Career Education Corporation (CECO) CEO Todd Nelson on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Career Education Corporation (CECO) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call February 20, 2019 5:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Chris Donovan - Assistant Vice President, Alpha IR Group LLC
Todd Nelson - President and Chief Executive Officer
Ashish Ghia - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Alex Paris - Barrington Research
Greg Pendy - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Kevin Estok - Piper Jaffray

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Career Education Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions]. After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Chris Donovan with the Alpha IR Group. Please go ahead.

Chris Donovan

Thank you, Andrea. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. With me on the call today is Todd Nelson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Ashish Ghia, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

This conference call is being webcast live within the Investor Relations section at careered.com. A webcast replay will also be available on our site, and you can always contact the Alpha IR Group for Investor Relations support.

Let me remind you that this afternoon’s earnings release and remarks made today include forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. These statements are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to Career Education and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results, performance and business prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors identified in Career Education’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and other filings