Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

LOPE Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 billion, up 7.07% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.69%, EPS grew 18.2% and free cash flow fell 15.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

161.58 0.15 +0.09%
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
19.4×
Fwd P/E
16.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
17.47
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
18.13 20.68 19.99 17.64 16.99 14.24 18.57 19.26 21.03 21.43
Piotroski F-Score
5 7 5 3 6 8 7 8 7 7
Altman Z-Score
7.42 10.48 27.50 13.30 12.00 16.88 16.15 16.79 17.86 17.47
P/S ratio
3.08 4.32 5.41 5.88 5.17 4.19 3.76 4.12 4.61 4.19
P/FCF ratio
0.00 23.28 43.91 16.13 15.62 13.22 18.49 19.87 18.86 19.42
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
5.97 7.54 16.65 10.22 10.71 15.80 14.70 14.91 15.23 15.75
Beneish M-Score
(2.89) (2.96) 56.43 (2.54) (2.40) (2.78) (2.50) (2.64) (2.79) (2.73)
P/Operating CF
109.83 120.43 44.63 41.18 33.91 36.05 31.09 34.00 35.10 35.51
P/B ratio
3.48 4.27 3.77 3.17 2.77 3.60 5.38 5.51 6.08 6.20
Price to Tangible BV
3.49 4.28 3.78 4.24 3.58 5.37 11.43 10.18 10.29 10.66
EV/Sales
2.94 4.04 5.14 5.84 4.96 3.59 3.63 3.92 4.36 3.97
EV/EBITDA
9.06 11.67 14.80 15.56 13.62 10.28 12.31 13.41 14.43 14.36
EV/Operating CF
10.78 12.90 21.85 14.83 13.55 10.27 14.98 15.47 15.52 16.06
EV/FCF
(2,037.71) 21.74 41.73 16.00 14.97 11.31 17.82 18.93 17.81 18.40
Quick Ratio
0.92 1.47 3.76 2.10 2.74 6.86 2.63 3.35 3.68 3.52
Current Ratio
1.01 1.57 3.84 2.19 2.81 6.95 2.74 3.48 3.78 3.65
Net Debt/EBITDA
(0.45) (0.82) (0.77) (0.12) (0.59) (1.92) (0.68) (0.87) (1.04) (0.98)
Debt/Assets
6.10% 4.60% 1.77% 6.38% 4.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Debt/Equity
0.09 0.06 0.02 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Asset Turnover
0.88 0.81 0.64 0.52 0.48 0.58 0.89 1.09 1.06 1.10
Operating CF/Net income
1.60 1.50 0.87 1.18 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.19 1.28 1.27
Capex/Depreciation
(5.23) (2.29) (2.66) (0.83) (0.99) (0.95) (1.13) (1.39) (1.02) (0.87)
Interest Coverage
178.62 130.36 168.07 23.44 63.03 78.36 118,750.00 7,553.21 68,849.75 —
ROE
21.46% 23.11% 20.82% 19.51% 17.05% 19.88% 21.95% 30.24% 30.13% 28.24%
ROA
14.97% 16.97% 17.43% 17.20% 14.55% 16.98% 17.97% 23.25% 23.22% 21.50%
ROIC
22.92% 24.94% 16.36% 11.78% 12.45% 39.71% 32.56% 32.90% 37.48% 37.19%
Return on Tangible Assets
17.29% 19.20% 67.36% 111.31% 74.84% 36.20% 57.52% 49.97% 46.57% 46.05%
Average Days of Receivables
5.94 4.87 22.23 26.31 29.62 29.04 32.12 30.44 29.48 28.60
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
14.50% 13.99% 17.43% 24.04% 24.61% 25.06% 26.51% 25.60% 25.05% 25.01%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.19 0.28 0.41 0.35 0.31 0.31
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
1.41% 1.30% 2.31% 1.32% 1.26% 1.29% 1.39% 1.37% 1.38% 1.23%
Graham Net Nets
(0.03) 0.01 0.04 (0.01) 0.01 0.13 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.03
Graham Number
34.88 45.09 52.52 60.73 64.35 56.83 50.67 60.74 68.71 68.42
Earnings Yield
5.52% 4.84% 5.00% 5.67% 5.89% 7.02% 5.38% 5.19% 4.76% 4.67%
Free Cash Flow Yield
(0.05%) 4.30% 2.28% 6.20% 6.40% 7.57% 5.41% 5.03% 5.30% 5.15%
Revenue per Share
18.95 20.66 17.76 16.28 18.01 20.45 28.36 32.04 35.49 39.70
Operating CF per Share
5.16 6.47 4.18 6.41 6.59 7.14 6.87 8.12 9.96 9.82
Capex per Share
(5.19) (2.63) (1.99) (0.47) (0.63) (0.66) (1.10) (1.48) (1.28) (1.25)
Free Cash Flow per Share
(0.03) 3.84 2.19 5.94 5.96 6.48 5.78 6.64 8.68 8.57
Cash per Share
4.20 7.15 5.27 3.02 5.47 13.71 5.66 8.15 11.15 10.77
Shareholders Equity per Share
16.79 20.92 25.49 30.19 33.58 23.84 19.84 23.94 26.93 26.81
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
16.79 20.92 25.49 30.19 33.58 23.84 19.84 23.94 26.93 26.81
Free Cash Flow
(1.26) 180.94 104.23 283.95 279.41 284.24 185.59 199.13 252.71 238.65
Working Capital
3.27 136.73 228.95 113.11 215.02 583.10 173.57 240.49 309.01 290.43
Capital Expenditures
(239.02) (123.95) (94.86) (22.39) (29.42) (28.87) (35.23) (44.54) (37.25) (34.84)
Net Current Asset Value
(88.74) 57.24 199.05 (38.51) 63.49 503.35 78.14 125.07 185.40 154.81
EV/EBIT
10.81 13.91 16.85 17.14 15.08 11.39 13.93 15.13 16.34 16.52
Capex to Sales
0.27 0.13 0.11 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.03
Price to Operating Income
11.34 14.89 17.73 17.27 15.73 13.31 14.45 15.87 17.31 17.43
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.05 0.06 0.32 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.19 0.21 0.22
Cash ROIC
(0.12%) 13.08% 7.00% 16.75% 14.66% 17.27% 22.65% 20.69% 22.80% 22.79%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
65.98 71.58 26.22 14.47 13.55 12.82 12.03 11.99 12.63 13.00
Accounts Payable Turnover
7.26 8.54 11.44 21.58 22.32 18.65 19.13 24.27 22.01 20.28
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
42.31 46.16 20.99 17.24 17.27 23.27 17.23 14.11 19.96 17.17
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
13.24 13.61 32.24 53.81 62.32 69.92 75.77 80.16 81.78 85.05
Average Payables
29.49 26.98 21.71 14.55 15.71 20.44 22.16 18.84 22.20 25.53
Average Assets
992.24 1,198.03 1,313.80 1,507.15 1,767.43 1,533.66 1,027.75 881.61 974.44 1,005.37
Average Common Equity
691.97 879.82 1,099.77 1,328.52 1,508.88 1,309.69 841.33 677.82 750.93 765.39

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