Perdoceo Education
PRDO · Education Services
$33.90
0.2%Universal Technical Institute
UTI · Education Services
$21.85
0.9%The short version
- Perdoceo Education is the larger business, with $846M of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $836M for Universal Technical Institute.
- Perdoceo Education grew revenue faster (24.2%, against 14.1%).
- Perdoceo Education kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (23.2% operating margin, against 10.0% operating margin).
- Perdoceo Education turned more of its sales into free cash flow (25.6% FCF margin, against 6.6% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Universal Technical Institute’s earnings: a P/E of 35.8x against 12.3x for Perdoceo Education.
| Latest fiscal year | PRDO · FY25 | UTI · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.2B | $1.2B |
| Revenue | $846M | $836M |
| Free cash flow | $217M | $55.4M |
| Net income | $160M | $63.0M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 24.2% | 14.1% |
| 5-year growth | 4.2% | 22.7% |
| Share count change | −1.6% | 9.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 23.2% | 10.0% |
| Net margin | 18.9% | 7.5% |
| FCF margin | 25.6% | 6.6% |
| Return on capital | — | 24.0% |
| Return on equity | 16.6% | 21.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | −$36.5M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | −0.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $121M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 12.3x | 35.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 6 |
FY16
PRDO $704M
UTI $347M
FY17
PRDO $596M
UTI $324M
FY18
PRDO $581M
UTI $317M
FY19
PRDO $628M
UTI $332M
FY20
PRDO $687M
UTI $301M
FY21
PRDO $693M
UTI $335M
FY22
PRDO $695M
UTI $419M
FY23
PRDO $710M
UTI $607M
FY24
PRDO $681M
UTI $733M
FY25
PRDO $846M
UTI $836M
PRDO
UTI
FY16
PRDO −4.6%
UTI −5.4%
FY17
PRDO 5.7%
UTI −0.6%
FY18
PRDO 12.3%
UTI −11.1%
FY19
PRDO 13.8%
UTI −2.4%
FY20
PRDO 20.8%
UTI −1.3%
FY21
PRDO 21.5%
UTI 4.5%
FY22
PRDO 18.7%
UTI 5.3%
FY23
PRDO 21.2%
UTI 3.5%
FY24
PRDO 25.6%
UTI 8.0%
FY25
PRDO 23.2%
UTI 10.0%
PRDO
UTI
FY16
PRDO $2.4M
UTI −$0.1M
FY17
PRDO −$28.1M
UTI −$7.0M
FY18
PRDO $50.3M
UTI −$34.0M
FY19
PRDO $67.9M
UTI $15.3M
FY20
PRDO $170M
UTI $1.8M
FY21
PRDO $181M
UTI −$6.1M
FY22
PRDO $136M
UTI −$33.4M
FY23
PRDO $106M
UTI −$7.5M
FY24
PRDO $157M
UTI $61.6M
FY25
PRDO $217M
UTI $55.4M
PRDO
UTI
FY16
PRDO —
UTI —
FY17
PRDO —
UTI —
FY18
PRDO —
UTI —
FY19
PRDO —
UTI —
FY20
PRDO —
UTI —
FY21
PRDO —
UTI 15.5%
FY22
PRDO —
UTI 14.8%
FY23
PRDO —
UTI 6.4%
FY24
PRDO —
UTI 18.7%
FY25
PRDO —
UTI 24.0%
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