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steadyandsafe	Does one really learn anything from this school?	Hate	November 13, 2009
barrons3	Auxier is fully invested, although he recently pared stakes in companies such as for profit education specialists Apollo Group (APOL) and Bridgepoint Education (BPI).	Love	September 05, 2009
barrons3	The strategy can mean doing catch-and-release multiple times with one stock, as has been the case with the for-profit education giant Apollo Group (APOL), which they've bought three times. It can also mean waiting many years for the opportunity to catch a coveted stock, as was recently the case with Monsanto (MON). "In some ways [Apollo's] countercyclical," Coats explains. "As people go through transition periods in their professional lives, they want to improve their opportunities." Enrollment pushed past 420,000 in the company's third quarter, a 22.5% gain from the previous year, boosting the company's revenue 26%. The stock trades at about $64, up from 58 when Coats bought it in May.	Love	August 22, 2009
barrons3	These companies, not unlike Sallie Mae (SLM) and the Apollo (APOL) / Strayer (STRA) contingent are all in Obama's cross hairs. These are companies that are viewed at best as friction and a tax on the system and at worse, actual taxpayer rip-offs.	Love	June 11, 2009
brandanh	Strong performance	Love	June 08, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"Apollo? Suddenly they don't like it? I am wary of this stock going down hard, because those who believe in the secular growth of the online education segment will not stop here and be deterred by this contrary indicator to their thesis." (<a href="http://jimcramer.rmblogs.thestreet.com/entry.aspx?q=3ff212cb-3649-4fab-9643-9bde008e38c8" target="_blank">"New Is One Thing, and Trading Is Another," April 1</a>)	Love	April 01, 2009
barrons3	Cramer said the chart of Apollo (APOL) is being to look ''toppy,'' a term meaning the stock is running out of steam. The stock has put in a double top, with the second top achieved on lighter volume, meaning there's no one left to buy as the value investors being to head for the hills.	Love	February 12, 2009
janeck	growth and earnings	Love	January 14, 2009
stockerblog	PE OF 31.08, and a PEG of 1.57.	Love	August 23, 2008
Trading Nymph	7-1-08 Actual Transcript 1 star Nymphs Take: Yes they blew away numbers but I think that this is a one trick pony....could be totally wrong. Acting CEO: Dr. Sperling..12 Analyst at cc...Solid growth in revenue and enrollment. Looking for a NEW CEO.There was an 13.9% increase in revenue and a 11% enrollment growth. EPS up cuz of higher net income, fewer shares and less bad debt. YET BAD debt will increase in seasonally weaker qtrs. Paying for more Ads and counselers. Cap Ex 5M for a New Building. They are doing a High School on-line program approved for 10 states. THEY just increased tutition by 10% today...they aren't worried cuz of increases in Title IV loan limits...they have a new UNIACC program that they bought Petroleium based art Univ...can't find on-line...but found a lot of unhappy past students...this is a sample..Most On Line School's Are A RIP OFF SCHOOL IS STILL NOT REAL UOP is still not a real school. None of their credits transfer anywhere, except to maybe another one of those junk, fake on line schools. All brick & morter colleges and community colleges offer on line classes now at reasonable state tuition rates. If everyone would just stop this Bull$#*& of attending these rip off places of higher education, you would not be getting yourselves in a financial bind, or having these rip off companies trying to ruin your credit. Then UOP, AXIA, STRAYER, CAPELLA, and who ever else Jon Doe for profit schools will close up shop and be gone for good! These on line schools are a 100% rip off. I have taken a few on line classes through one of my local community college's and I am satisfied to know that its 100% accredited and transferable to any 4 year university, no questions asked. Please everyone, stop giving yourself a heartache	Love	July 02, 2008
barrons2	Now the incredible collapse of anything educational -- all of these schools that needed cheap student loans -- is shocking in its tailspin. Why should we think that Apollo Group (APOL) bottoms or DeVry (DV) or Strayer (STRA) or Career Education (CECO)?	Love	April 03, 2008
stockerblog	John Sperling Peter Sperling	Love	November 21, 2007
Lake Forest	Technical analysis wait for confirm on Nov19	Love	November 17, 2007
Jason R	Apollo Group reported Q3 EPS of $0.60, in-line with the analyst consensus of $0.60. Revenues for the quarter were $713.9 million, versus the consensus of $701.14 million. The Company announced its Board has approved a $500 million share repurchase program.	Love	October 23, 2007
nickish	EDUCATION	Love	August 03, 2007
shutyrmouth	local	Love	July 12, 2007
Barrons	From Barron's 7-9-07: Market Perform - Price 58.43 on July 2 by Barrington Research "Apollo Group reported the financial results of its fiscal third quarter, ended May 31. Enrollment, revenue and earnings were all above expectations [bringing shares] near an 18-month high. Revenue increased 12.2% to $733.4 million from $653.4 million last year, above our estimate of $705 million and the First Call consensus of $702.9 million. Net income was $131.4 million, or $0.75 per share, compared to net income of $131.5 million, or 75 cents per share, last year and topped our estimate of 70 cents per share and the First Call consensus estimate of 69 cents per share. Degree enrollment for University of Phoenix and Axia College increased 12.2%... as of May 31...We've made the following changes to our earnings model: We now expect fiscal 2007 full-year revenue at $2.699 billion (+9%), above our prior estimate of $2.661 billion (+7.4%), and diluted EPS of $2.35 (flat from a year ago), also above our prior estimate of $2.25 (-4.3%)...Apollo's stock is up 50% [year to date] and is trading at 20.6 times the consensus calendar 2008 earnings estimate. On an EV/Ebitda [enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization] basis, APOL has a multiple of 14 times versus the current peer group average of 16.4 times."	Love	July 07, 2007
sarah z	Apollo Group recently announced a $500 million dollar buyback. The for-profit education provider that runs the University of Phoenix, said Tuesday the Securities and Exchange Commission has completed its investigation of the company and does not plan to recommend any enforcement action. The stock trades for 12x cash flow	Love	July 04, 2007
simon says	speculation	Love	May 06, 2007
134859	liars and cheats	Hate	April 26, 2007
interdan1	hedge fund activity and underlying value play	Love	April 16, 2007
Mayukh	apollo group	Love	March 17, 2007
fine tune your disciplines	Apollo Management LP is buying H, a real estate company. That should boost their stock price, with real estate doing so well (sarcasm)	Love	March 14, 2007
stockerblog	1. Reasonable P/E 19.4 2. Return on assets 33% 3. Return on equity 62% 4. No long term debt 5. A reasonable PEG of 1.25, lower than the industry average of 1.56 6. Operating margin is 27.4% , higher than competitors 7. Owned by <a href="http://stockpickr.com/port/Seth-Klarman-Baupost-Group/ ">Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group</a>	Love	March 10, 2007
John McCormack	Beaten down	Love	February 23, 2007
poups	beaten down stock with generous free cash flow yield	Love	February 21, 2007
mcgeek64	strong earnings, growth, cash flow, etc. Modest PEG ratio.	Love	February 14, 2007
HASTYPUDEN	CASH FLOW POSITIVE	Love	February 13, 2007
freemanaadm	cheap	Love	February 09, 2007
Iraj Etrat	Seemed promising when I bought it.	Love	February 04, 2007