Career Education Corp

EDGAR

Annual consolidated revenue for 2025: about USD 846.1M, using the latest reported figures. The previous period, 2024, was about USD 681.3M.

Watchlist

Latest quarter

Revenue

213 million USD

2026 Q2 · USD

Exact inputs and evidence

Operating margin

25.72%

2026 Q2 · %

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating Income: 54881000 USD Source
  • Revenue: 213355000 USD Source

Operating cash flow

74.6 million USD

2026 Q2 · USD

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating Cash Flow: 144018000 USD Source
  • Operating Cash Flow: 69389000 USD Source
Cash and cash equivalents
163 million USD Source
Exact value

162889000 USD

Long-term debt including current maturities
Not available
Shares outstanding
62.6 million shares Source
Exact value

62577055 shares

Reported share-count change

-3.66% · -2.38 million shares

Year-over-year change in reported shares. Splits, issuance and buybacks can affect this figure; it does not isolate employee compensation or economic dilution.

Exact inputs and evidence
  • 64953379 shares · 2025-06-30· Source
  • 62577055 shares · 2026-06-30· Source

Trailing twelve months

The four most recent complete quarters added together. This gives a full-year view that includes the latest quarterly results.

Revenue

859 million USD

2025-07-01 – 2026-06-30

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Revenue: 211872000 USD · 2025-07-01 – 2025-09-30 Source
  • Revenue: 846096000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31 Source
  • Revenue: 634457000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-09-30 Source
  • Revenue: 221743000 USD · 2026-01-01 – 2026-03-31 Source
  • Revenue: 213355000 USD · 2026-04-01 – 2026-06-30 Source

Net income

177 million USD

2025-07-01 – 2026-06-30

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Net income: 39850000 USD · 2025-07-01 – 2025-09-30 Source
  • Net income: 159914000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31 Source
  • Net income: 124566000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-09-30 Source
  • Net income: 53951000 USD · 2026-01-01 – 2026-03-31 Source
  • Net income: 47971000 USD · 2026-04-01 – 2026-06-30 Source

Operating cash flow

225 million USD

2025-07-01 – 2026-06-30

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating cash flow: 185130000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-09-30 Source
  • Operating cash flow: 143905000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-06-30 Source
  • Operating cash flow: 225240000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31 Source
  • Operating cash flow: 185130000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-09-30 Source
  • Operating cash flow: 69389000 USD · 2026-01-01 – 2026-03-31 Source
  • Operating cash flow: 144018000 USD · 2026-01-01 – 2026-06-30 Source
  • Operating cash flow: 69389000 USD · 2026-01-01 – 2026-03-31 Source

Capital expenditure

4.2 million USD

2016-10-01 – 2017-09-30

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Capital expenditure: 4129000 USD · 2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31 Source
  • Capital expenditure: 3352000 USD · 2016-01-01 – 2016-09-30 Source
  • Capital expenditure: 735000 USD · 2017-01-01 – 2017-03-31 Source
  • Capital expenditure: 2146000 USD · 2017-01-01 – 2017-06-30 Source
  • Capital expenditure: 735000 USD · 2017-01-01 – 2017-03-31 Source
  • Capital expenditure: 3426000 USD · 2017-01-01 – 2017-09-30 Source
  • Capital expenditure: 2146000 USD · 2017-01-01 – 2017-06-30 Source

Company performance

Up to ten complete financial years · consolidated figures

Includes later revisions to earlier periods. Annual charts exclude incomplete years.

Latest filing recorded: 2026-08-06.

Financial data available through: 2025-12-31.

Coverage by financial measure
  • Revenue: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • Operating income: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • Net income: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • Operating cash flow: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • Capital expenditure: 2 of 11 periods available· newest 2016-12-31
  • Total assets: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • liabilities: No compatible figures in this window
  • Current assets: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • Current liabilities: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • Cash and cash equivalents: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31
  • long term debt: No compatible figures in this window
  • Shares outstanding: 11 of 11 periods available· newest 2025-12-31

Coverage describes values retained in this snapshot. Missing values are not zero; loading limits are reported separately.

What changed year over year

Latest complete year compared with the corresponding period one year earlier. These are measured changes; they do not establish their business causes.

  • Revenue

    +24.2%

    Prior period

    USD 681.26 million

    –

    Current period

    USD 846.1 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    846096000 − 681263000 = 164833000 USD

    681263000 USD · 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31

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    846096000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31

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  • Net income

    +8.4%

    Prior period

    USD 147.59 million

    –

    Current period

    USD 159.91 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    159914000 − 147590000 = 12324000 USD

    147590000 USD · 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31

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    159914000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31

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  • Operating cash flow

    +39.4%

    Prior period

    USD 161.59 million

    –

    Current period

    USD 225.24 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    225240000 − 161594000 = 63646000 USD

    161594000 USD · 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31

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    225240000 USD · 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31

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Comparable inputs unavailable for: Capital expenditure.

Where revenue goes

How a period’s revenue divides into costs and what remains as profit. Items marked Derived are calculated by subtraction from reported figures.

