Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, for-profit educator Bridgepoint Education (BPI 97.37%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Bridgepoint and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Bridgepoint facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
San Diego, Calif. (1999) |
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Market Cap |
$563.3 million |
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Industry |
Education services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$968.2 million |
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Management |
Co-Founder/CEO Andrew Clark CFO Daniel Devine |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
52.3% |
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Cash/Debt |
$392.9 million/$0 |
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Competitors |
Apollo Group Corinthian Colleges DeVry |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 497 members who have rated Bridgepoint believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier today, one of those Fools, bes0m3b0dy, tapped Bridgepoint as a particularly enticing bargain opportunity:
The main raincloud over this stock is Ashford University losing its accreditation. ... Though I do not claim to predict the outcome of this situation, the stock is worth at least $18 even if enrollment at Ashford is more than cut in half. At a price of $10.47 this stock is such a bargain that there is a large margin of safety: the "worst-case" scenario of Ashford losing its accreditation means that revenues may slowly decline for a few years then fall precipitously (assuming management does absolutely nothing), but with the current cash position, Bridgepoint's stock is already massively depressed. The risk-reward on this one is quite favorable.
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