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 invested capital

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Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 41.0%, up 3.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (37.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.8% (fiscal 2019) to 39.7% (fiscal 2021); 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 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 37.2% (0.29)
FY2024 37.5% 4.58
FY2023 32.9% 0.34
FY2022 32.6% (7.15)
FY2021 39.7% 27.26
FY2020 12.5% 0.67
FY2019 11.8% (4.58)
FY2018 16.4% (8.58)
FY2017 24.9% 2.02
FY2016 22.9% (3.24)

Against its own ten years

Low 11.8% High 39.7%
Ten-year median 26.2%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 49.9%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 41.0%
TAL TAL Education Group compare 27.3%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 26.5%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 20.7%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 14.6%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 5.51%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 0.00%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare −0.86%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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