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) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) trades at a P/E ratio of 19.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.9× (March 2020) to 29.6× (October 2025); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 13.2× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 21.4× 1.92%
FY2024 21.0× 9.18%
FY2023 19.3× 3.71%
FY2022 18.6× 30.43%
FY2021 14.2× (16.21%)
FY2020 17.0× (3.68%)
FY2019 17.6× (11.74%)
FY2018 20.0× (3.35%)
FY2017 20.7× 14.07%
FY2016 18.1× 29.24%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 17.2× (18.56%)
Mar 2026 21.1× (1.45%)
Dec 2025 21.4× (27.17%)
Sep 2025 29.4× 29.23%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.9× High 29.6×
Ten-year median 18.6×
Current reading's percentile 55

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
TAL TAL Education Group compare 7.3×
GHC Graham Holdings Company compare 9.6×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 10.4×
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 12.0×
LAUR Laureate Education compare 17.2×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.7×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 19.4×
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 20.2×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 27.7×
Education & Training Services industry median 13.2×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

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Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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