Date updated:03-10-2007
Stocks in the higher education industry. More and more prospective students are turning towards the non-traditional education programs, (executive MBA's. online, weekend classes, etc.) Private equity is even getting into this business; look at Laureate Education Inc. (LAUR) being taken over by its founder and an investment consortium.
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APOL
Apollo Group - $59.28
- -1.08%
- $N/A
1. Reasonable P/E 19.4 2. Return on assets 33% 3. Return on equity 62% 4. No long term debt 5. A reasonable PEG of 1.25, lower than the industry average of 1.56 6. Operating margin is 27.4% , higher than competitors 7. Owned by Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group

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CECO
Career Education - $20.79
- -0.53%
- $20.93
Owns college in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

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COCO
Corinthian Colleg - $13.06
- -1.43%
- $N/A
P/S 1.2

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DV
Devry Inc - $59.96
- -3.59%
- $62.30
Pays a dividend

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CPLA
Capella Education - $68.69
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Quarterly revenue growth 20% quarterly earnings growth is 90% year over year 90% of book value possible takeover candidate

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STRA
Strayer Education - $206.14
- -0.31%
- $211.15
1.1% dividend

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ESI
I T T Education S - $93.39
- -0.77%
- $94.42
88 institutes around the US
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answers - 256 views
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