NASDAQ:LOPEGrand Canyon Education Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Grand Canyon Education Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $96.13 -0.53 (-0.55 %) (As of 08/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$95.02Now: $96.13▼$96.9750-Day Range$84.25MA: $92.24▼$102.4952-Week Range$57.89Now: $96.13▼$132.72Volume244,468 shsAverage Volume549,176 shsMarket Capitalization$4.55 billionP/E Ratio18.21Dividend YieldN/ABeta0.59 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services in the United States. It offers technology and academic, counseling and support, and marketing and communication services, as well as back office services, such as financial aid processing, accounting, reporting, tax, human resources, and procurement services to the Grand Canyon University. The company, through its subsidiary Orbis Education Services, LLC, provides support services for healthcare education programs in 17 universities. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.4 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingGrand Canyon Education has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $108.67, Grand Canyon Education has a potential upside of 13.0% from its current price of $96.13.Amount of Analyst CoverageGrand Canyon Education has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.6 Community Rank Outperform VotesGrand Canyon Education has received 472 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesGrand Canyon Education has received 424 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentGrand Canyon Education has received 52.68% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Grand Canyon Education and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe LOPE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe LOPE will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldGrand Canyon Education does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthGrand Canyon Education does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Grand Canyon Education insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $399,140.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.80% of the stock of Grand Canyon Education is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions97.25% of the stock of Grand Canyon Education is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.3 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Grand Canyon Education are expected to grow by 12.98% in the coming year, from $5.47 to $6.18 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Grand Canyon Education is 18.21, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 17.40.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Grand Canyon Education is 18.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 59.34.Price to Earnings Growth RatioGrand Canyon Education has a PEG Ratio of 1.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioGrand Canyon Education has a P/B Ratio of 3.21. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.4Community Rank: 2.6Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.45 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Educational services Sub-IndustryEducation Services SectorConsumer Discretionary Current SymbolNASDAQ:LOPE Previous Symbol CUSIP38526M10 CIK1434588 Webwww.gce.com Phone602-247-4400Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.09 Current Ratio1.48 Quick Ratio1.48Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio18.21 Forward P/E Ratio17.57 P/E Growth1.23 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$778.64 million Price / Sales5.84 Cash Flow$5.85 per share Price / Cash Flow16.44 Book Value$29.93 per share Price / Book3.21Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.58 Net Income$259.17 million Net Margins31.11% Return on Equity18.04% Return on Assets14.91%Miscellaneous Employees4,350 Outstanding Shares47,282,000Market Cap$4.55 billion Next Earnings Date11/4/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $96.13 -0.53 (-0.55 %) (As of 08/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive LOPE News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for LOPE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) Frequently Asked Questions How has Grand Canyon Education's stock been impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Grand Canyon Education's stock was trading at $75.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LOPE shares have increased by 27.8% and is now trading at $96.13. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Grand Canyon Education? 4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Grand Canyon Education in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Grand Canyon Education. When is Grand Canyon Education's next earnings date? Grand Canyon Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Grand Canyon Education. How were Grand Canyon Education's earnings last quarter? Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ:LOPE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 4th. The company reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $185.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $179.87 million. Grand Canyon Education had a net margin of 31.11% and a return on equity of 18.04%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.06 EPS. View Grand Canyon Education's earnings history. What guidance has Grand Canyon Education issued on next quarter's earnings? Grand Canyon Education updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.66. The company issued revenue guidance of $237.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $231.26 million. What price target have analysts set for LOPE? 4 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Grand Canyon Education's stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $111.00. On average, they anticipate Grand Canyon Education's stock price to reach $108.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Grand Canyon Education. Has Grand Canyon Education been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about LOPE stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Grand Canyon Education earned a media sentiment score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Grand Canyon Education. Are investors shorting Grand Canyon Education? Grand Canyon Education saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,500,000 shares, a decrease of 20.6% from the January 31st total of 3,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 842,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 5.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Grand Canyon Education's Short Interest. Who are some of Grand Canyon Education's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Grand Canyon Education include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), K12 (LRN), American Public Education (APEI), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), National American University Holdngs (NAUH), Corinthian Colleges (COCOQ) and ITT Educational Services (ESINQ). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Grand Canyon Education own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Grand Canyon Education investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Arista Networks (ANET), Shopify (SHOP), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Trade Desk (TTD), Mastercard (MA), Paypal (PYPL), Twilio (TWLO) and Okta (OKTA). Who are Grand Canyon Education's key executives? Grand Canyon Education's management team includes the following people: Mr. Brian E. Mueller, CEO, Pres & Chairman (Age 65)Mr. Daniel E. Bachus, Chief Financial Officer (Age 49)Mr. Joseph N. Mildenhall, Chief Information Officer (Age 65)Ms. Dilek Marsh, Chief Data OfficerVince Grell, Exec. VP of University Partnerships What is Grand Canyon Education's stock symbol? Grand Canyon Education trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LOPE." Who are Grand Canyon Education's major shareholders? Grand Canyon Education's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.15%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (8.68%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.72%), FMR LLC (2.50%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (1.89%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.82%). Company insiders that own Grand Canyon Education stock include Brian E Mueller, Daniel E Bachus, Dilek Marsh, Joseph N Mildenhall and William Stan Meyer. View institutional ownership trends for Grand Canyon Education. Which major investors are selling Grand Canyon Education stock? LOPE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bank of America Corp DE, WINTON GROUP Ltd, No Street GP LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, and Precept Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Grand Canyon Education company stock in the last year include Dilek Marsh, and Joseph N Mildenhall. View insider buying and selling activity for Grand Canyon Education. Which major investors are buying Grand Canyon Education stock? LOPE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Baird Financial Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, and Riverbridge Partners LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Grand Canyon Education. How do I buy shares of Grand Canyon Education? Shares of LOPE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Grand Canyon Education's stock price today? One share of LOPE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $96.13. How big of a company is Grand Canyon Education? Grand Canyon Education has a market capitalization of $4.55 billion and generates $778.64 million in revenue each year. The company earns $259.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.58 on an earnings per share basis. Grand Canyon Education employs 4,350 workers across the globe. What is Grand Canyon Education's official website? The official website for Grand Canyon Education is www.gce.com. How can I contact Grand Canyon Education? Grand Canyon Education's mailing address is 2600 W. CAMELBACK ROAD, PHOENIX AZ, 85017. The company can be reached via phone at 602-247-4400. This page was last updated on 8/15/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. 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