Laureate Education, Inc. vs Perdoceo Education Corporation, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LAUR and PRDO diverge most: on operating margin, LAUR reads -10.1% and PRDO reads 28.5%; on debt / equity, LAUR reads 0.15 and PRDO reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LAUR'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 | LAUR | PRDO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40.45 | $35.70 |
| Market cap | $5.8B | $2.3B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.8% | — |
| P/E | 21.6 | 13.6 |
| P/B | 5.49 | 2.26 |
| P/S | 3.31 | 2.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 8.5 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +18.6% |
| Operating margin | -10.1% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 26.7% | 17.0% |
| Return on assets | 12.3% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.2% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.6% | 10.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.57 | 4.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.61 | 8.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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