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) Return on equity

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Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 35.9%, up 7.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (28.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.1% (fiscal 2020) to 30.2% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 28.2% (1.89)
FY2024 30.1% (0.11)
FY2023 30.2% 8.29
FY2022 22.0% 2.07
FY2021 19.9% 2.83
FY2020 17.1% (2.46)
FY2019 19.5% (1.31)
FY2018 20.8% (2.29)
FY2017 23.1% 1.65
FY2016 21.5% (2.73)

Against its own ten years

Low 17.1% High 30.2%
Ten-year median 22.0%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 35.9%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 34.1%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 20.9%
TAL TAL Education Group compare 19.4%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.9%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 17.8%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 8.83%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 0.00%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare −137.1%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.42%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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