2025 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31

  • Revenue USD 846.1 million 100% of revenue
  • Operating costs Derived USD 650.1 million 77% of revenue
  • Operating income USD 196 million 23% of revenue
  • Tax, interest and other Derived USD 36.09 million 4.3% of revenue
  • Net income USD 159.91 million 19% of revenue

Cash

  • Operating cash flow USD 225.24 million 27% of revenue
  • Capital expenditure Unavailable An input is unavailable.
  • Free cash flow Derived Unavailable An input is unavailable.

Share of revenue by period

  • Net income
  • Tax, interest and other
  • Operating costs
  • 2016 Operating loss: operating costs were 105% of revenue.
  • 2017 Net loss: net income was −5.3% of revenue.
  • 2018 9.5%88%
  • 2019 11%86%
  • 2020 18%79%
  • 2021 16%78%
  • 2022 14%81%
  • 2023 21%79%
  • 2024 22%74%
  • 2025 19%77%
Values and sources
Revenue breakdown by annual reporting period
PeriodRevenueOperating costsOperating incomeTax, interest and otherNet incomeFree cash flowSource
2016 2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31704392000 736736000 Derived -32344000 -13632000 Derived -18712000 2346000 Derived
Source
2017 2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31596435000 562299000 Derived 34136000 66033000 Derived -31897000 Unavailable
Source
2018 2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31581296000 509998000 Derived 71298000 16117000 Derived 55181000 Unavailable
Source
2019 2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31627704000 541242000 Derived 86462000 16480000 Derived 69982000 Unavailable
Source
2020 2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31687314000 544380000 Derived 142934000 18670000 Derived 124264000 Unavailable
Source
2021 2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31693034000 544018000 Derived 149016000 39379000 Derived 109637000 Unavailable
Source
2022 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31695208000 565571000 Derived 129637000 33770000 Derived 95867000 Unavailable
Source
2023 2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31710004000 559558000 Derived 150446000 2794000 Derived 147652000 Unavailable
Source
2024 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31681263000 507010000 Derived 174253000 26663000 Derived 147590000 Unavailable
Source
2025 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31846096000 650096000 Derived 196000000 36086000 Derived 159914000 Unavailable
Source

Amounts are exact, in USD.

Growth

Sales over time and how quickly they are changing.

Revenue

Revenue reported for each complete financial period.

USD 846.1M 2025
Revenue historyRevenue reported for each complete financial period. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.913.8M685.3M456.9M228.4M0.0201620212025
Values and sources
Revenue values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValue(USD)Source evidence
2016Revenue704392000
2017Revenue596435000
2018Revenue581296000
2019Revenue627704000
2020Revenue687314000
2021Revenue693034000
2022Revenue695208000
2023Revenue710004000
2024Revenue681263000
2025Revenue846096000

Revenue growth

Change in revenue from the same financial period one year earlier.

24.2% 2025
Revenue growth historyChange in revenue from the same financial period one year earlier. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.27%16%4%-8%-20%201620212025
Values and sources
Revenue growth values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2016Year over year-16.9%
2017Year over year-15.3%
2018Year over year-2.5%
2019Year over year8%
2020Year over year9.5%
2021Year over year0.8%
2022Year over year0.3%
2023Year over year2.1%
2024Year over year-4%
2025Year over year24.2%

Profit and cash

How much revenue becomes profit, and how much cash operations generate.

Profit margins

Operating income, net income and free cash flow as a share of revenue.

Operating margin 23.2% 2025
Net margin 18.9% 2025
Free cash flow margin 0.3% 2016
Profit margins historyOperating income, net income and free cash flow as a share of revenue. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.28.1%19.1%10.1%1.1%-7.8%201620212025
  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
  • Free cash flow margin
Values and sources
Profit margins values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2016Operating margin-4.6%
2017Operating margin5.7%
2018Operating margin12.3%
2019Operating margin13.8%
2020Operating margin20.8%
2021Operating margin21.5%
2022Operating margin18.6%
2023Operating margin21.2%
2024Operating margin25.6%
2025Operating margin23.2%
2016Net margin-2.7%
2017Net margin-5.3%
2018Net margin9.5%
2019Net margin11.1%
2020Net margin18.1%
2021Net margin15.8%
2022Net margin13.8%
2023Net margin20.8%
2024Net margin21.7%
2025Net margin18.9%
2016Free cash flow margin0.3%
2017Free cash flow marginNot reported
2018Free cash flow marginNot reported
2019Free cash flow marginNot reported
2020Free cash flow marginNot reported
2021Free cash flow marginNot reported
2022Free cash flow marginNot reported
2023Free cash flow marginNot reported
2024Free cash flow marginNot reported
2025Free cash flow marginNot reported

Operating cash flow

Cash generated by the company’s normal business operations.

