Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.77
- Estimate
- $0.74
- Surprise
- +4.0%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $215.9M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.3 → 6.2/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Perdoceo Education (PRDO) beat the $0.74 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.77 — a clear 4.0% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.3/10) to Sell at 6.2/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Coverage in the report window
- Perdoceo Education Sees Q4 GAAP EPS $0.63-$0.67 vs $0.74 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-05
- Perdoceo Education Sees Q4 Adj EPS $0.68-$0.72 vs $0.83 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PRDO Sell at 6.2/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.0% surprise compares with a +6.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-25.
What argues against it
- Risk below floor (3.8 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $26.88
- Price target
- $37.40
- Stop
- $25.45
- Upside to target
- +39.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.8:1
At 9.4× trailing and 8.1× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 17 — a level conventionally read as oversold; trading volume is running 2.5× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
PRDO at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Education & Training Services
- Market cap
- $1.68B
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 9.4
- 52-week range
- $26.24–$38.50
- Off 52-week high
- 30.2%
- RSI (14)
- 17
- Volume vs avg
- 2.49×
- Score today
- 6.2/10