Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on PRDO shares. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Perdoceo Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Barrington Research upped their price objective on shares of Perdoceo Education from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday.

Perdoceo Education Price Performance

NASDAQ:PRDO opened at $27.52 on Thursday. Perdoceo Education has a one year low of $16.12 and a one year high of $29.84. The company has a market cap of $1.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.36, a P/E/G ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.07. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $27.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $24.72.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) last released its quarterly 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. The business had revenue of $176.43 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $160.12 million. Perdoceo Education had a net margin of 21.66% and a return on equity of 17.13%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Perdoceo Education will post 2.36 earnings per share for the current year.

Perdoceo Education Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, March 1st will be issued a $0.13 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.89%. Perdoceo Education’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.64%.

Insider Transactions at Perdoceo Education

In other news, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 12,472 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.29, for a total value of $327,888.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 615,697 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,186,674.13. This represents a 1.99 % 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 the SEC website. Also, SVP John Robert Kline sold 12,148 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.79, for a total transaction of $313,296.92. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 130,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,363,144.95. This trade represents a 8.52 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 1.81% of the company’s stock.

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.