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

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.640-0.670 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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 Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $32.00 price target on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Friday, February 7th. StockNews.com raised shares of Perdoceo Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th.

Perdoceo Education Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PRDO traded up $0.35 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $28.81. The company had a trading volume of 757,358 shares, compared to its average volume of 385,544. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $27.38 and its 200 day moving average is $24.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion, a PE ratio of 14.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.07. Perdoceo Education has a twelve month low of $16.12 and a twelve month high of $29.47.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) last released 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 net margin of 20.42% and a return on equity of 15.58%. Equities analysts predict that Perdoceo Education will post 2.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Perdoceo Education Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity at Perdoceo Education

In other news, SVP John Robert Kline sold 12,148 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 130,405 shares in the company, valued at $3,363,144.95. The trade was a 8.52 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 12,472 shares of the business’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 transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 615,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,186,674.13. This represents a 1.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.81% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Perdoceo Education

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.