Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Competitors $183.45 -2.09 (-1.13%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$183.45 +0.00 (+0.00%) As of 07:27 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock LOPE vs. BFAM, LRN, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, EDU, TAL, and GHCShould you be buying Grand Canyon Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grand Canyon Education include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), and Graham (GHC). Grand Canyon Education vs. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stride Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education New Oriental Education & Technology Group TAL Education Group Graham Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability. Does the media refer more to LOPE or BFAM? In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education had 5 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Grand Canyon Education and 4 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Grand Canyon Education's score of 1.41 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Grand Canyon Education 8 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts rate LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education presently has a consensus target price of $207.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus target price of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.16%. Given Grand Canyon Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Grand Canyon Education is more favorable than Bright Horizons Family Solutions.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Grand Canyon Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70 Is LOPE or BFAM more profitable? Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 21.90% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Grand Canyon Education's return on equity of 30.67% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Grand Canyon Education21.90% 30.67% 23.29% Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.22%13.63%4.62% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education received 97 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGrand Canyon EducationOutperform Votes51567.32% Underperform Votes25032.68% Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.10% Underperform Votes31442.90% Which has more volatility and risk, LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation and earnings, LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Grand Canyon Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGrand Canyon Education$1.05B5.00$204.99M$7.9723.17Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.73B2.63$140.19M$2.7745.34 Do insiders and institutionals believe in LOPE or BFAM? 94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryGrand Canyon Education beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Grand Canyon Education News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LOPE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LOPE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGrand Canyon EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$5.24B$1.00B$7.99B$8.63BDividend YieldN/A5.77%3.19%4.19%P/E Ratio23.8611.9515.3620.18Price / Sales5.001.513.81164.37Price / Cash20.0827.8916.3734.64Price / Book6.772.424.834.73Net Income$204.99M$21.60M$257.27M$248.00M7 Day Performance-6.42%1.59%1.16%4.37%1 Month Performance-5.83%2.14%6.61%10.75%1 Year Performance32.22%12.94%22.78%15.13% Grand Canyon Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOPEGrand Canyon Education4.6386 of 5 stars$183.45-1.1%$207.67+13.2%+29.8%$5.21B$1.05B23.705,500Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.3282 of 5 stars$128.28-0.7%$138.33+7.8%+16.9%$7.34B$2.73B53.4525,800Positive NewsLRNStride1.8614 of 5 stars$158.36+4.6%$126.83-19.9%+107.4%$6.89B$2.29B26.447,500Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.4439 of 5 stars$133.12+0.8%$135.67+1.9%+85.5%$4.96B$1.74B24.794,680STRAStrategic Education4.6561 of 5 stars$92.26+1.1%$107.67+16.7%-22.8%$2.23B$1.23B17.573,910UTIUniversal Technical Institute4.0452 of 5 stars$35.86+0.9%$35.83-0.1%+130.8%$1.95B$782.69M36.971,950LINCLincoln Educational Services4.2454 of 5 stars$23.08-3.0%$24.60+6.6%+114.3%$729.17M$454.20M72.132,060Insider TradeHigh Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education4.1355 of 5 stars$29.24-0.7%$31.25+6.9%+62.3%$527.49M$634.68M52.215,800EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group1.0693 of 5 stars$45.71-3.5%$48.50+6.1%-38.8%$7.76B$4.79B19.4553,100Positive NewsTALTAL Education Group1.5604 of 5 stars$10.14+3.1%$13.13+29.5%+0.8%$6.13B$2.25B53.3416,200Stock SplitGHCGraham2.9563 of 5 stars$950.47-0.4%N/A+32.9%$4.14B$4.80B18.6119,500Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors Stride Competitors Adtalem Global Education Competitors Strategic Education Competitors Universal Technical Institute Competitors Lincoln Educational Services Competitors American Public Education Competitors New Oriental Education & Technology Group Competitors TAL Education Group Competitors Graham Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LOPE) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBanks aren’t ready for this altcoin—are you?While everyone's distracted by Bitcoin's moves, a stealth revolution is underway. 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