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.

Revenue
+2.38%
EPS
+183.1%
Free cash flow
+38.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

121.86 28.81 −19.12%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
13.0×
Fwd P/E
16.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
17.47
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
n/a

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 9.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.8× (February 2016) to 25.3× (August 2019); the current reading is higher than 20% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 6.4× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 14.4× (0.46%)
FY2024 14.4× 7.62%
FY2023 13.4× 8.91%
FY2022 12.3× 19.72%
FY2021 10.3× (24.52%)
FY2020 13.6× (12.45%)
FY2019 15.6× 5.10%
FY2018 14.8× 26.80%
FY2017 11.7× 28.83%
FY2016 9.1× 28.37%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 11.8× 7.48%
Jun 2026 11.0× (20.80%)
Mar 2026 13.9× (3.50%)
Dec 2025 14.4× (27.34%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.8× High 25.3×
Ten-year median 12.7×
Current reading's percentile 20

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare n/m
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 3.5×
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 4.5×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 4.7×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 5.8×
LAUR Laureate Education compare 7.4×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 8.5×
TAL TAL Education Group compare 9.2×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 9.4×
Education & Training Services industry median 6.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.5×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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