ESI: ITT Educational Services
For Profit Education Company
Recent Range: $45/share – $125/share (Current Price: 103.16, as of close of 5/11/10)
Price/Sales (P/S) = 2.52 (3.40, Industry)
Price/Book (P/B) = 22.91 (7.83)
Gross Margin = 65.9% (56.9%)
Pre-Tax Margin = 37.8% (16.5%)
Debt/Equity Ratio = 0.96 (0.16)
Current Ratio = 1.3 (1.7)
Return on Equity = 192.3% (47.8%)
Return on Assets = 50.2% (20.0%)
Analysis: I get the feeling that this stock will rise, but I don’t feel comfortable recommending it.
