Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) is a Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $35.03. It has a SharesGrow Score of 67/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 4 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of PRDO = $109.76 (+213.3% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is PRDO = $30 (-14.4% upside).
Valuation: PRDO trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 14.4 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.87.
Financials: revenue is $846M, +7.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $160M, growing at +20.8%/yr. Net profit margin is 18.9% (healthy). Gross margin is 71.7% (-11.5 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $105M against $972M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.11, conservative). Current ratio is 5.06 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 8.3%. Total assets: $1.3B.
Analyst outlook: 3 / 9 analysts rate PRDO as buy (33%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 43/100 (Partial), Growth 83/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 55/100 (Partial), Future 16/100 (Fail), Income 70/100 (Pass).
