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 debt / equity, LAUR reads 0.14 and PRDO reads 0.00; on current ratio, LAUR reads 0.71 and PRDO reads 4.82. 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 | $38.23 | $31.79 |
| Market cap | $5.3B | $2.0B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.3% | — |
| P/E | 17.4 | 12.1 |
| P/B | 4.69 | 2.02 |
| P/S | 2.92 | 2.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.0 | 7.5 |
| Revenue growth | +17.3% | +18.6% |
| Operating margin | 36.3% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 28.2% | 17.0% |
| Return on assets | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.0% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 5.4% | 11.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.71 | 4.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.72 | 8.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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