Grand Canyon Education - LOPE Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Grand Canyon Education in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" LOPE shares.
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2 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Grand Canyon Education's stock. Their LOPE share price forecasts range from $111.00 to $130.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $122.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price.
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Grand Canyon Education's stock was trading at $105.66 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LOPE stock has increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $109.52.
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Grand Canyon Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 676,100 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the February 13th total of 600,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 216,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOPE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 16th. The company reported $2.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.25 by $0.11. The company earned $258.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $256.17 million. Grand Canyon Education had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.24% and a net margin of 20.26%. Grand Canyon Education's revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.11 EPS.

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Grand Canyon Education updated its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.90-$1.93 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.89. The company issued revenue guidance of $249.00 million-$250.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $247.80 million.

474 employees have rated Grand Canyon Education Chief Executive Officer Brian Mueller on Glassdoor.com. Brian Mueller has an approval rating of 80% among the company's employees.

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Grand Canyon Education trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LOPE."

Grand Canyon Education's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (6.61%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (2.99%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.78%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.25%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.23%) and ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (2.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian E Mueller, Daniel E Bachus, Dilek Marsh, Jack A Henry, Joseph N Mildenhall, Kathy J Claypatch, Lori Browning, Sara R Dial and William Stan Meyer.
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Shares of LOPE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LOPE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.52.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) has a market capitalization of $3.40 billion and generates $911.31 million in revenue each year. The company earns $184.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,500 workers across the globe.

Grand Canyon Education's mailing address is 2600 W. CAMELBACK ROAD, PHOENIX AZ, 85017. The official website for the company is www.gce.com. The company can be reached via phone at (602) 247-4400, via email at dan.bachus@gce.com, or via fax at 602-247-4400.