Consumer Defensive
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(LOPE)
Live Price
Offline$141.51
-0.67% today
1Y Change
-23.19%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $4.51B
- Revenue Growth
- +7.1%
- EPS Growth
- -0.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $4.51B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $141.51 and down 23.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.1%, EPS growth of -0.1%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.1%, EPS -0.1%, free cash flow -5.6% with operating margin 38.0% and ROIC 28.2%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 20.2 and price/sales 5.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LOPE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+7.1% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+38.0% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
20.2 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 30, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +7.1% and EPS is at -0.1%, with operating margin around 38.0%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 30, 2026 | โ | -3.3% | -2.7% | -11.4% |
2026 Feb 18, 2026 | +0.6% | -7.9% | -6.5% | -2.2% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | +0.0% | -6.3% | -4.7% | -12.7% |
Benchmark Edge
LOPE vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LOPE
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LOPE Max Drawdown
-35.41%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LOPE and SPY.
Company Overview
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. The company's technology services include learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services comprises program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support include admission, financial aid, and field experience and other counseling services. It also offers marketing and communication services, such as lead acquisition, digital communications strategy, brand identity, market research, media planning and strategy, video, and business intelligence and data science; and back-office services comprising finance and accounting, human resources, audit, and procurement services. The company, through its subsidiary, Orbis Education Services, LLC, supports healthcare education programs for 27 universities. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Leadership
- Brian E. Mueller
- IPO Date
- Nov 20, 2008
- Employees
- 4.1k
- Street Address
- 2600 West Camelback Road
- Mailing
- Phoenix, AZ, 85017
- Region
- Phoenix, AZ, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 602 247 4400
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 20.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.6
- Price/Sales
- 5.5
- Price/Book
- 6.4
Growth
- Revenue
- +7.1%
- EPS
- -0.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -5.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 51.6%
- Operating Margin
- 38.0%
- Net Margin
- 26.9%
- ROE
- 29.5%
- ROIC
- 28.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.15
- Current Ratio
- 2.75
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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