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  • Should You Invest in Education Stocks?

    By Nauman Aly - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, STRA

    Education companies that are for-profit have been performing poorly in the market recently. Once very popular, these companies have been suffering from financial problems and declining enrollment. Companies like Strayer University (NASDAQ: STRA), Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), and also the Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) have seen large declines in the stock market. In fact, the entire business model is in danger. The fact that new enrollment for these programs more »

  • This Educational Stock Is a Cheap Buy

    By Vladimir Zernov - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, COCO, DV, ESI

    ITT Educational Services’ (NYSE: ESI) stock was battered in 2012. After starting the year trading at $59.82, ITT's stock finished 2012 trading at only $19.29, a 67.8% decline. The company provides master, bachelor, associate and career-oriented education programs in various fields. This year, the stock has started showing signs of life again. It is currently up 20% year-to-date. The recent positive surprise in the company's more »

  • Should Investors Send For-Profit Education Stocks to Detention?

    By Robert Ciura - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, STRA

    The for-profit education industry in the United States is shrouded in controversy and concern. Investors are understandably shaken by poor financial performance, while new student enrollment figures continue to decline for America’s biggest publicly-traded education companies. After dramatic declines for Strayer University (NASDAQ: STRA), Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI) and Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), are these stocks as cheap as they appear on the surface? Or do each of these more »

  • Consider This Leading Education Stock

    By Victor Selva - April 23, 2013 | Tickers: BFAM, DV, NED

    Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE: BFAM) is an employer-sponsored child care and early-education service company with a promising short-term outlook. It is expected to outperform within the next 12 months, fueled by strong earnings growth. Multiple reasons lead me to believe that this firm will deliver as expected. Below we will analyze the main items one should take into account when looking into Bright Horizons.

    Considerable competitive advantages

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  • Will A Large Share Buyback Help This Sagging Stock?

    By Mike Thiessen - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, EDMC

    After announcing its second quarter financial results, higher education firm Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) revealed that it had authorized a share buyback program that will allow it to repurchase more than 14 million of its own shares at market prices. With no fixed termination date, the $250 million buyback program will continue indefinitely. It comes on the heels of a rough two years for Apollo's stock.

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  • Will A Large Share Buyback Help This Sagging Stock?

    By Mike Thiessen - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, EDMC

    After announcing its second quarter financial results, higher education firm Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) revealed that it had authorized a share buyback program that will allow it to repurchase more than 14 million of its own shares at market prices. With no fixed termination date, the $250 million buyback program will continue indefinitely. It comes on the heels of a rough two years for Apollo's stock.

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  • Will A Large Share Buyback Help This Sagging Stock?

    By Mike Thiessen - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, EDMC

    After announcing its second quarter financial results, higher education firm Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) revealed that it had authorized a share buyback program that will allow it to repurchase more than 14 million of its own shares at market prices. With no fixed termination date, the $250 million buyback program will continue indefinitely. It comes on the heels of a rough two years for Apollo's stock.

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  • Consider this Leading Education Stock

    By Victor Selva - April 13, 2013 | Tickers: BFAM, DV, NED

    Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE: BFAM) is an employer-sponsored child care and early education service company with a promising short term outlook. It is expected to outperform within the next 12 months, considering that management recently launched several growth-oriented strategies. Multiple reasons lead to believe that this firm will deliver as expected. Below we will analyze the main items one should take into account when looking into Bright Horizons.

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  • Wow…Is For-Profit Education Actually Dead?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, CPLA, DV, LOPE

    For most of the past decade, private for-profit educational institutions were the fastest growing, and arguably the most visible part of U.S. higher education. In 2001, 766,000 students were enrolled in for-profit schools, compared to 2.4 million in 2010, and the years between 1998 and 2008 saw enrollment growth of 255%, compared to 31% growth overall for enrollment across all schools granting post-secondary degrees.

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  • This Education Company Is Clearly Smart Despite Trouble

    By Shas Dey - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, SLM, STRA

    The for-profit US education sector is a lesser favorite among investors, given the current decline in student enrollments, high student loan balances and negative publicity regarding government funding. However, this sector posted strong results prior to the recession and I am of the opinion that in the long run, as the economy picks up and the unemployment rate goes down, this sector will prove to be a good turnaround investment more »

  • Getting Schooled By Career Education Corp

    By Sajid Karsan - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, CECO, COCO, DV, ESI, STRA

    The for-profit education sector has been hit hard by the market, and for good reason. This industry utilized dishonest marketing practices and drove its enormous growth using massive amounts of federal funding that was rubber stamped by public servants asleep at the wheel. But the party's now over; new rules and additional oversight have pushed many companies in this sector into the red, causing massive losses. But has the more »

  • Education is Changing, Are You Ready?

