ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ESI)
The Company is a for-profit provider of postsecondary education in the United States. It offers diploma and associate, bachelor and master degree programs at a number of institutes.
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latinpicker
(96.20)
Submitted: 11/27/2009 9:05:12 AM :
Start Price:
$89.95
ESI Score:
+1.31
Company still growing at a very good rate. Valuation at historical minimum. I believe fears are overdone and offer very good appreciation potential.
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Melaschasm
(94.61)
Submitted: 11/24/2009 12:30:34 PM :
Start Price:
$93.02
ESI Score:
0
MFI stock that should do well with a good or bad economy.
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MagicDiligence
(86.52)
Submitted: 11/24/2009 7:46:01 AM :
Start Price:
$92.64
ESI Score:
+0.71
ITT Educational Services is a well-run for-profit education company with great margins and good growth prospects operating in an industry with fantastic business dynamics. At a forward earnings yield of 16%, the price is right to buy.
http://www.magicdiligence.com/articles/itt-educational-ESI-2009-11-24
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Prodigy16
(80.16)
Submitted: 10/27/2009 4:49:26 PM :
Start Price:
$95.38
ESI Score:
-6.66
Joel Greenblatt Pick
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herbs814
(29.52)
Submitted: 8/20/2009 7:31:15 PM :
Start Price:
$106.95
ESI Score:
-22.03
technical education for productive jobs
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COOLSTOCK
(68.03)
Submitted: 7/30/2009 2:36:12 PM :
Start Price:
$97.01
ESI Score:
-16.56
a good education stock
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SuperCharge
(98.60)
Submitted: 7/25/2009 5:32:05 PM :
Start Price:
$94.74
ESI Score:
-15.41
Solid performer of late with a bit of moat & room to grow. Among the more appealing stocks in my newest stock screener. Not that I expect it to because there's other factors involved, but forward valuation (11.7 P/E) on the past 5 yrs. Avg. P/E (24.1+) would put this stock at about $200. $140 is certainly reasonable in the not too distant future. Strange that they upped their 2009 EPS guidance to $7.55-$7.85 from $7 & the stock drops 8% in two days... I guess investors were just along for the short term ride.
Here's the criteria that brought up ESI.
(Market Capitalization (mil $) > 150)
and (PEG Ratio <= .9)
and (Cash / Total Assets % >= 10)
and ((Cash - Long Term Debt) / Market Cap % >= -1)
and (Free Cash Flow / Market Cap % >= 0.73)
and (Return on Equity % - Trailing 12 Months >= 13)
and (Return on Equity % - Year 1 >= 13)
and (Return on Equity % - Year 2 >= 13)
and (Free Cash Flow ($ mil) - Trailing 12 Months >= 0)
and (Free Cash Flow ($ mil) - Year 1 >= 0)
and (Free Cash Flow ($ mil) - Year 2 >= 0)
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59special
(< 20)
Submitted: 7/3/2009 10:56:45 AM :
Start Price:
$94.42
ESI Score:
-26.25
2/23 in Education Services -(76.3 @ A/A)
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peaseblossom67
(90.79)
Submitted: 6/22/2009 2:51:46 PM :
Start Price:
$93.59
ESI Score:
-24.16
The company is strong and stable, with sales growth forecasted at 14%, historical eps growth at 30% and net margin projected at close to 30%. This stock has historically outperformed the S&P and should continue to do so.
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jbs4radio
(< 20)
Submitted: 6/16/2009 12:44:07 AM :
Start Price:
$93.68
ESI Score:
-20.44
PEG = 0.83
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MRSTARBUCKS
(64.87)
Submitted: 5/19/2009 3:30:12 PM :
Start Price:
$100.11
ESI Score:
-28.81
WELCOME TO COLLEGE
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truthitt
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/2/2009 12:53:53 AM :
Start Price:
$116.59
ESI Score:
+54.14
this is a very high cost school and when the recession rolls over another year and all the high interest rate loans start to default, the stock will plummet along with another factor the schools are not regional accreditade.
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hotelie
(< 20)
Submitted: 2/24/2009 2:30:33 PM :
Start Price:
$111.69
ESI Score:
-62.80
free cash flow at ESI is reported to be at a 9-yr high, and earnings guidance was raised, but this stock did have a nice runup into the earnings number, with a possible "buy on rumor, sell on news" drop...ESI may make a run at $125-130 in the next few weeks...but worth looking at companies who will help out of work Americans get new skill sets for the future...
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budbaby
(58.30)
Submitted: 2/6/2009 11:17:46 AM :
Start Price:
$125.92
ESI Score:
-56.11
People are getting laid off right and left, trade schools are filling up and the goverment is paying for it, with programs like TRA and TAA.
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warrenjsr
(< 20)
Submitted: 1/21/2009 1:35:00 AM :
Start Price:
$112.65
ESI Score:
-54.33
during a recession I suspect education stocks will out perform the market because more people will seek to upgrade their jobs or seek retraining after a layoff.
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bradford86
(99.59)
Submitted: 1/16/2009 4:28:30 PM :
Start Price:
$114.62
ESI Score:
+52.03
52-week high when the market is at a 52 week low, techical indicatores indicate overbought, upon fundamental analysis, it matches up with revenues, and is cheap based on discounted net income... but i think that at this point the S&P500 will outperform this stock.
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ecoplastican
(< 20)
Submitted: 1/12/2009 4:59:02 AM :
Start Price:
$98.26
ESI Score:
-31.78
As unemployment rises, more and more displaced employees will need the services of ESI to re-tool and get greater education. It's like the law of gravity.
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WilliamCrook2007
(< 20)
Submitted: 11/20/2008 2:33:00 PM :
Start Price:
$75.73
ESI Score:
-20.00
IBD
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electronlibr
(< 20)
Submitted: 10/10/2008 9:41:33 AM :
Start Price:
$64.80
ESI Score:
-15.14
ITT is a diploma-mill school/business that has no concern for ethics. They are their own worst enemy in that students and faculty are poorly mistreated, and often threatened for telling it like it really is. Many ITT students and faculty have fallen by the wayside due to ITT's unethical practices. Only a matter of time before this all catches up on them - and then, it will be too late to initiate changes that would make them the once great school that they WERE!
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