Perdoceo Education has retired 27.1% of its shares since 2009, from 85,785,478 to 62,577,055.
At $33.73 a share, a market value of $2.1B. FCF yield 10.3%, P/E 11.9, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 85,785,478 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 77,360,646 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 67,542,629 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 67,150,293 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-14 | 67,149,898 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 67,519,701 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-19 | 68,098,641 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 68,535,001 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-16 | 69,117,801 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-15 | 69,772,910 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-14 | 70,151,357 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-16 | 70,062,364 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 68,748,662 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-17 | 67,175,485 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 65,650,039 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-11 | 65,914,275 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-16 | 62,478,373 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Perdoceo Education on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Perdoceo Education has 2.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 62,577,055 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Perdoceo Education has 23.2 million fewer shares than at its 2009 peak. That is 27.1% of the company.
62,577,055 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2009 peak it had 85,785,478.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Perdoceo Education stock in 2009 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Perdoceo Education ranks No. 308 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Virtus Investment Partners (27.3%), American Eagle Outfitters (27.1%), ConocoPhillips (26.9%), Procter & Gamble (26.8%).
Every answer is computed from Perdoceo Education's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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