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Perdoceo Education Corporation (NASDAQ: PRDO) closed the day trading at $24.28 down -2.53% from the previous closing price of $24.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.53 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.57 million shares were traded. PRDO stock price reached its highest trading level at $24.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.22.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PRDO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.71 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.20. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.82 and its Current Ratio is at 4.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.14 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.12.
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 Mar 13 ’25 when Thornton Leslie T bought 4,360 shares for $24.08 per share.
GROSS PATRICK W bought 3,960 shares of PRDO for $114,088 on Feb 21 ’25. On Jan 06 ’25, another insider, Kline John Robert, who serves as the SVP, AIU of the company, sold 12,148 shares for $25.79 each. As a result, the insider received 313,297 and left with 130,405 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 1641925376 and an Enterprise Value of 1163010560. As of this moment, Perdoceo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.66. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.707 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.015.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PRDO is 0.88, which has changed by 0.3663478 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07465422 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PRDO has reached a high of $29.84, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $16.56. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.54%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.49%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PRDO traded about 492.63K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PRDO traded about 610380 shares per day. A total of 65.72M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.82M. Insiders hold about 9.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.23% stake in the company. Shares short for PRDO as of 1740700800 were 5754586 with a Short Ratio of 11.68, compared to 1738281600 on 5382421. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5754586 and a Short% of Float of 10.6000006.
Dividends & Splits
PRDO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.50, up from 0.5 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02007226The current Payout Ratio is 21.87% for PRDO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-28 with an ex-dividend date of 1740700800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-08-25 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
