Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/S	0.36	EDMC's P/S is ranked higher than 86% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.85 vs. EDMC: 0.36 )	EDMC' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.14   Max: 2.5 Current: 0.36 0.14 2.5
EV-to-EBIT	-1.47	EDMC's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 66% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 9.95 vs. EDMC: -1.47 )	EDMC' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 4.9   Max: 14.4 Current: -1.47 4.9 14.4
Shiller P/E	12.1	EDMC's Shiller P/E is ranked lower than 77% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 6.80 vs. EDMC: 12.1 )	EDMC' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 6.4   Max: 25.42 Current: 12.1 6.4 25.42

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	5.10	EDMC's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 71% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 10.00 vs. EDMC: 5.10 )	EDMC' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 7   Max: 20.5 Current: 5.1 7 20.5
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	21.53	EDMC's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 96% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 7.75 vs. EDMC: 21.53 )	EDMC' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 9.3   Max: 29.6 Current: 21.53 9.3 29.6

Business Description

Education Management Corporation is the provider of post-secondary education in North America, with over 151,200 enrolled students as of October 2011. It offers academic programs to its students through campus-based and online instruction, or through a combination of both. It is committed to offering quality academic programs and continuously strives to improve the learning experience for its students. Its target is to develop a large and diverse market as its educational institutions offers students the opportunity to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral degrees, and certain specialized non-degree diplomas in a broad range of disciplines. These disciplines include design, media arts, health sciences, psychology and behavioral sciences, culinary, fashion, business, legal, and education and information technology. Its schools comprise a national education platform that is designed to address the needs of a broad market, taking into consideration various factors that influence demand, such as programmatic and degree interest, employment opportunities, requirements for credentials in certain professions, demographics, tuition pricing points and economic conditions. It believes that its schools collectively enable them to provide access to a high quality education for potential students, at a variety of degree levels and across a wide range of disciplines. Its schools are organized and managed to capitalize on recognized brands and align them with specific targeted markets based on field of study, employment opportunity, type of degree offering and student demographics: The Art Institutes, Argosy University, Brown Mackie Colleges and South University. It intends to support its growth through these three channels: Introduce new and existing academic programs across its national platform of schools, Increase enrollments in online distance learning and blended-format programs, Develop new school locations in attractive markets. Its schools compete for students with traditional public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities and other for-profit providers, including those that offer distance learning programs. Its U.S. schools are subject to audits or program compliance reviews by various external agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education, its Office of Inspector General and state, guaranty and accrediting agencies. The post-secondary education market is highly fragmented and competitive.
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Industry:	Education & Training Services
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