Both in Educational Services

Perdoceo Education vs American Public Education

Over the past year PRDO returned −11.7% and APEI returned +24.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.71.

PRDO −11.7% APEI +24.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPRDOAPEI
Price$27.37$39.12
Market cap$1.71B$715.9M
Today−8.74%−7.77%
1 month−15.0%−15.1%
6 months−20.5%−28.5%
Year to date−6.7%+3.5%
1 year−11.7%+24.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.8%+5.5%
Gross margin76.1%55.4%
Net margin22.5%5.7%
P/E (TTM)9.7×15.7×
Price / sales2.0×1.1×
Net cash$725.1M$135.5M
Dividend yield2.48%—
Volatility (60d)31.1%38.0%
Short % of float7.2%16.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).