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PRDO (Perdoceo Education) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 23.68 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Perdoceo Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-03), Perdoceo Education's current share price is $34.10. Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.44. Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 23.68.

The historical rank and industry rank for Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

PRDO' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19   Med: 37.1   Max: 470.75
Current: 23.56

During the past years, Perdoceo Education's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 470.75. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 37.10.

PRDO's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
68.42% of 76 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 12.695 vs PRDO: 23.56

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Perdoceo Education's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.948. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.44 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Perdoceo Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Perdoceo Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Perdoceo Education Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 187.48 143.91 35.58 22.89 20.59

Perdoceo Education Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.73 19.54 18.22 20.59 17.43

Competitive Comparison of Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Perdoceo Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=34.10/1.44
=23.68

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Perdoceo Education's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.948/134.9266*134.9266
=0.948

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Perdoceo Education Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.118 100.684 -0.158
201509 0.039 100.392 0.052
201512 -0.057 99.792 -0.077
201603 -0.161 100.470 -0.216
201606 0.227 101.688 0.301
201609 0.121 101.861 0.160
201612 -0.154 101.863 -0.204
201703 -0.566 102.862 -0.742
201706 0.048 103.349 0.063
201709 0.054 104.136 0.070
201712 0.064 104.011 0.083
201803 0.137 105.290 0.176
201806 0.032 106.317 0.041
201809 0.032 106.507 0.041
201812 0.501 105.998 0.638
201903 0.174 107.251 0.219
201906 0.564 108.070 0.704
201909 0.418 108.329 0.521
201912 -0.196 108.420 -0.244
202003 0.610 108.902 0.756
202006 0.820 108.767 1.017
202009 0.399 109.815 0.490
202012 0.560 109.897 0.688
202103 0.611 111.754 0.738
202106 0.503 114.631 0.592
202109 0.815 115.734 0.950
202112 0.614 117.630 0.704
202203 0.250 121.301 0.278
202206 0.442 125.017 0.477
202209 0.737 125.227 0.794
202212 0.539 125.222 0.581
202303 0.039 127.348 0.041
202306 0.875 128.729 0.917
202309 0.468 129.860 0.486
202312 0.173 129.419 0.180
202403 0.797 131.776 0.816
202406 0.562 132.554 0.572
202409 0.743 133.029 0.754
202412 0.236 133.157 0.239
202503 0.948 134.927 0.948

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Perdoceo Education  (NAS:PRDO) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Perdoceo Education Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1750 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL, USA, 60173
Perdoceo Education Corp is an American for-profit education company that focuses on quality postsecondary education online to a diverse student population, along with campus-based and blended learning programs. The company's important segments include the American InterContinental University, the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, and Colorado Technical University. These universities provide undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs focusing on business, technology, management, and social services, with the majority of the students enrolled in programs offered fully online. The majority of the company's revenue comes from the Colorado Technical University segment.
Executives
Michele A Peppers officer: Principal Accounting Officer PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Leslie T Thornton director 3921 COURTLAND CIRCLE, ALEXANDRIA VA 22305
Greg E. Jansen officer: SVP, General Counsel 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Ashish R Ghia officer: Interim CFO PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Todd S Nelson director, officer: President & CEO PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Elise Baskel officer: SVP, CTU 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
John Robert Kline officer: SVP, AIU PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Patrick W Gross director
Gregory L. Jackson director 909 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94133
William Dean Hansen director
Andrew Hurst officer: SVP PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
David C. Czeszewski officer: SVP, CIO PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Thomas B Lally director 231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Jeffrey David Ayers officer: SVP PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Alan Dupree Wheat director PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173