(PXED) Phoenix Education Partners - Overview
Sector: Consumer Defensive | Industry: Education & Training Services | Exchange: NYSE (USA) | Market Cap: 1.072m USD | Total Return: -15% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 2.52M
Rev. Trend: 97.7%
Warnings
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Tailwinds
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Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (NYSE: PXED) operates primarily through The University of Phoenix, providing online higher education tailored to working adults in the United States. The company integrates educational services with proprietary talent solutions, including a sourcing platform that matches student skill profiles with employer job postings and AI-driven tools for mapping internal career development pathways.
The business model relies on the increasing demand for distance learning and corporate upskilling, a sector where institutions often utilize long-term partnerships with employers to stabilize enrollment. Despite its classification within the Casinos & Gaming GICS sub-industry in certain financial databases, the company’s core operations are centered on the post-secondary education and workforce development markets.
Investors should consult ValueRay to analyze the underlying financial metrics of this recent corporate restructuring. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the entity transitioned from AP VIII Queso Holdings, L.P. to its current name in September 2025.
- Enrollment growth in online degree programs for working adults drives core revenue
- Corporate talent-sourcing platform adoption expands enterprise services margin
- Federal student loan regulatory changes impact tuition funding and enrollment stability
- AI-powered workforce development tools increase competitive differentiation in edtech sector
- Macroeconomic shifts in adult employment levels influence demand for career reskilling
| Net Income: 59.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.23 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.38 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 16.55% < 20% (prev 19.78%; Δ -3.24% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.27 > 3% & CFO 145.2m > Net Income 59.9m |
| Net Debt (-169.8m) to EBITDA (114.6m): -1.48 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.01 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (38.9m) vs 12m ago 9.25% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 54.63% > 18% (prev 0.57%; Δ 5.41k% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 155.5% > 50% (prev 138.8%; Δ 16.64% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 94.13 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 114.6m / Interest Expense TTM 979k) |
| A: 0.29 (Total Current Assets 317.5m - Total Current Liabilities 157.7m) / Total Assets 546.4m |
| B: 0.03 (Retained Earnings 17.9m / Total Assets 546.4m) |
| C: 0.15 (EBIT TTM 92.2m / Avg Total Assets 620.8m) |
| D: 0.07 (Book Value of Equity 18.3m / Total Liabilities 252.8m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.10 = A |
| DSRI: 0.68 (Receivables 35.0m/51.2m, Revenue 965.3m/965.3m) |
| GMI: 1.04 (GM 54.63% / 57.06%) |
| AQI: 1.15 (AQ_t 0.28 / AQ_t-1 0.24) |
| SGI: 1.00 (Revenue 965.3m / 965.3m) |
| TATA: -0.16 (NI 59.9m - CFO 145.2m) / TA 546.4m) |
| Beneish M = -3.32 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of June 01, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 30.24 with a total of 88,391 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +4.06%,
over one month by +7.92%,
over three months by +1.94% and
over the past year by -15.01%.
Phoenix Education Partners has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 11.0074
P/E Forward = 6.2112
P/S = 1.0578
P/B = 3.6837
Revenue TTM = 965.3m USD
EBIT TTM = 92.2m USD
EBITDA TTM = 114.6m USD
Long Term Debt = 58.8m USD (estimated: total debt 68.3m - short term 9.54m)
Short Term Debt = 9.54m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 68.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 68.3m already included)
Net Debt = -169.8m USD (calculated: Debt 68.3m - CCE 238.1m)
Enterprise Value = 902.4m USD (1.07b + Debt 68.3m - CCE 238.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 94.13 (Ebit TTM 92.2m / Interest Expense TTM 979k)
EV/FCF = 7.30x (Enterprise Value 902.4m / FCF TTM 123.5m)
FCF Yield = 13.69% (FCF TTM 123.5m / Enterprise Value 902.4m)
FCF Margin = 12.80% (FCF TTM 123.5m / Revenue TTM 965.3m)
Net Margin = 6.20% (Net Income TTM 59.9m / Revenue TTM 965.3m)
Gross Margin = 54.63% ((Revenue TTM 965.3m - Cost of Revenue TTM 437.9m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 52.69% (prev 56.02%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.65 (Enterprise Value 902.4m / Total Assets 546.4m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.43% (Interest Expense 979k / Debt 68.3m)
Taxrate = 31.27% (4.76m / 15.2m)
NOPAT = 63.3m (EBIT 92.2m * (1 - 31.27%))
Current Ratio = 2.01 (Total Current Assets 317.5m / Total Current Liabilities 157.7m)
Debt / Equity = 0.23 (Debt 68.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 291.1m)
Debt / EBITDA = -1.48 (Net Debt -169.8m / EBITDA 114.6m)
Debt / FCF = -1.37 (Net Debt -169.8m / FCF TTM 123.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 282.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 9.64% (Net Income 59.9m / Total Assets 546.4m)
RoE = 21.23% (Net Income TTM 59.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 282.0m)
RoCE = 27.04% (EBIT 92.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 282.0m + L.T.Debt 58.8m))
RoIC = 15.91% (NOPAT 63.3m / Invested Capital 398.2m)
WACC = 5.98% (E(1.07b)/V(1.14b) * Re(6.30%) + D(68.3m)/V(1.14b) * Rd(1.43%) * (1-Tc(0.31)))
Discount Rate = 6.30% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 66.94 | Cagr: 4.01%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.60% ; FCFF base≈130.4m ; Y1≈117.5m ; Y5≈100.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 49.39 (EV 1.60b - Net Debt -169.8m = Equity 1.77b / Shares 35.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -12.16% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 97.73 | Revenue CAGR: 9.81% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Year (2026-08-31): EPS=4.45 | Chg30d=+1.82% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-1.9% | GrowthRev=+1.8%
EPS next Year (2027-08-31): EPS=4.86 | Chg30d=+1.25% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+9.2% | GrowthRev=+4.5%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0%