NASDAQ:LOPE - Grand Canyon Education Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ:LOPE) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.09. The business earned $193.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $191.75 million. Grand Canyon Education had a net margin of 34.73% and a return on equity of 20.50%. The firm's revenue was up 24.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.06 earnings per share. View Grand Canyon Education's Earnings History.

Grand Canyon Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Grand Canyon Education.

Grand Canyon Education will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Grand Canyon Education updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.54 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.54. The company issued revenue guidance of $213.9 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $213.90 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Grand Canyon Education's stock. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Grand Canyon Education's share price to reach $135.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Grand Canyon Education.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Grand Canyon Education in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Grand Canyon Education.

News articles about LOPE stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Grand Canyon Education earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Grand Canyon Education.

Grand Canyon Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,690,000 shares, an increase of 154.5% from the December 15th total of 1,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 658,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 7.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Grand Canyon Education's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Grand Canyon Education include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Career Education (CECO), 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).

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Grand Canyon Education's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.55%), Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.43%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.11%), Winmill & CO. Inc. (0.10%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.02%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Calamos Advisors LLC and Summit Creek Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Grand Canyon Education company stock in the last year include Brian E Mueller, Daniel E Bachus, Dilek Marsh, Joseph N Mildenhall and William Stan Meyer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Grand Canyon Education.

LOPE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sciencast Management LP, We Are One Seven LLC, Huntington National Bank and FTB Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $97.48.

Grand Canyon Education has a market capitalization of $4.70 billion and generates $845.50 million in revenue each year. The company earns $229.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.09 on an earnings per share basis. Grand Canyon Education employs 3,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Grand Canyon Education.

The official website for Grand Canyon Education is http://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.