What is Perdoceo Education Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?
As of today (2024-04-24), Perdoceo Education's share price is $18.42.
Perdoceo Education's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.56. Hence, Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 11.85.
The historical rank and industry rank for Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
PRDO'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.01 Med: 9.13 Max: 306.67
Current: 11.83
During the past 13 years, Perdoceo Education's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 306.67. The lowest was 4.01. And the median was 9.13.
PRDO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 53.25% of 169
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 12.83
vs PRDO: 11.83
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Perdoceo Education was -20.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -13.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 19.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, Perdoceo Education's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 202.60% per year. The lowest was -15.50% per year. And the median was 16.30% per year.
Perdoceo Education Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.
Competitive Comparison of Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Perdoceo Education's Share Price of today is $18.42.
Perdoceo Education's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.56.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Perdoceo Education (Perdoceo Education) Business Description
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.
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