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Perdoceo Education (Perdoceo Education) Net-Net Working Capital : $7.46 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Perdoceo Education Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Perdoceo Education's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $7.46.

The industry rank for Perdoceo Education's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

PRDO's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked better than
70.24% of 84 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 7.2 vs PRDO: 3.07

Perdoceo Education Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Perdoceo Education's Net-Net Working Capital 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 Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Perdoceo Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 3.92 4.79 4.62 7.05

Perdoceo Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Net-Net Working Capital 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 5.11 5.80 6.56 7.05 7.46

Competitive Comparison of Perdoceo Education's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Perdoceo Education's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Perdoceo Education Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Perdoceo Education's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(603.144+0.75 * 29.398+0.5 * 5.004-165.895
-0-0)/65.5445
=7.05

Perdoceo Education's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(641.409+0.75 * 41.942+0.5 * 4.251-185.859
-0-0)/65.6026
=7.46

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Perdoceo Education  (NAS:PRDO) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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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