Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) Releases 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 2.310-2.510 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.360. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Perdoceo Education also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.640-0.670 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PRDO has been the topic of several research reports. StockNews.com upgraded Perdoceo Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $32.00 price objective on shares of Perdoceo Education in a report on Friday, February 7th.

Perdoceo Education Stock Up 1.2 %

PRDO traded up $0.35 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $28.81. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 757,358 shares, compared to its average volume of 385,544. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.67. The company has a market cap of $1.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.48, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.07. Perdoceo Education has a 1 year low of $16.12 and a 1 year high of $29.47.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. Perdoceo Education had a net margin of 20.42% and a return on equity of 15.58%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Perdoceo Education will post 2.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Perdoceo Education Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other Perdoceo Education news, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 12,472 shares of Perdoceo Education stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.29, for a total transaction of $327,888.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 615,697 shares in the company, valued at $16,186,674.13. This trade represents a 1.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP John Robert Kline sold 12,148 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at approximately $3,363,144.95. This represents a 8.52 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.81% of the company’s stock.

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.