Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) vs Stride, Inc. (LRN)

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. and Stride, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. and Stride, Inc. are of similar size ($3.2B and $3.2B). Stride, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.5× against 13.0×. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.30% against 2.48%. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.9% vs 13.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (41.0% vs 20.7%). Across the 22 metrics below, Stride, Inc. leads on 12 and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric LOPE LRN Education & Training Services median
P/E 12.96 9.51 12.09
P/S 2.73 1.23 0.80
P/B 4.90 1.86 1.39
Price to free cash flow 11.82 7.36 7.31
EV/EBITDA 9.42 4.75 6.36
EV/Sales 2.64 1.12 0.58
Earnings yield 7.71% 10.52% 3.29%
Free cash flow yield 8.46% 13.59% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric LOPE LRN Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 0.00% 37.44% 55.03%
Operating margin 27.27% 18.37% 0.00%
Net margin 21.85% 13.18% 1.77%
Free cash flow margin 23.06% 16.68% 0.00%
Return on equity 35.91% 20.90% 0.00%
Return on assets 26.04% 13.75% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 41.01% 20.72% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LOPE LRN Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.30% 2.48% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.26%) 20.00% 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.55% 10.38% 4.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.42%) 36.47% 0.00%

Health

Metric LOPE LRN Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.31 0.05
Current ratio 2.64 2.56 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA (0.98) (0.84) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric LOPE LRN Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.64%
Payout ratio — — 0.26

Size

Metric LOPE LRN Education & Training Services median
Market cap 3.19b 3.15b 59.54m

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