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

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.540-2.560 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.520. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Perdoceo Education also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.530-0.550 EPS.

Perdoceo Education Price Performance

NASDAQ PRDO traded down $1.34 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $29.67. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 308,228 shares, compared to its average volume of 586,989. The stock has a market cap of $1.93 billion, a PE ratio of 12.84, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 4.26 and a current ratio of 4.27. The company’s 50-day moving average is $34.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $32.12. Perdoceo Education has a fifty-two week low of $23.28 and a fifty-two week high of $38.02.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $211.87 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $207.02 million. Perdoceo Education had a net margin of 20.09% and a return on equity of 17.13%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 24.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.57 EPS. Perdoceo Education has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.530-0.550 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.540-2.560 EPS. Analysts forecast that Perdoceo Education will post 2.41 EPS for the current year.

Perdoceo Education Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 28th. Perdoceo Education’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.97%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on PRDO. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Perdoceo Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $42.00 price target on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $42.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Perdoceo Education news, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.17, for a total transaction of $1,406,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 524,047 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $18,430,732.99. This represents a 7.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Chairman Gregory L. Jackson sold 4,568 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.50, for a total transaction of $148,460.00. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 60,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,981,265. This represents a 6.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 205,656 shares of company stock valued at $6,871,148. Corporate insiders own 2.11% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Perdoceo Education

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in Perdoceo Education by 19.2% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 10,663 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after purchasing an additional 1,717 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its holdings in Perdoceo Education by 2.2% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 56,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,417,000 after purchasing an additional 1,235 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in Perdoceo Education by 49.7% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,547,405 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,964,000 after purchasing an additional 513,599 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in Perdoceo Education by 117.5% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 267,312 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,731,000 after purchasing an additional 144,395 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP grew its holdings in Perdoceo Education by 192.2% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 80,212 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,622,000 after purchasing an additional 52,762 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.