What Happened?

Shares of higher education company Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ: PRDO) jumped 22.5% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong first quarter 2025 results with revenue and EPS exceeding Wall Street's estimates. In addition, next quarter's EPS guidance topped analysts' expectations. What's notable is the 16.7% growth in total student enrolment, indicating that the demand remained robust. Overall, we think this was a solid quarter with some key areas of upside.

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What The Market Is Telling Us

Perdoceo Education’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 5 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for Perdoceo Education and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.

Perdoceo Education is up 17.9% since the beginning of the year, and at $30.83 per share, has set a new 52-week high. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Perdoceo Education’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $2,412.

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