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After finishing at $32.56 in the prior trading day, Perdoceo Education Corporation (NASDAQ: PRDO) closed at $31.6, down -2.95%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.95 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.65 million shares were traded. PRDO stock price reached its highest trading level at $32.58 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $31.03.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PRDO by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.38 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.40. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.43 and its Current Ratio is at 4.46. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.07 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 13 ’25 when Czeszewski David C. sold 30,892 shares for $31.66 per share. The transaction valued at 978,118 led to the insider holds 92,129 shares of the business.
DAVID C CZESZEWSKI TRST bought 30,894 shares of PRDO for $978,109 on Jun 13 ’25. On Jun 10 ’25, another insider, Kline John Robert, who serves as the SVP, AIU of the company, sold 71,254 shares for $31.75 each. As a result, the insider received 2,262,314 and left with 75,868 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PRDO now has a Market Capitalization of 2070947072 and an Enterprise Value of 1679434368. As of this moment, Perdoceo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.85 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.13. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.313 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.154.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PRDO is 0.87, which has changed by 0.47940075 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1185931 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PRDO has reached a high of $34.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.43%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.48%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 609.70K shares per day over the past 3-months and 667890 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 65.54M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.93M. Insiders hold about 8.55% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.56% stake in the company. Shares short for PRDO as of 1749772800 were 5766617 with a Short Ratio of 9.46, compared to 1747267200 on 6546818. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5766617 and a Short% of Float of 10.5299994.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, PRDO’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.52, compared to 0.52 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.015970515The current Payout Ratio is 21.87% for PRDO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-28 with an ex-dividend date of 1748563200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-08-25 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
