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Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Competitors

$115.86
+0.14 (+0.12%)
(As of 03:52 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$114.89
$116.34
50-Day Range
$107.08
$118.31
52-Week Range
$78.37
$124.53
Volume
111,449 shs
Average Volume
188,710 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.51 billion
P/E Ratio
18.81
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$133.00

LOPE vs. LRN, STRA, ATGE, GHC, LAUR, TAL, AFYA, PRDO, EDU, and DISH

Should you be buying Grand Canyon Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grand Canyon Education include Stride (LRN), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), TAL Education Group (TAL), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), and DISH Network (DISH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Grand Canyon Education vs.

Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Grand Canyon Education received 132 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.19% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StrideOutperform Votes
357
69.19%
Underperform Votes
159
30.81%
Grand Canyon EducationOutperform Votes
489
66.89%
Underperform Votes
242
33.11%

Grand Canyon Education has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stride. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grand Canyon Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stride$1.84B1.05$126.87M$2.9615.21
Grand Canyon Education$911.31M3.85$184.68M$6.1618.81

Stride has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Stride presently has a consensus price target of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.54%. Grand Canyon Education has a consensus price target of $133.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.57%. Given Stride's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grand Canyon Education is more favorable than Stride.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stride
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Grand Canyon Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 20.42% compared to Grand Canyon Education's net margin of 6.90%. Stride's return on equity of 31.06% beat Grand Canyon Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stride6.90% 14.60% 7.57%
Grand Canyon Education 20.42%31.06%23.58%

98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Stride shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Stride had 3 more articles in the media than Grand Canyon Education. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Stride and 1 mentions for Grand Canyon Education. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Grand Canyon Education's score of 0.63 indicating that Grand Canyon Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stride
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Grand Canyon Education
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Grand Canyon Education beats Stride on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LOPE vs. The Competition

MetricGrand Canyon EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.51B$722.54M$6.20B$6.20B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%2.79%9.77%
P/E Ratio18.8110.9315.3111.88
Price / Sales3.851.476.7871.79
Price / Cash16.109.0114.4622.68
Price / Book5.661.705.044.61
Net Income$184.68M$2.97M$184.71M$185.80M
7 Day Performance0.62%-1.67%-3.23%-2.84%
1 Month Performance1.60%-2.42%-3.91%-4.79%
1 Year Performance44.90%-2.93%11.77%5.96%

Grand Canyon Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LRN
Stride
2.0203 of 5 stars
$44.59
-0.3%
$50.67
+13.6%
+9.6%$1.92B$1.84B15.067,800
STRA
Strategic Education
2.1016 of 5 stars
$75.75
+0.3%
$93.25
+23.1%
+21.8%$1.85B$1.08B49.843,907Positive News
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
2.5842 of 5 stars
$43.12
+1.1%
$50.67
+17.5%
+21.8%$1.79B$1.45B20.839,655
GHC
Graham
2.8227 of 5 stars
$585.20
-1.4%
N/A+8.3%$2.72B$3.92B13.066,500Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
2.5608 of 5 stars
$13.92
+0.3%
$17.00
+22.1%
+23.4%$2.19B$1.24B23.5935,000
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.3548 of 5 stars
$7.39
-1.7%
$5.97
-19.3%
+54.6%$4.71B$1.02B-35.1911,700Stock Split
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AFYA
Afya
2.5112 of 5 stars
$15.59
-1.9%
$18.00
+15.5%
+13.2%$1.46B$451.09M21.368,708
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
2.7176 of 5 stars
$16.45
+0.6%
$21.00
+27.7%
+71.4%$1.08B$695.21M8.894,500
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.4291 of 5 stars
$56.07
-1.9%
$71.00
+26.6%
+147.9%$9.52B$3.00B54.4453,071Positive News
DISH
DISH Network
2.6937 of 5 stars
$6.48
+1.6%
$12.91
+99.2%
-59.3%$3.46B$16.68B2.3314,200

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This page (NASDAQ:LOPE) was last updated on 9/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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