Contrasting Visionary (NASDAQ:GV) & Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Visionary (NASDAQ:GV) and Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Visionary and Perdoceo Education, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visionary	0	0	0	0	N/A
Perdoceo Education	0	0	1	0	3.00

Perdoceo Education has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.12%. Given Perdoceo Education’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than Visionary.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Visionary and Perdoceo Education’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Visionary	$11.52 million	0.59	-$3.47 million	N/A	N/A
Perdoceo Education	$682.67 million	2.07	$147.65 million	$2.27	9.48

Perdoceo Education has higher revenue and earnings than Visionary.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.7% of Visionary shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Visionary shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Visionary and Perdoceo Education’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visionary	N/A	N/A	N/A
Perdoceo Education	22.35%	17.09%	13.88%

Risk and Volatility

Visionary has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats Visionary on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Visionary

Visionary Holdings Inc. provides private online and in person educational programs and services to Canadian and international students that reside in Canada and internationally. The company's educational programs include Ontario secondary school diploma, career-oriented two-year college and four-year university diploma programs, vocational education programs, and master programs. It also provides educational services, such as immigration and study visa, student housing, career guidance, internship, and entrepreneurship guidance. The company was formerly known as Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. and changed its name to Visionary Holdings Inc. in February 2024. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Visionary Holdings Inc. operates as a subsidiary of 3888 Investment Group Limited.

About Perdoceo Education

Perdoceo Education Corporation provides postsecondary education through online, campus-based, and blended learning programs in the United States. It operates in two segments, Colorado Technical University and The American InterContinental University System. The Colorado Technical University segment offers academic programs, such as business and management, nursing, healthcare management, computer science, engineering, information systems and technology, project management, cybersecurity, and criminal justice. The American InterContinental University System segment provides academic programs, including business studies, information technologies, education, and health sciences. The company also offers non-degree and professional development programs. In addition, it operates intellipath, a learning platform used to educate students; and a mobile application and two-way messaging platform. The company was formerly known as Career Education Corporation and changed its name to Perdoceo Education Corporation in January 2020. Perdoceo Education Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.