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LOPE vs. BFAM, LRN, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, EDU, TAL, and GHC

Should 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. Its Competitors

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap education services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Grand Canyon Education presently has a consensus target price of $207.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus target price of $138.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, 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
Grand Canyon Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 21.94% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.91%. Grand Canyon Education's return on equity of 30.94% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Grand Canyon Education21.94% 30.94% 23.67%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.91%14.62%5.01%

Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education and Grand Canyon Education both had 9 articles in the media. Grand Canyon Education's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.27 indicating that Grand Canyon Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Grand Canyon Education
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 Ratio
Grand Canyon Education$1.03B5.20$226.23M$7.9723.75
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.59$140.19M$2.7743.87

Summary

Grand Canyon Education beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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LOPE vs. The Competition

MetricGrand Canyon EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.36B$1.69B$8.22B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A5.73%3.29%4.12%
P/E Ratio23.7513.4220.5719.74
Price / Sales5.202.123.31109.12
Price / Cash20.2715.0217.1957.06
Price / Book7.042.914.545.37
Net Income$226.23M$76.25M$212.83M$248.34M
7 Day Performance2.06%3.47%3.42%1.67%
1 Month Performance-5.71%9.55%9.73%4.56%
1 Year Performance34.12%27.30%9.71%18.42%

Grand Canyon Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.8139 of 5 stars
$189.29
+0.2%
$207.67
+9.7%
+33.8%$5.36B$1.03B23.755,500Positive News
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.3734 of 5 stars
$122.74
+0.3%
$138.67
+13.0%
+11.7%$7.03B$2.69B44.311,450Positive News
LRN
Stride
1.4379 of 5 stars
$147.09
+0.8%
$126.83
-13.8%
+105.6%$6.40B$2.04B22.957,800Positive News
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.3264 of 5 stars
$127.88
+2.2%
$135.67
+6.1%
+85.1%$4.76B$1.58B21.219,938News Coverage
Positive News
STRA
Strategic Education
4.6448 of 5 stars
$87.04
+1.0%
$107.67
+23.7%
-20.9%$2.10B$1.23B18.603,801
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
1.36 of 5 stars
$34.75
+4.3%
$35.83
+3.1%
+103.2%$1.89B$732.69M33.413,700
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
2.897 of 5 stars
$23.09
+2.7%
$24.60
+6.5%
+98.0%$729.48M$454.20M59.212,475
APEI
American Public Education
4.3396 of 5 stars
$30.11
+1.1%
$32.20
+6.9%
+69.3%$543.18M$624.56M29.526,117
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1.4247 of 5 stars
$49.13
+5.4%
$48.50
-1.3%
-32.1%$8.34B$4.31B20.7375,005Gap Up
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.5281 of 5 stars
$10.57
+2.2%
$13.13
+24.2%
-1.8%$6.39B$2.25B75.5015,000Stock Split
GHC
Graham
3.9841 of 5 stars
$967.19
+1.7%
N/A+38.7%$4.22B$4.79B6.7821,446High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:LOPE) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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