoceo Education will post 2.27 EPS for the current year.

Perdoceo Education Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Saturday, March 1st will be issued a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. Perdoceo Education’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.13%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP John Robert Kline sold 12,148 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.79, for a total value of $313,296.92. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 130,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,363,144.95. This represents a 8.52 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 12,472 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.29, for a total transaction of $327,888.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 615,697 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,186,674.13. This trade represents a 1.99 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.81% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Perdoceo Education Company Profile

Perdoceo Education Corporation provides postsecondary education through online, campus-based, and blended learning programs in the United States. It operates in two segments, Colorado Technical University and The American InterContinental University System. The Colorado Technical University segment offers academic programs, such as business and management, nursing, healthcare management, computer science, engineering, information systems and technology, project management, cybersecurity, and criminal justice.