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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.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 31.12 | 56.52 | 85.14 | 76.48 | 57.89 | 70.00 | 72.00 | 99.65 | 118.48 | 149.83 |
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| High | 61.80 | 96.15 | 130.10 | 132.72 | 106.14 | 115.96 | 114.34 | 144.94 | 173.37 | 223.04 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 3,850 | 10,000 | 3,500 | 4,350 | 4,625 | 4,955 | 5,500 | 5,800 | 5,830 | — | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.00 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 873 | 974 | 846 | 779 | 844 | 897 | 911 | 961 | 1,033 | 1,106 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 75.48 | 76.35 | 70.64 | 59.66 | 58.47 | 57.48 | 53.49 | 52.42 | 52.70 | 53.19 | |||||
| EBT | 236 | 284 | 287 | 318 | 333 | 331 | 240 | 260 | 291 | 280 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 27.04 | 29.11 | 33.94 | 40.78 | 39.47 | 36.95 | 26.35 | 27.02 | 28.20 | 25.30 | |||||
| Net income | 149 | 203 | 229 | 259 | 257 | 260 | 185 | 205 | 226 | 216 | |||||
| Depreciation | 46 | 54 | 36 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 40 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 18.95 | 20.66 | 17.76 | 16.28 | 18.01 | 20.45 | 28.36 | 32.04 | 35.49 | 39.70 | ||||
| Earnings | 3.22 | 4.31 | 4.81 | 5.42 | 5.49 | 5.94 | 5.75 | 6.83 | 7.77 | 7.76 | |||||
| Cash flow | 5.16 | 6.47 | 4.18 | 6.41 | 6.59 | 7.14 | 6.87 | 8.12 | 9.96 | 9.82 | |||||
| Capex | (5.19) | (2.63) | (1.99) | (0.47) | (0.63) | (0.66) | (1.10) | (1.48) | (1.28) | (1.25) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (0.03) | 3.84 | 2.19 | 5.94 | 5.96 | 6.48 | 5.78 | 6.64 | 8.68 | 8.57 | |||||
| Book value | 16.79 | 20.92 | 25.49 | 30.19 | 33.58 | 23.84 | 19.84 | 23.94 | 26.93 | 26.81 | |||||
| Shares, m | 46 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 44 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 18.13 | 20.68 | 19.99 | 17.64 | 16.99 | 14.24 | 18.57 | 19.26 | 21.03 | 21.43 | ||||
| P/S | 3.08 | 4.32 | 5.41 | 5.88 | 5.17 | 4.19 | 3.76 | 4.12 | 4.61 | 4.19 | |||||
| P/B | 3.48 | 4.27 | 3.77 | 3.17 | 2.77 | 3.60 | 5.38 | 5.51 | 6.08 | 6.20 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.94 | 4.04 | 5.14 | 5.84 | 4.96 | 3.59 | 3.63 | 3.92 | 4.36 | 3.97 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (2,037.71) | 21.74 | 41.73 | 16.00 | 14.97 | 11.31 | 17.82 | 18.93 | 17.81 | 18.40 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 238 | 305 | 199 | 306 | 309 | 313 | 221 | 244 | 290 | 273 | ||||
| Capex | (239) | (124) | (95) | (22) | (29) | (29) | (35) | (45) | (37) | (35) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (1) | 181 | 104 | 284 | 279 | 284 | 186 | 199 | 253 | 239 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 3 | 137 | 229 | 113 | 215 | 583 | 174 | 240 | 309 | 290 | ||||
| Total debt | 67 | 60 | 23 | 108 | 75 | 54 | 69 | — | — | — | |||||
| Net debt | (127) | (277) | (228) | (36) | (182) | (601) | (182) | (245) | (325) | (300) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 774 | 986 | 1,214 | 1,443 | 1,574 | 1,045 | 638 | 718 | 784 | 747 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 14.97 | 16.97 | 17.43 | 17.20 | 14.55 | 16.98 | 17.97 | 23.25 | 23.22 | 21.50 | ||||
| ROIC | 22.92 | 24.94 | 16.36 | 11.78 | 12.45 | 39.71 | 32.56 | 32.90 | 37.48 | 37.19 | |||||
| ROE | 21.46 | 23.11 | 20.82 | 19.51 | 17.05 | 19.88 | 21.95 | 30.24 | 30.13 | 28.24 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. | $8.4B | 20.2× | 11.4× | +23.04% (above 0%: growing) | +900.00% (above 0%: growing) | +72.87% (above 0%: growing) | 53.10% | 5.61% | Compare |
| LAUR Laureate Education | $5.4B | 17.2× | 15.8× | +17.50% (above 0%: growing) | +50.77% (above 0%: growing) | +37.68% (above 0%: growing) | 38.59% | 36.28% | Compare |
| GHC Graham Holdings Company | $5.1B | 9.6× | 15.5× | +7.13% (above 0%: growing) | +677.34% (above 0%: growing) | −58.54% (below 0%: shrinking) | 30.10% | 6.42% | Compare |
| CVSA Covista Inc. | $4.3B | 17.7× | 15.0× | +9.69% (above 0%: growing) | +40.67% (above 0%: growing) | +102.24% (above 0%: growing) | 56.77% | 19.04% | Compare |
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | $4.2B | 19.4× | 16.3× | +6.69% (above 0%: growing) | +18.24% (above 0%: growing) | −15.15% (below 0%: shrinking) | 49.36% | 22.02% | |
| TAL TAL Education Group | $4.2B | 7.3× | 12.0× | +31.89% (above 0%: growing) | +1,380.00% (above 0%: growing) | +37.51% (above 0%: growing) | 57.78% | 18.09% | Compare |
| LRN Stride, Inc. | $3.5B | 10.4× | 13.4× | −2.69% (below 0%: shrinking) | +62.18% (above 0%: growing) | +3.70% (above 0%: growing) | 34.16% | 16.64% | Compare |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. | $2.7B | 27.7× | 15.6× | +2.65% (above 0%: growing) | +9,900.00% (above 0%: growing) | +57.50% (above 0%: growing) | 79.87% | 20.78% | Compare |
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation | $2.1B | 12.0× | 11.7× | +1.80% (above 0%: growing) | +22.22% (above 0%: growing) | −3.87% (below 0%: shrinking) | 76.15% | 25.72% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $4.3B | 14.6× | 14.2× | +8.41% | +369.76% | +37.60% | 54.94% | 18.57% |
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) key facts
- Concern: Net income was $216.2 million, or $7.76 per share (basic), a net margin of 19.5%.
- Strength: Grand Canyon Education, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 billion, up 7.07% from fiscal 2024.
- Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, LOPE traded at $161.58, a market capitalization of $4.2 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 19.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 55% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 28.2% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 17.47 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.