Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Competitors $194.32 -2.79 (-1.42%) As of 02:45 PM Eastern This is a fair market value 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 Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Do analysts rate BFAM or LOPE? Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.05%. Grand Canyon Education has a consensus price target of $201.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.44%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Grand Canyon Education.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Grand Canyon Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is BFAM or LOPE 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 Bright Horizons Family Solutions5.22% 13.63% 4.62% Grand Canyon Education 21.90%30.67%23.29% Does the media refer more to BFAM or LOPE? In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education had 13 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Grand Canyon Education and 9 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Grand Canyon Education's score of 1.76 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Bright Horizons Family Solutions 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Grand Canyon Education 21 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BFAM or LOPE? Grand Canyon Education has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioBright Horizons Family Solutions$2.73B2.57$140.19M$2.7744.18Grand Canyon Education$1.05B5.26$204.99M$7.9724.38 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BFAM or LOPE? 94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility and risk, BFAM or LOPE? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BFAM or LOPE? Grand Canyon Education received 96 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.10% Underperform Votes31442.90% Grand Canyon EducationOutperform Votes51467.28% Underperform Votes25032.72% SummaryGrand Canyon Education beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 12 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$5.51B$1.07B$7.97B$8.42BDividend YieldN/A6.77%3.24%4.11%P/E Ratio25.0812.5015.2319.77Price / Sales5.261.617.96116.56Price / Cash20.0827.8916.3734.62Price / Book7.122.514.754.53Net Income$204.99M$22.13M$258.49M$248.18M7 Day Performance0.04%0.41%-1.16%1.06%1 Month Performance15.52%12.59%10.55%14.68%1 Year Performance32.93%-1.08%-3.98%6.87% Grand Canyon Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOPEGrand Canyon Education3.5776 of 5 stars$194.32-1.4%$201.00+3.4%+33.5%$5.51B$1.05B25.085,500Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.0629 of 5 stars$123.96-0.3%$138.33+11.6%+11.6%$7.10B$2.73B51.6525,800Positive NewsGap UpLRNStride1.6198 of 5 stars$156.59+1.4%$126.83-19.0%+124.2%$6.82B$2.29B26.147,500Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.0928 of 5 stars$134.60-0.1%$135.67+0.8%+103.5%$5.02B$1.74B25.074,680Positive NewsSTRAStrategic Education3.8357 of 5 stars$90.58+0.3%$107.67+18.9%-23.5%$2.19B$1.23B17.253,910Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementUTIUniversal Technical Institute2.0971 of 5 stars$34.78+0.5%$33.00-5.1%+142.1%$1.89B$782.69M35.861,950Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastLINCLincoln Educational Services4.2066 of 5 stars$21.29-1.8%$24.60+15.5%+81.6%$672.62M$454.20M66.532,060Gap UpAPEIAmerican Public Education4.4402 of 5 stars$29.38+5.5%$31.25+6.4%+59.1%$530.02M$634.68M52.465,800Gap UpEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group2.6819 of 5 stars$48.26-0.7%$60.80+26.0%-40.8%$8.19B$4.79B20.5453,100Positive NewsTALTAL Education Group1.7554 of 5 stars$10.86+3.2%$13.70+26.2%-13.5%$6.57B$2.25B57.1616,200Stock SplitGHCGraham2.4902 of 5 stars$959.52-0.2%N/A+25.9%$4.18B$4.80B18.7919,500Positive 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 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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