Education Services

Cusick's Corner Let's take a look at a major sector -- most notably beaten up is Energy, Crude down $-2.19, and the Energy ETF XLE has broken support. This break is a potential signal that the part of the market that has been outperforming is now under pressure since the Saudis came in and upped...

Shares of ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE: ESI) are higher on the session by 0.74%, trading at $82.74. Overall put volume is now running at 2.40x the daily average, with 6% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 6,008 contracts have traded on the session so far. ITT Educational...

Piper Jaffray, which raised its PT on shares of Universal Technical Institute Inc. (NYSE: UTI), is providing some color on the stock. “Following the Department of Education's release of its final Gainful Employment rules, meaningful regulatory clarity in the for-profit post-secondary education...

Piper Jaffray, which raised its PT on shares of ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI), is providing some color on the stock. “Following the Department of Education's release of its final Gainful Employment rules, meaningful regulatory clarity in the for-profit post-secondary education sector has...

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on DeVry (NYSE: DV) from $60 to $65 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) from $39 to $42 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) from $17 to $18 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI) From $75 to $84 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Bank of America is maintaining its Buy rating on shares of DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV). “A change in a CFO adds additional risk, particularly as we await news about Gunst's replacement,” Bank of America writes. “However, DeVry has a strong management team in our view, and we would expect a smooth...

According to Citi, DeVry (NYSE: DV) Buy rating is maintained. Citi said that DV announced today that CFO Richard Gunst, 54, intends to retire to "spend more time with family, enjoy life and give back to the community." “We continue to view DV as a core Ed holding due to its diversified mix of high...

Credit Suisse has raised the price target on DeVry (NYSE: DV) from $42 to $48 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Deutsche Bank has lowered the price target on Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ: COCO) from $5.75 to $4.50 and has raised the price target on ITT Education Services (NYSE: ITT) from $75 to $85.

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: National Semiconductor Corp (NYSE: NSM) reported downbeat fiscal fourth-quarter profit. Its profit dropped to $67.1 million, or $0.26 per share, from $79.2 million, or $0.33 per share, in the year-ago quarter. The company's revenue...

DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV), a global provider of educational services, announced today that Richard M. Gunst intends to retire as chief financial officer of DeVry. Gunst will continue in his role as long as necessary to ensure a smooth transition of duties while DeVry conducts an internal and external...

Morgan Stanley has raised the price target on the following companies: American Public Education (NASDAQ: APEI) Overweight, PT from $41 to $44 Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) Overweight, PT from $50 to $54 DeVry (NYSE: DVY) Overweight, PT from $60 to $65 ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI)...