Education Services

Analysts at Goldman downgrade New Oriental Education & Tech Group Inc (NYSE: EDU) from "buy" to "neutral." The target price for EDU is set to $99. EDU shares dipped 2.05% to close at $96.52 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Below are the top service stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) for the next year ending December, 2011 is $15.26 per share. PCLN's quarterly earnings gained 71.50% y/y. Strayer Education Inc (NASDAQ...

Below are the top small-cap education and training service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio. Bank of America Corporation Cap (NYSE: CFU) has a PEG ratio of 0.24. CFU's 52-week trading range is $11.77-$14.40. Bridgepoint Education Inc (NYSE: BPI) has a PEG ratio of 0.28. BPI's...

Following four months of modest but steady gains, the Dow Jones Economic Indicator (ESI) fell to 40.7 in September, down from 43.2 in August and its largest one-month drop since October 2008. And while the Indicator has historically declined in September, there are signs that the economic recovery...

Every great investor has to build a portfolio of solid companies that meet their investment strategies. Great investors also allow themselves the freedom to speculate from time to time. (For more on Why Most Good Investors Speculate, read my post at Money Under 30.) Speculation can sometimes lead...

Every great investor has to build a portfolio of solid companies that meet their investment strategies. Great investors also allow themselves the freedom to speculate from time to time. (For more on Why Most Good Investors Speculate, read my post at Money Under 30.) Speculation can sometimes lead...

New Oriental Education & Tech. Group's (NYSE: EDU) pre-announcement expects merely 8% enrollment growth, 29% rev growth, and 10% EPS growth in F1Q11, ~15% below Oppenheimer's previous est./consensus of $1.92/$1.96. EDU's fast learning-center expansion, addition of teachers, & higher...

Mike Khouw talked about an option strategy in Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO) on CNBC's Fast Money. He said that Corinthian Colleges (COCO) is one of the stocks that has a very high implied volatility, and he also noted that it has a very low P/E ratio. Mr. Khouw thinks that it is very...

In a Form 4 filed after the bell today, Chinacast Education Corp. (NASDAQ: CAST) Vice-President, Jim Lok Ma, reported that he sold 82,198 shares of FAST on September 22nd-23rd for an average price of $6.93. The transaction totaled $569,632. Mr. Lok Ma owns 56,668 direct shares of CAST. Source: The...

Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District of California against Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCO) and certain of its top officials. The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants made false...

Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) today announced the hiring of Walter Pryor as Vice President of Government Affairs. Pryor is an attorney with extensive experience in Washington, D.C., most recently as principal and general counsel of The Podesta Group. He served as legislative director...

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE: ESI)today announced that it intends to release third quarter 2010 results before the market opens on Thursday, October 21, 2010. ITT/ESI also will conduct a conference call with financial analysts on October 21 beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the...

We currently downgrade the shares of DeVry Inc. (DV) from Outperform to Neutral due to intense competition from public and private colleges and the risks associated to regulatory matters as well as government-funded financial aid programs that may limit the above-market performance of the company....

Cusick's Corner This was an ideal day for traders -- break on the open, push to the upside (a little choppy, keeping everyone nervous) and then a decent pullback towards the lows. (The S&P Dec E-minis had a range of 1117.25-1134.50.) While volatility continues to creep into the market, VIX +6.8...

Cusick's Corner Consolidation is the name of the game at this juncture. The market into the Midday continues to stay in a range after an explosive open off the overnight lows. This is a product of uncertainty and decoupling of some sectors, like the Dollar and Gold. The market is now stalling at...