Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) Releases Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.530-0.550 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.540. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Perdoceo Education also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.540-2.560 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on PRDO. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $42.00 target price on shares of Perdoceo Education in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Perdoceo Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $42.00.

Perdoceo Education Price Performance

PRDO stock traded down $1.34 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $29.67. The company had a trading volume of 308,228 shares, compared to its average volume of 586,989. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $34.89 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $32.12. The company has a current ratio of 4.27, a quick ratio of 4.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The company has a market cap of $1.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.84, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 0.88. Perdoceo Education has a fifty-two week low of $23.28 and a fifty-two week high of $38.02.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $211.87 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $207.02 million. Perdoceo Education had a return on equity of 17.13% and a net margin of 20.09%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.57 EPS. Perdoceo Education has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.530-0.550 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.540-2.560 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Perdoceo Education will post 2.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Perdoceo Education Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 12th. Investors of record on Friday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 28th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. Perdoceo Education’s payout ratio is 25.97%.

Insider Transactions at Perdoceo Education

In other Perdoceo Education news, CEO Todd S. Nelson sold 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.17, for a total value of $1,406,800.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 524,047 shares in the company, valued at $18,430,732.99. This represents a 7.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Ashish R. Ghia sold 53,081 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.70, for a total value of $1,629,586.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 157,632 shares in the company, valued at $4,839,302.40. The trade was a 25.19% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 205,656 shares of company stock valued at $6,871,148. Insiders own 2.11% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Perdoceo Education

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. AXA S.A. purchased a new position in Perdoceo Education in the second quarter valued at approximately $231,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its holdings in shares of Perdoceo Education by 201.6% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 7,256 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after purchasing an additional 4,850 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Perdoceo Education by 9.1% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 7,280 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after purchasing an additional 605 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Perdoceo Education in the second quarter worth $275,000. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new position in Perdoceo Education in the second quarter worth $314,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% 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.