Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc PXED
$25.11 -0.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $905.1M
Strong growthHigh qualityWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 11.5× trailing earnings, lower than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The diluted share count rose 9.0% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 12%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 6%
- Gross marginTop 19%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
- Interest coverTop 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 5%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 32%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnBottom 23%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 14%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 23%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.0% | 4.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -49.2% | -33.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 56.2% | 55.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 13.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.3% | 12.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.3% | -0.0% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -33.5% | -49.2% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 55.3% | 56.2% | ↓ | Top 19% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 19.8% | ↓ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 12.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.9% | 5.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 21.3% | — | Top 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.84×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +0.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.66×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 87.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.84%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 9.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 11.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +9.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +25.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 4
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $38.00
- Target vs current price
- +51.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 80%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | +11.7% | +3.0% | -10.8% | -17.0% | — |
| Apr 7, 2026 | +70.6% | -1.5% | -9.3% | -8.8% | +8.9% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | +8.7% | -5.2% | -10.5% | -13.6% | -12.8% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | +12.8% | +1.2% | +3.1% | +11.6% | +0.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | $1.43 | $1.28 | +11.7% | $271.8M |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $0.58 | $0.34 | +70.6% | $222.5M |
| Jan 13, 2026 | $1.38 | $1.27 | +8.7% | $262.0M |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $1.04 | $0.92 | +12.8% | $257.4M |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $1.46 | — | — | $271.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.5× | 12.0× | 13th | Top 7% |
| P/E (forward) | 5.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.8× | — | — | Top 5% |
| EV / Sales | 0.80× | — | — | Top 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.50% | — | — | Top 12% |
| Earnings yield | 8.68% | — | — | Top 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.5× – 19.2× since Aug 31, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.4%
- RSI (14)
- 26.7
- Relative volume
- 0.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.3%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2025 | Oct 2, 2026 | -34.2% | 246 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $905.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.01B
- Dividend yield
- 2.51%
- 52-week range
- $23.52 – $47.08
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $835.2M | $950.0M | $1.01B |
| Gross profit | $456.0M | $546.1M | $571.2M |
| Operating income | $127.2M | $202.1M | $218.6M |
| Net income | $64.9M | $113.1M | $133.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.76 | $3.03 | $3.76 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $253.8M | $240.2M | $254.7M | $223.4M | $257.4M | $262.0M | $222.5M | $271.8M |
| Net income | $44.4M | $9.8M | $46.4M | $16.1M | $17.5M | $15.5M | $10.8M | $39.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.25 | $0.28 | $1.30 | $0.45 | $0.49 | $0.40 | $0.28 | $1.01 |
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $105.7M | $163.2M | $87.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.7M | -$22.6M | -$22.5M |
| Free cash flow | $90.0M | $140.6M | $64.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$70.0M | -$214.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$69.9M | -$214.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $233.0M
- Total assets
- $608.6M
- Total liabilities
- $282.2M
- Total debt
- $65.7M
- Net debt
- -$92.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $324.3M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 14, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.21 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.21 | May 22, 2026 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.21 | Feb 18, 2026 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 734,079
- Days to cover
- 9.89
- Change vs previous report
- +7.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.