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Perdoceo Education (Perdoceo Education) Interest Coverage : 242.99 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Perdoceo Education Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Perdoceo Education's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $28.2 Mil. Perdoceo Education's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.1 Mil. Perdoceo Education's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 242.99. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Perdoceo Education Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

PRDO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 322.85   Max: 1144.35
Current: 489.91


PRDO's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
86.81% of 182 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 15.35 vs PRDO: 489.91

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Perdoceo Education Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Perdoceo Education Interest Coverage Chart

Perdoceo Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 778.04 1,144.35 210.18 435.51 489.91

Perdoceo Education Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 340.49 575.40 594.05 598.40 242.99

Competitive Comparison of Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage falls into.



Perdoceo Education Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Perdoceo Education's Interest Expense was $-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $197.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $21.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*197.924/-0.404
=489.91

Perdoceo Education's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Perdoceo Education's Interest Expense was $-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $28.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $21.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*28.187/-0.116
=242.99

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Perdoceo Education  (NAS:PRDO) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Perdoceo Education (Perdoceo Education) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1750 E. 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 segment is its online universities, which include the American InterContinental University, and Colorado Technical University. These online universities provide undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs focusing on business, technology, management, and social services. Career Education Corporation is focusing on its online universities as it continues to reduce its on-campus program offerings. The majority of the company's revenue comes from the Colorado Technical University segment.
Executives
Todd S Nelson director, officer: President & CEO PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
John Robert Kline officer: SVP, AIU PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Michele A Peppers officer: Principal Accounting Officer PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Andrew Hurst officer: SVP PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Ashish R Ghia officer: Interim CFO 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
Patrick W Gross director
Gregory L. Jackson director 909 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94133
Leslie T Thornton director 3921 COURTLAND CIRCLE, ALEXANDRIA VA 22305
Thomas B Lally director 231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Elise Baskel officer: SVP, CTU 1750 E. GOLF ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Greg E. Jansen officer: SVP, General Counsel 1750 E. GOLF 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
Richard D Wang director C/O TENZING GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC, 388 MARKET STREET SUITE 860, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111