Perdoceo Education
PRDO Nasdaq· Education Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$32.71
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Perdoceo Education had $846M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 24.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.2% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 23.2%, down 2.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 23 is left after running the business.
- Perdoceo Education made $160M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $217M in fiscal 2025, 25.6% of revenue.
- Perdoceo Education returned $121M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 56% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.6%.
Market cap
$2.1B
P/E
11.9x
Revenue
$846M
Net income
$160M
Free cash flow
$217M
Operating margin
23.2%
Perdoceo Education in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+24.2%
Yes. Sales grew 24.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
18.9%
Yes. It keeps 18.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
25.6%
Yes. 25.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
How is the share priced?
11.9x
One share costs 11.9 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.9x.
What Perdoceo Education does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 19, 2026
- Legal name
- PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP
- CIK
- 0001046568
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $693M | $695M | $710M | $681M | $846M |
| Revenue growth | 0.8% | 0.3% | 2.1% | −4.1% | 24.2% |
| Operating margin | 21.5% | 18.7% | 21.2% | 25.6% | 23.2% |
| Net income | $110M | $95.9M | $148M | $148M | $160M |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 13.8% | 20.8% | 21.7% | 18.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.55 | $1.39 | $2.18 | $2.19 | $2.42 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $191M | $148M | $112M | $162M | $225M |
| Capital expenditure | $10.5M | $12.6M | $6.4M | $4.6M | $8.6M |
| Free cash flow | $181M | $136M | $106M | $157M | $217M |
| FCF margin | 26.1% | 19.5% | 14.9% | 23.0% | 25.6% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $14.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $25.3M | $23.1M | $8.3M | $6.8M | $121M |
| Share count change | −0.5% | −2.6% | −1.8% | −0.9% | −1.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $494M | $509M | $603M | $569M | $622M |
| Shareholders' equity | $650M | $726M | $841M | $960M | $972M |
| Current ratio | 4.0x | 3.5x | 5.9x | 4.8x | 5.1x |
| Interest coverage | 162.0x | 324.1x | 372.4x | 284.3x | 30.3x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 18.2% | 13.9% | 18.8% | 16.4% | 16.6% |
| Altman Z'' | 8.8 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 8.8 | 9.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$16.2M
10 insiders
Of sales under plans
78%
$12.6M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perdoceo Education PRDO | $2.1B | 24.2% | 23.2% | 25.6% | — | 11.9x | — |
| Universal Technical Institut... UTI | $1.2B | 14.1% | 10.0% | 6.6% | 24.0% | 36.0x | 6 |
| Coursera COUR | $1.2B | 9.0% | −10.2% | 14.2% | — | — | 5 |
| Duolingo DUOL | $6.9B | 38.7% | 13.1% | 35.6% | 77.6% | 16.4x | 4 |
| Grand Canyon Education LOPE | $4.2B | 7.1% | 24.0% | 21.6% | 45.3% | 19.5x | 4 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $32.71 a share, the company is worth $2.1B: 11.9 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Perdoceo Education grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001046568). Data updated October 20, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.