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

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