Company name Career Education Corp.
Stock ticker CECO
Live stock price [stckqut]CECO[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ceco
Career Education Corporation (CEC) through colleges, schools and universities that are part of the CEC family, offers education to a diverse student population of approximately 100,000 students in a variety of career-oriented disciplines through online, on-ground and hybrid learning program offerings. The Company has approximately 90 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the United States and in France, the United Kingdom and Monaco. It offers doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s and associate degrees, diploma and certificate programs. It institutions include, among others, American InterContinental University (AIU); Brooks Institute; Colorado Technical University (CTU); Harrington College of Design; INSEEC Group (INSEEC) Schools; International University of Monaco (IUM); International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT); Le Cordon Bleu North America (LCB), and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name: Career Education Corp.

Stock ticker: CECO

Live stock price feed: [stckqut]CECO[/stckqut]


P/E compared to competitors: Poor


Employee productivity: Good

Sales growth: Fair

EPS growth: Fair

P/E growth: Good

EBIT growth: Poor


Confident Investor Rating: Fair


Target stock price (high): $19.83

Target stock price (low): $11.54

At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.