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

116.82 5.43 −4.44%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) trades at a price to free cash flow of 11.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2022) to 2,187× (November 2018); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 7.3× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 19.4× 2.93%
FY2024 18.9× (5.06%)
FY2023 19.9× 7.48%
FY2022 18.5× 39.86%
FY2021 13.2× (15.39%)
FY2020 15.6× (3.15%)
FY2019 16.1× (63.27%)
FY2018 43.9× 88.67%
FY2017 23.3× —
FY2016 0.0× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 14.7× (4.71%)
Jun 2026 15.4× (11.73%)
Mar 2026 17.5× (9.94%)
Dec 2025 19.4× (22.88%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 2,187×
Ten-year median 16.9×
Current reading's percentile 25

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare n/m
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 6.5×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 7.4×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 10.8×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 11.8×
LAUR Laureate Education compare 15.7×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 25.8×
TAL TAL Education Group compare 27.3×
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 82.2×
Education & Training Services industry median 7.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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