Ghia Ashish R 4

What Happened Ashish R. Ghia, Chief Financial Officer of PERDOCEO EDUCATION Corp (PRDO), sold a total of 33,271 shares in open-market transactions on March 18, 2026. The sales consist of 11,090 shares at a weighted average price of $35.07 (proceeds $388,926) and 22,181 shares at a weighted average price of $35.09 (proceeds $778,331), for combined proceeds of approximately $1,167,257. These were reported on a Form 4 filed March 20, 2026. As sales, these are typically routine disposition events (not purchases).

Key Details

• Transaction date: March 18, 2026; Form 4 filed March 20, 2026 (appears timely).
• Share details: 11,090 @ $35.07 = $388,926; 22,181 @ $35.09 = $778,331; total 33,271 shares sold for ~$1.17M.
• Execution: Sales were effected in multiple trades; reported weighted-average prices reflect ranges of roughly $34.62–$35.31 and $34.85–$35.29 per the filing’s footnotes.
• Plan/authorization: Sales were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted November 13, 2025 (footnote F1).
• Holdings note: Filing references 108,185 unvested restricted stock units included in holdings (footnote F4). The excerpt provided does not specify total shares owned after these transactions.
• Filing footnotes: The filer offers to provide trade-level details upon request (per the footnotes). One footnote in the filing uses “purchase” language but the reported transactions here are sales.

Context A Rule 10b5-1 plan indicates these trades were pre-planned automatic dispositions, which helps insiders comply with insider-trading rules and is often treated as a routine liquidity event rather than a real-time signal of changed company outlook. Retail investors should treat this as insider selling under a pre-existing plan; it does not, by itself, indicate company performance or insider sentiment beyond the fact of the planned sale.