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Perdoceo Education (Perdoceo Education) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 24.79 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-24), Perdoceo Education's current share price is $23.30. Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.94. Perdoceo Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 24.79.

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: 1.5   Med: 30.27   Max: 470.75
Current: 24.43

During the past years, Perdoceo Education's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 470.75. The lowest was 1.50. And the median was 30.27.

PRDO's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
66.67% of 66 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 13.27 vs PRDO: 24.43

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. 2024 was $0.797. 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 $0.94 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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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 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 443.14 187.48 143.91 35.58 22.89

Perdoceo Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 30.74 19.06 23.40 22.89 18.73

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.



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
=23.30/0.94
=24.79

* 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. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Perdoceo Education's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.797/131.7762*131.7762
=0.797

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Perdoceo Education Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.736 100.560 -0.964
201409 -0.348 100.428 -0.457
201412 -0.298 99.070 -0.396
201503 -0.349 99.621 -0.462
201506 -0.118 100.684 -0.154
201509 0.039 100.392 0.051
201512 -0.057 99.792 -0.075
201603 -0.161 100.470 -0.211
201606 0.227 101.688 0.294
201609 0.121 101.861 0.157
201612 -0.154 101.863 -0.199
201703 -0.566 102.862 -0.725
201706 0.048 103.349 0.061
201709 0.054 104.136 0.068
201712 0.064 104.011 0.081
201803 0.137 105.290 0.171
201806 0.032 106.317 0.040
201809 0.032 106.507 0.040
201812 0.501 105.998 0.623
201903 0.174 107.251 0.214
201906 0.564 108.070 0.688
201909 0.418 108.329 0.508
201912 -0.196 108.420 -0.238
202003 0.610 108.902 0.738
202006 0.820 108.767 0.993
202009 0.399 109.815 0.479
202012 0.560 109.897 0.671
202103 0.611 111.754 0.720
202106 0.503 114.631 0.578
202109 0.815 115.734 0.928
202112 0.614 117.630 0.688
202203 0.250 121.301 0.272
202206 0.442 125.017 0.466
202209 0.737 125.227 0.776
202212 0.539 125.222 0.567
202303 0.039 127.348 0.040
202306 0.875 128.729 0.896
202309 0.468 129.860 0.475
202312 0.173 129.419 0.176
202403 0.797 131.776 0.797

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 (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