NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. vs Perdoceo Education Corporation, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EDU and PRDO diverge most: on operating margin, EDU reads 8.7% and PRDO reads 28.5%; on altman z (solvency), EDU reads 2.65 and PRDO reads 8.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EDU's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What PRDO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EDU | PRDO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $48.53 | $35.70 |
| Market cap | $7.9B | $2.3B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.4% | — |
| P/E | — | 13.6 |
| P/B | 2.00 | 2.26 |
| P/S | 1.62 | 2.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 8.5 |
| Revenue growth | +6.7% | +18.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 17.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 8.3% | 10.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 4.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.65 | 8.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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