Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EDU scored 78.0, PRDO scored 77.3 — EDU leads.
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EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.
Education & Training Services · Quality-Growth
78
$58.63 · $9.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
0.7
EDU leads
PRDO
Perdoceo Education Corporation
Education & Training Services · Quality-Growth
77.3
$33.71 · $2.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestPRDO12.3x
Fastest growthEDU+15.5%
Strongest balance sheetPRDO0.11
Highest qualityPRDO89 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePRDO-52%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
EDU
stronger →← stronger
PRDO
75
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
89
78
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
72
81
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
72
EDU is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EDU
PRDO
$780mC+
FCF
$221mC
+15.5%B+
Rev
+11.7%B
0.20A-
D/E
0.11A
19.5xB
P/E
12.3xA-
1.00B+
PEG
0.68A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
EDU
PRDO
39% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
52% below
~-2%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-12%/yr
+42%
1-yr DCF upside
+102%
+64%
5-yr DCF upside
+107%
+104%
10-yr DCF upside
+113%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EDU
Why this score
Buying back stock
PRDO
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.
Education & Training Services · $58.63 · beta 0.18
Why now
Education & Training Services · market cap $9.1b. 10% off the 52-week high of $64.97. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. 20 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $73.62 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 164% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
PRDOPerdoceo Education Corporation
Education & Training Services · $33.71 · beta 0.72
Why now
Education & Training Services · market cap $2.1b. 12% off the 52-week high of $38.50. Revenue growing +12%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.68 — paying under fair value for the growth rate.
Moat
Net margin 21% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 125% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
The model favors PRDO with an 81.1 score, largely due to its superior Quality pillar of 89 compared to EDU's 70. A contrarian, however, might prefer EDU for its higher Growth pillar score of 81, indicating stronger expansion than PRDO's 76.
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Where EDU and PRDO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 0.7 points in favor of EDU. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityEDU 74.8 · PRDO 89.4PRDO +14.6
ValueEDU 81.2 · PRDO 72.0EDU +9.2
GrowthEDU 78.0 · PRDO 71.7EDU +6.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is EDU or PRDO the better stock?
EDU scores higher: EDU 78.0, PRDO 77.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do EDU and PRDO differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where PRDO leads by 15 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are EDU and PRDO scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.