Perdoceo Education Corporation

PRDO

Education & Training Services · Consumer Defensive

Price

$31.66

-0.83 (-2.55%)

Market Cap

$1.99B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

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)

Perdoceo Education Corporation provides postsecondary education through online, campus-based, and blended learning programs in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Colorado Technical University and American InterContinental University. It offers academic programs in the career-oriented disciplines of business and management, nursing, healthcare management, computer science, engineering, information systems and technology, project management, cybersecurity, and criminal justic

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+20.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+16.7% 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

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$132M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Perdoceo Education Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 20%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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

Gross Margin

54.0%

Healthy — 54.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

19.8%

Healthy — 19.8% operating margin

ROCE

4.1%

Weak — 4.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+24.2%

Fast-growing sales (24.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

+10.2%

Earnings growing (10.2% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

141%

Turns 141% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

25.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (25.6%)

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

Debt / Equity

0.06

Conservative — low debt load (0.06)

Interest Cover

30.32x

Comfortably covers interest (30.3x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

12.8x

Attractive valuation — P/E 12.8

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

P/E vs Forward

+1.0

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.74%

Small dividend — 1.74% yield

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

Dividend Growth

+15.4%

Dividend growing fast (15.4% YoY)

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