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Perdoceo Education (PRDO) guidance and outlook

Perdoceo Education (PRDO) raised its guidance on Nov 5, 2026: EPS +23.5% for FY2026; Revenue $634M for FY2026; Operating income $186M for FY2026. Perdoceo Education's 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026 makes 11 forward-looking statements.

Guidance and outlook

Latest guidance

From the earnings release filed Nov 5, 2026 (8-K on EDGAR).

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026

• We expect to see continuous fluctuations in the types and focus of regulatory requirements imposed on our institutions and programs from state and federal regulators and our institutional and programmatic accreditors.
• We expect full year adjusted operating income to be higher for 2026 as compared to 2025, supported by revenue growth combined with lower operating expenses due to our disciplined expense management and investment philosophy.
• We continue to expect quarterly fluctuations in bad debt expense.
• For the full year 2026, we expect our effective tax rate to be between 23.0% and 23.5%.
• A detailed discussion of the accounting policies and estimates that we believe are most critical to our financial condition and results of operations that require management’s most subjective and complex judgments in estimating the effect of inherent uncertainties is included under the caption “Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial…
• We expect to continue to generate cash during the remainder of 2026.
• We anticipate that we will be able to satisfy the cash requirements associated with, among other things, our working capital needs, capital expenditures, lease commitments, share repurchases, quarterly dividend payments and acquisitions through at least the next 12 months primarily with cash generated by operations and existing cash balances.
• We maintain a balanced capital allocation strategy that focuses on maintaining a strong balance sheet and adequate liquidity, while (i) investing in organic projects at our universities, in particular technology-related initiatives which are designed to benefit our students, as well as real estate updates, and (ii) evaluating diverse strategies to enhance stockholder value, including acquisitions, quarterly…
• Any decision to pay future cash dividends, however, will be made by the Board of Directors and depend on the Company's available retained earnings, financial condition and other relevant factors.
• The Company expects quarterly dividend payments and share repurchases to be an integral and growing part of its balanced capital allocation strategy that also prioritizes investments in student support and technology projects, while also evaluating acquisition opportunities.
• For the full year 2026, we expect capital expenditures to be approximately 1.0% of revenue.

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Did Perdoceo Education raise or lower its guidance?

Perdoceo Education (PRDO) raised its guidance on Nov 5, 2026: EPS +23.5% for FY2026; Revenue $634M for FY2026; Operating income $186M for FY2026.

What does Perdoceo Education expect?

We expect to see continuous fluctuations in the types and focus of regulatory requirements imposed on our institutions and programs from state and federal regulators and our institutional and programmatic accreditors. We expect full year adjusted operating income to be higher for 2026 as compared to 2025, supported by revenue growth combined with lower operating expenses due to our disciplined expense management and investment philosophy. We continue to expect quarterly fluctuations in bad debt expense.

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.