PRDO PERDOCEO EDUCATION Corp
Last updated: May 11, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q1 2026: $25M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $0M, Q1 2025: $7M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $25M vs trailing avg $2M (+1017%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Buyback $32M / FCF $135M = 24% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 2,200,000 shares = 3.5% of 62,478,373 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.
Need both buyback and insider purchase data
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $9M in the last 90 days (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 25414254.7x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 40,000 shares on 2026-03-23
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 40,000 shares on 2026-03-24
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 4,387 shares on 2026-03-25
- Ghia Ashish R (CFO) sold 11,089 shares on 2026-03-25
- Ghia Ashish R (CFO) sold 11,090 shares on 2026-03-18
- Ghia Ashish R (CFO) sold 22,181 shares on 2026-03-18
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 40,000 shares on 2026-03-16
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 11,346 shares on 2026-03-17
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 40,000 shares on 2025-12-15
- NELSON TODD S (President and CEO) sold 40,000 shares on 2025-12-16