COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
EDU vs PRDO
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EDU scored 86.0, PRDO scored 80.1 — EDU leads.
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Different reporting periods. PRDO's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but EDU's are as of May 2025 — a 13-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
EDU
New Oriental Education & Techno
86
$54.91
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.9
EDU leads
PRDO
Perdoceo Education Corporation
80.1
$32.48 · $2.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestPRDO11.8x
- Fastest growthEDU+13.6%
- Strongest balance sheetPRDO0.11
- Highest qualityPRDO89 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valuePRDO-54%
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.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EDU
PRDO
$655mC+
FCF
$221mC
+13.6%B+
Rev
+11.7%B
0.20A-
D/E
0.11A-
18.3xB+
P/E
11.8xA
1.03B+
PEG
0.70A-
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
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Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
54% below
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Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~-13%/yr
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1-yr DCF upside
+110%
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5-yr DCF upside
+117%
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10-yr DCF upside
+128%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EDU
No notable signals flagged.
PRDO
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Raising its dividend
- Durable high returns
The companies
EDUNew Oriental Education & Techno
Why now
Education & Training Services · market cap n/a. 15% off the 52-week high of $64.97. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $73.30 (implying +33% upside).
Moat
ROE 10% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 176% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
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
Why now
Education & Training Services · market cap $2.0b. 16% off the 52-week high of $38.50. Revenue growing +12%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.70 — 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% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — 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, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
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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