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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.

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
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.10
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 2.65%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,210.00
Revenue 1,142.07
Net Income 224.21
Free Cash Flow 242.56
Net Debt (274.53)
Current Ratio 2.82 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 19.42
Fwd P/E 16.30
P/S ratio 3.70
P/B ratio 6.31 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.18%
This Y EPS Growth 12.47%
Next Y EPS Growth 10.75%
Next Y revenue growth 5.60%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.80%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 3.5×, against a ten-year median of 4.1×; over the ten years it ranged from 2.1× in 2016 to 8.7× in 2019.
P/E against its own 10 years 54.55%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 24.47%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 90.86%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 24.03%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 38.61%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 245 325 300 275
Receivables 80 83 87 42
Inventory — — — —
Other 13 12 13 15
338 420 400 331
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 18 27 24 17
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
97 111 110 118

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.58% 5.55% 6.67%
Cash Flow 3.98% (2.40%) 7.39%
Earnings 5.10% (3.42%) 5.39%
Book Value 2.04% (13.85%) 5.42%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 309 264 — — —
’25 289 247 261 308 1,106
’24 275 227 238 293 1,033
’23 250 211 222 278 961
’22 244 200 209 259 911
’21 237 201 207 251 897
’20 222 186 198 238 844
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 88 109 — — —
’25 68 124 (49) 130 273
’24 85 99 (29) 136 290
’23 63 94 (30) 116 244
’22 70 76 (36) 110 221
’21 90 121 (1) 104 313
’20 86 135 (41) 129 309
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 80 98 — — —
’25 59 115 (58) 123 239
’24 76 90 (39) 126 253
’23 54 85 (46) 106 199
’22 63 67 (47) 101 186
’21 81 114 183 (93) 284
’20 80 129 24 46 279
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.80 1.75 — — —
’25 2.52 1.48 0.58 3.14 7.71
’24 2.29 1.19 1.42 2.84 7.73
’23 1.94 0.96 1.19 2.71 6.80
’22 1.66 0.80 0.96 2.30 5.73
’21 1.69 1.09 1.08 2.15 5.92
’20 1.49 1.00 1.11 1.86 5.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 31.12 56.52 85.14 76.48 57.89 70.00 72.00 99.65 118.48 149.83

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 61.80 96.15 130.10 132.72 106.14 115.96 114.34 144.94 173.37 223.04
People
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
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

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%

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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.

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