    By Kyle Campbell - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, ESI, STRA

    Editor's Note: Contrary to reporting in a prior version of this post, Ashford University retains its accreditation, and did not recently lose it. The Fool regrets the error.

    The higher education landscape is changing, and for-profit education providers could wind up with a failing grade. With costs skyrocketing, and students turning to the fast-growing field of free online education services, let’s see whether these traditional education companies look more »

  • How to Short the Student Loan Bubble

    By Jordan Wathen - March 2, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, ESI | Editor's Choice

    Houston, we have a problem.

    After years of more and more aid, more loans, and fewer jobs, the student loan bubble looks ready to pop. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report that indicated that 35% of people under 30 who have student loans are at least 90 days late. Despite all the talk of an economic recovery, more people under 30 are now late on their more »

  • Don't Get Schooled By DeVry

    By Marshall Hargrave - February 19, 2013 | Tickers: APEI, APOL, COCO, DV, STRA

    DeVry (NYSE: DV) was up over 16% earlier this month on better than expected quarterly earnings. The for-profit education company has seen its stock soar over 55% the last six months. Are there still opportunities for this education company to go higher? Maybe not, but I believe there is one company in the industry that could be a solid buy. 

    DeVry’s recent run up was a result of higher more »

  • Are Any of These Moves Higher Warranted?

    By Brian Nichols - February 8, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, DV, PTEN

    Unless a stock is trading at a significant level of resistance, or following a large move either lower or higher, it doesn’t take a lot for a period of excessive volatility to create gains. A stock can see a 5%-20% gain higher for a number of reasons ranging from earnings to analyst notes. Sometimes the moves are warranted and other times they are not. Therefore, I am looking more »

  • For-Profit Education - Right for your Money?

    By Ash Anderson - January 28, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, STRA

    For-profit education is big business. There are schools like DeVry (NYSE: DV), textbook creators like Pearson, and countless amounts of web-based and mobile based apps, all targeting the education market. The higher education market in the United States is estimated to be worth some $475 billion yearly, and if we factor in continued education of $55 billion a year, we come to a final post-secondary education figure that’s north more »

  • The For-Profit Education Sector is Becoming Weaker!

    By Piyanka Agarwal - January 17, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, EDU, STRA

    Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) reported its first quarter results for the year 2013 after the bell on Jan. 8. Surpassing analyst estimates, the company reported revenues of $1.055 billion and adjusted earnings of $1.22 per share.

    Apollo Group is a private education provider that offers educational programs both online and on-campus at the Undergraduate, Master’s, and Doctoral levels through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  Along with its subsidiaries, it more »

  • Dropout Investor: Reasons to Avoid the For-Profit Education Sector

    By John Macris - January 14, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, DV, LOPE, ESI, STRA | Editor's Choice

    Editor's Note: The initial version provided an incorrect P/E ratio for ITT Education Services and referenced Grand Canyon's opening of a campus in Massachusetts. This version has been corrected.

    During March 2009, I had the opportunity to meet professional investor Mark B. Fisher at a conference in New York City. Mr. Fisher is Founder/CEO of a major futures clearing firm and a graduate of University of more »

  • Hedge Fund Canyon Capital’s Top Stock Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 2, 2013 | Tickers: BLC, CCO, DV, JACK, PKG

    Canyon Capital Advisors was founded in 1990 by Josh Friedman and Mitch Julis and has since grown to $19 billion in assets under management. Before co-founding Canyon, the two had worked together at Drexel Burnham Lambert; Friedman had worked in high yield and private placements following a stint at M&A at Goldman Sachs while Julis worked with distressed and special situation securities. Both are graduates of Harvard’s joint more »

  • Billionaire Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global is Selling this Stock

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 11, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, COCO, DV, EDU, XRS

    At the beginning of this year, Tiger Global Management owned a total of about 23.5 million shares in TAL Education Group (NYSE: XRS), a $670 million market cap Chinese tutoring company. However, in recent months the hedge fund seems to have been reducing its stake. A 13D filing in late October had the fund's holdings of TAL falling to 22.2 million shares, and a more recent filing more »

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