grand canyon education - LOPE

LOPE

Close Chg Chg %
167.00 -0.69 -0.41%

Closed Market

166.31

-0.69 (0.41%)

Volume: 195.72K

Last Updated:

Dec 31, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: grand canyon education - LOPE

LOPE Key Data

Open

$166.27

Day Range

166.02 - 167.90

52 Week Range

149.83 - 223.04

Market Cap

$4.67B

Shares Outstanding

27.97M

Public Float

27.36M

Beta

0.78

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

22.70

EPS

$7.46

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

380.25K

 

LOPE Performance

1 Week
 
-1.21%
 
1 Month
 
5.43%
 
3 Months
 
-23.44%
 
1 Year
 
1.53%
 
5 Years
 
78.62%
 

LOPE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 3
Full Ratings ➔

About grand canyon education - LOPE

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. engages in the provision of education services. It offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs and certificates across colleges. The company was founded by Christopher C. Richardson and Brent D. Richardson in November 2003 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

LOPE At a Glance

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
2600 West Camelback Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85017-3030
Phone 1-602-247-4400 Revenue 1.03B
Industry Miscellaneous Commercial Services Net Income 226.23M
Sector Commercial Services 2024 Sales Growth 7.504%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 5,830
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LOPE Valuation

P/E Current 22.697
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 21.193
Price to Sales Ratio 4.641
Price to Book Ratio 6.03
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 16.54
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.588
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.432
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.024

LOPE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 177,187.307
Income Per Employee 38,805.146
Receivables Turnover 12.38
Total Asset Turnover 1.038

LOPE Liquidity

Current Ratio 3.785
Quick Ratio 3.785
Cash Ratio 2.925

LOPE Profitability

Gross Margin 51.889
Operating Margin 26.844
Pretax Margin 28.201
Net Margin 21.901
Return on Assets 22.733
Return on Equity 30.127
Return on Total Capital 25.352
Return on Invested Capital 26.841

LOPE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 13.844
Total Debt to Total Capital 12.161
Total Debt to Total Assets 10.452
Long-Term Debt to Equity 12.201
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 10.717
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Annual Financials for Grand Canyon Education - LOPE

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
896.56M 911.31M 960.90M 1.03B
Sales Growth
+6.22% +1.64% +5.44% +7.50%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
572.55M 628.32M 465.61M 496.99M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
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Depreciation & Amortization Expense
29.86M 31.18M 31.97M 36.55M
Depreciation
21.44M 22.76M 23.55M 28.14M
Amortization of Intangibles
8.42M 8.42M 8.42M 8.42M
COGS Growth
+9.41% +9.74% -25.90% +6.74%
Gross Income
324.02M 282.99M 495.29M 536.01M
Gross Income Growth
+1.00% -12.66% +75.02% +8.22%
Gross Profit Margin
+36.14% +31.05% +51.54% +51.89%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
41.83M 45.49M 246.03M 258.72M
Research & Development
- - - -
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Other SG&A
41.83M 45.49M 246.03M 258.72M
SGA Growth
-3.54% +8.76% +440.84% +5.15%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
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Unusual Expense
- - - 1.90M
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EBIT after Unusual Expense
282.19M 237.50M 249.26M 275.40M
Non Operating Income/Expense
52.70M 2.62M 10.45M 15.92M
Non-Operating Interest Income
52.70M 2.62M 10.45M 15.92M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
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Interest Expense
3.60M 2.00K 33.00K 4.00K
Interest Expense Growth
-18.20% -99.94% +1,550.00% -87.88%
Gross Interest Expense
3.60M 2.00K 33.00K 4.00K
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
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Pretax Income
331.29M 240.12M 259.68M 291.31M
Pretax Income Growth
-0.56% -27.52% +8.14% +12.18%
Pretax Margin
+36.95% +26.35% +27.02% +28.20%
Income Tax
70.94M 55.44M 54.69M 65.08M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
65.27M 55.21M 54.14M 65.30M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
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Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
5.67M 233.00K 554.00K (222.00K)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
260.34M 184.68M 204.99M 226.23M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
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Net Income
260.34M 184.68M 204.99M 226.23M
Net Income Growth
+1.22% -29.07% +11.00% +10.37%
Net Margin Growth
+29.04% +20.26% +21.33% +21.90%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
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Discontinued Operations
- - - -
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Net Income After Extraordinaries
260.34M 184.68M 204.99M 226.23M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
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Net Income Available to Common
260.34M 184.68M 204.99M 226.23M
EPS (Basic)
5.9392 5.7476 6.8349 7.7733
EPS (Basic) Growth
+8.26% -3.23% +18.92% +13.73%
Basic Shares Outstanding
43.84M 32.13M 29.99M 29.10M
EPS (Diluted)
5.9226 5.7287 6.7995 7.729
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+8.61% -3.27% +18.69% +13.67%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
43.96M 32.24M 30.15M 29.27M
EBITDA
312.05M 268.68M 281.23M 313.85M
EBITDA Growth
+1.62% -13.90% +4.67% +11.60%
EBITDA Margin
+34.81% +29.48% +29.27% +30.38%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 231.00
Number of Ratings 3 Current Quarters Estimate 2.744
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 9.933
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.19 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 9.079 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 10.724
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 2 2 3 1
Mean Estimate 2.74 1.72 9.93 10.72
High Estimates 2.82 1.73 10.10 10.72
Low Estimate 2.67 1.70 9.80 10.72
Coefficient of Variance 3.82 1.12 1.55 N/A

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 2
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 0 0 0
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

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