USD 225.2M 2025
Operating cash flow historyCash generated by the company’s normal business operations. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.245.0M173.4M101.7M30.1M-41.6M201620212025
Values and sources
Operating cash flow values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValue(USD)Source evidence
2016Operating cash flow6475000
2017Operating cash flow-21789000
2018Operating cash flow56987000
2019Operating cash flow73085000
2020Operating cash flow179956000
2021Operating cash flow191116000
2022Operating cash flow148186000
2023Operating cash flow112025000
2024Operating cash flow161594000
2025Operating cash flow225240000

Free cash flow

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure for the same period and unit.

USD 2.3M 2016
Free cash flow historyOperating cash flow minus capital expenditure for the same period and unit. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.2.5M1.9M1.3M633.4K0.0201620212025
Values and sources
Free cash flow values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValue(USD)Source evidence
2016Free cash flow2346000
2017Free cash flowUnavailable
2018Free cash flowUnavailable
2019Free cash flowUnavailable
2020Free cash flowUnavailable
2021Free cash flowUnavailable
2022Free cash flowUnavailable
2023Free cash flowUnavailable
2024Free cash flowUnavailable
2025Free cash flowUnavailable

Balance sheet

Liabilities and short-term ability to meet obligations at each period end.

Liabilities to assets

Total liabilities as a share of total assets.

Not enough comparable data to show this history.
Values and sources
Liabilities to assets values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2016-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2017-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2018-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2019-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2020-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2021-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2022-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2023-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2024-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported
2025-12-31Liabilities / assetsNot reported

Current assets to current liabilities

Current assets divided by current liabilities.

5.06× 2025
Current assets to current liabilities historyCurrent assets divided by current liabilities. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.6.37×4.78×3.19×1.59×0.00×201620212025
Values and sources
Current assets to current liabilities values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2016Current assets / current liabilities1.47×
2017Current assets / current liabilities1.87×
2018Current assets / current liabilities2.78×
2019Current assets / current liabilities3.47×
2020Current assets / current liabilities4.5×
2021Current assets / current liabilities3.95×
2022Current assets / current liabilities3.52×
2023Current assets / current liabilities5.9×
2024Current assets / current liabilities4.84×
2025Current assets / current liabilities5.06×

Cash generation

Compare reported profit with operating cash and capital spending. Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditure when both exact, consolidated amounts match the same period and unit.

Cash generation by annual reporting period
PeriodNet incomeOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flow
2016 2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31
−USD 18.71 million
Exact value

Exact value: -18712000 USD

2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31: -18712000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 6.48 million
Exact value

Exact value: 6475000 USD

2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31: 6475000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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USD 4.13 million
Exact value

Exact value: 4129000 USD

2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31: 4129000 USD Inspect Capital Expenditure Open source
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USD 2.35 million
Calculation and evidence

6475000 − 4129000 USD

Exact free cash flow: 2346000 USD

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2017 2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31
−USD 31.9 million
Exact value

Exact value: -31897000 USD

2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31: -31897000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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−USD 21.79 million
Exact value

Exact value: -21789000 USD

2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31: -21789000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2018 2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31
USD 55.18 million
Exact value

Exact value: 55181000 USD

2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31: 55181000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 56.99 million
Exact value

Exact value: 56987000 USD

2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31: 56987000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2019 2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31
USD 69.98 million
Exact value

Exact value: 69982000 USD

2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31: 69982000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 73.09 million
Exact value

Exact value: 73085000 USD

2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31: 73085000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2020 2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31
USD 124.26 million
Exact value

Exact value: 124264000 USD

2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31: 124264000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 179.96 million
Exact value

Exact value: 179956000 USD

2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31: 179956000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2021 2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31
USD 109.64 million
Exact value

Exact value: 109637000 USD

2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31: 109637000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 191.12 million
Exact value

Exact value: 191116000 USD

2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31: 191116000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2022 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31
USD 95.87 million
Exact value

Exact value: 95867000 USD

2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31: 95867000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 148.19 million
Exact value

Exact value: 148186000 USD

2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31: 148186000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2023 2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31
USD 147.65 million
Exact value

Exact value: 147652000 USD

2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31: 147652000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 112.03 million
Exact value

Exact value: 112025000 USD

2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31: 112025000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2024 2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31
USD 147.59 million
Exact value

Exact value: 147590000 USD

2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31: 147590000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 161.59 million
Exact value

Exact value: 161594000 USD

2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31: 161594000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

2025 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31
USD 159.91 million
Exact value

Exact value: 159914000 USD

2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31: 159914000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 225.24 million
Exact value

Exact value: 225240000 USD

2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31: 225240000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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Unavailable Not reported for this period.
Unavailable

Free cash flow cannot be calculated because Capital expenditure is unavailable for this period.

Capital expenditure uses the canonical mapped positive-spending convention. A missing, ambiguous, incompatible, or negative-sign input is left blank. Values use the latest reported version.

Dataset coverage and company identifiers

Coverage reflects filings processed into this Fundies dataset; it does not imply every source filing is loaded.

212 filings · 14,348 latest values · 14,348 originally reported values

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Identifiers: 0001046568, 1046568, CECO, PRDO, ceco, edgar:1046568

Also known as CAREER EDUCATION CORP, Career Education Corp, PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP, PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION, PERDOCEO EDUCATION Corp, Perdoceo Education Corporation