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

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

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As of 16 October 2026, Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) trades at a EV/Sales of 3.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8× (February 2016) to 9.1× (August 2019); the current reading is higher than 30% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.8× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 4.0× (8.87%)
FY2024 4.4× 11.04%
FY2023 3.9× 8.11%
FY2022 3.6× 1.23%
FY2021 3.6× (27.66%)
FY2020 5.0× (15.08%)
FY2019 5.8× 13.44%
FY2018 5.1× 27.38%
FY2017 4.0× 37.59%
FY2016 2.9× 31.52%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 3.1× (20.15%)
Mar 2026 3.9× (2.58%)
Dec 2025 4.0× (26.24%)
Sep 2025 5.4× 15.52%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.8× High 9.1×
Ten-year median 4.0×
Current reading's percentile 24

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 0.8×
GHC Graham Holdings Company compare 0.9×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 1.2×
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 1.6×
TAL TAL Education Group compare 1.8×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 2.4×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 2.4×
LAUR Laureate Education compare 3.0×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 3.5×
Education & Training Services industry median 0.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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