Higher education company Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market hours. Here's what to expect.

Perdoceo Education beat analysts' revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $147.9 million, down 16% year on year. It was an impressive quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts' revenue and EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Perdoceo Education's revenue to decline 16.5% year on year to $163.3 million, a reversal from the 6.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.53 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Perdoceo Education has a history of exceeding Wall Street's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 4.1% on average.

Looking at Perdoceo Education's peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Strategic Education delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 13.1%, beating analysts' expectations by 5.8%, and Nike reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1.1%. Strategic Education traded up 20.2% following the results while Nike was down 7%.

Read our full analysis of Strategic Education's results here and Nike's results here.

Inflation progressed towards the Fed's 2% goal at the end of 2023, leading to strong stock market performance. The start of 2024 has been a bumpier ride as the market switches between optimism and pessimism around rate cuts thanks to mixed inflation data, and while some of the consumer discretionary stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share prices down 6.2% on average over the last month. Perdoceo Education is up 5.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $23 (compared to the current share price of $18.62).

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