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Expected Gains in For-Profit College Stocks (APOL, WPO, STRA, DV, CECO)
After a shaky start to the year, the for-profit college sector has pulled itself back up. With one exception, however, four of five stocks we looked at are still down for the year and all five remain...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, DE, NVDA, LO, WFR, AAP, APA, ABX, DTV, DUK,...
Stocks opened higher this morning following upbeat reports on unemployment claims and new housing starts. With a little more than a half hour left in today’s session, all three indexes have made solid...
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Capella Leads For-Profit Colleges’ Downturn (CPLA, APOL, DV, CECO, COCO,...
The crackdown on financial aid to students at for-profit colleges has taken a toll on the revenues of these institutions over the past couple of years. But the restrictions on the way these schools...
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For-Profit Education Marketing Proposal Risks Grow
There are some new concerns over the for-profit education market. Reports were out earlier in 2012 that Senator Harkin was attacking the for-profit education companies in a new round of attacks by...
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For-profit College Denied Accreditation
Ashford University, a unit of Bridgepoint Education Inc. (NYSE: BPI), has been denied its initial accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), an action that could force the...
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DeVry Death Spiral: How the Analysts Got It So Wrong
DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) is topping the leaderboard today, but in the wrong direction. It is the top loser on the New York Stock Exchange. The secondary education provider issued a rather ghastly...
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The Jack Welch College of Knowledge
Jack Welch spent decades moving up the management ranks of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) to the point where, as CEO, he turned the firm into one of the great companies in the world. But he must have...
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Corinthian Colleges Sinks on Enrollment Forecast (COCO, APOL, STRA, LOPE,...
Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO) reported a fourth fiscal quarter EPS loss of $0.08 and $394.78 million in sales before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, the for-profit...
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For-profit Colleges Struggle (APOL, DV, STRA, COCO, LOPE)
After markets closed last night, Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), which owns and operates the University of Phoenix, reported a better-than-expected earnings per share (EPS) of $0.52, but revenues...
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Strayer Guides Lower on Enrollment Slide
Strayer Education Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The for-profit education firm posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.36 on revenues of $124.3 million. In...
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Did Bridgepoint Just Save Online and For-Profit Universities?
Two for-profit colleges both had news yesterday. Bridgepoint Education Inc. (NYSE: BPI) received its initial accreditation for a period of five years. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) was notified that...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Best Buy, Citigroup, EMC, NuSkin,...
Earnings season has arrived, and investors and analysts alike are still making many changes to their positions for 2014. Each morning, 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall Street analyst research...
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More Analyst Sell Ratings as Markets Hit New Highs
Like any other item in the world, when a stock gets too expensive you just don’t want to buy it. The higher the market pushes, the more we see high-profile names being marched out to the analysts’...
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4 For-Profit Education Stocks That Could Be in Trouble
The once very hot education stocks segment has turned into a disaster over the past couple of years, and things do not appear to be getting any better for some of the companies. A new report from Piper...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Expedia, Hyatt, Ocwen, Strayer,...
Stocks tanked on Thursday, with the Dow falling more than 300 points, and stocks were again in the red ahead of the unemployment report on Friday. Investors will still be looking for upside from...
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Why Credit Suisse Is Now Positive on Education Stocks
Credit Suisse made a point to highlight key education companies that stand to outperform the markets in 2016. Interestingly, some of these companies with the positive rating are in the for-profit...
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For-Profit Colleges Strayer, Capella to Merge
For-profit colleges Strayer Education Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) and Capella Education Co. (NASDAQ: CPLA) have agreed to an all-stock merger of the two companies in a deal valued at $1.9 billion. The combined...
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