NASDAQ:LOPEGrand Canyon Education Stock Price, Forecast & News

Grand Canyon Education's stock was trading at $75.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LOPE shares have increased by 21.8% and is now trading at $91.63. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Grand Canyon Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Grand Canyon Education.

Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ:LOPE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $221.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $220.44 million. Grand Canyon Education had a return on equity of 18.85% and a net margin of 32.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.62 EPS. View Grand Canyon Education's earnings history.

Grand Canyon Education updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $179.7 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $179.67 million.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Grand Canyon Education's stock. Their forecasts range from $102.00 to $111.00. On average, they expect Grand Canyon Education's share price to reach $107.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Grand Canyon Education.

Media coverage about LOPE stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Grand Canyon Education earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Grand Canyon Education.

Grand Canyon Education saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,800,000 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the May 31st total of 2,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 505,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 6.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Grand Canyon Education's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.53%). 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.

LOPE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for 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.

One share of LOPE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.63.

Grand Canyon Education has a market capitalization of $4.34 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.

The official website for Grand Canyon Education is www.gce.com.

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.