Company Analysis

Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO)

Nasdaq: PRDO · Services-Educational Services · Schaumburg, IL · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade6.3
◀ Past 6.1● Present 6.7▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Perdoceo Education Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past6.130% of the headline
● Present6.740% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $704 million in fiscal 2016 to $846 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 17% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.1%bottom 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak17.5%top 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.4% a year. 30% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 21 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Perdoceo Education Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 30% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 21 sales (13 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 26% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Perdoceo Education Corporation earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 30% of 41 in its family; net margin 18.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's standing among 41 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $846 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of 18.9% ranks in the top 9%; revenue growth of 6.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 49% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$846Mtop 34% of its family
  • net margin18.9%top 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.8%top 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nelson, Todd S (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-11-21, 3 years (bottom 27% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10 years (top 27%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 41%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 41% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.0 yearstop 27% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.0 yearsbottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 33% of 41 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $111 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 8.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 26.6% of revenue (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets8.9%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue26.6%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 41% of 39 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.8% a year over the last three filed years against 2.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 29% of its family); the newest year grew 24.2% (top 17%); capital spending grew -40.5% a year (bottom 24%) (its annual reports). Perdoceo Education Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Tuition and Fees Net at $841 million (99%), Product and Service Other at $5 million (1%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.7 points a yeartop 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth24.2%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-40.5%bottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 42% of 36 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Perdoceo Education Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $846 million in fiscal 2025 came in 25.5% above the $674 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $160 million against a prior three-year average of $130 million (bottom 43%); a net margin of 18.9% against 18.7% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace25.5%top 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%bottom 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.2 pointsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PRDO · research, not advice