Perdoceo Education Corporation

PRDO

Education & Training Services · Consumer Defensive

Price

$33.02

+0.54 (+1.66%)

Market Cap

$2.07B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is happy

A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Exceptional

Growth

Strong

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Good

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Good

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Share count falling — buybacks

−6.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 70.9M (2021) → 66.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Perdoceo Education Corporation runs for-profit colleges in the United States. Its main schools are Colorado Technical University (CTU) and American InterContinental University (AIU), which offer online degree programs in fields like business, technology, healthcare, and criminal justice. The company mostly serves working adults who want to earn a degree while keeping their jobs.

Perdoceo makes money by charging tuition, and most students pay using federal financial aid programs like Pell Grants and student loans. The company operates almost entirely in the US and is a mid-sized player in the online for-profit education space, with a market cap around $2 billion and strong margins for its industry. A key risk is regulatory exposure — for-profit colleges face ongoing scrutiny from the federal government over student outcomes and financial aid eligibility, and rule changes could significantly impact enrollment and revenue.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+22.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Perdoceo Education Corporation is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

100.0%

Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

25.7%

Excellent — 25.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

20.4%

Exceptional — 20.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+11.7%

Steady sales growth (+11.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+19.1%

Earnings growing fast (+19.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

7/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

127%

Turns 127% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

25.4%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (25.4%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

34.07x

Comfortably covers interest (34.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

11.8x

Attractive valuation — P/E 11.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+0.8

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.88%

Small dividend — 1.88% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+15.4%

Dividend growing fast (15.4% YoY)

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