Grand Canyon Education Stock Today

LOPE Stock  USD 168.82  1.28  0.75%   

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Grand Canyon is trading at 168.82 as of the 23rd of March 2025, a 0.75 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 167.32. Grand Canyon has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat modest performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 23rd of December 2024 and ending today, the 23rd of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain
Consumer Services
IPO Date
20th of November 2008
Category
Consumer Defensive
Classification
Consumer Discretionary
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Grand Canyon operates under Education Training Services classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. The company has 28.72 M outstanding shares of which 269.22 K shares are now shorted by private and institutional investors with about 1.43 trading days to cover. More on Grand Canyon Education

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Grand Stock Highlights

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CEOBrian Mueller
Business ConcentrationDiversified Consumer Services, Education & Training Services, Consumer Discretionary, Nasdaq Benchmark Consumer, NASDAQ Composite, SP Midcap 400, NASDAQ Composite Total, Consumer Discretionary, Diversified Consumer Services, Education & Training Services, Consumer Defensive (View all Sectors)
Average Analyst Recommendation
Debt Levels
Grand Canyon can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Grand Canyon's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Grand Canyon's total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
Grand Canyon Education currently holds 108.52 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 0.1, which may suggest the company is not taking enough advantage from borrowing. Grand Canyon Education has a current ratio of 2.36, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about Grand Canyon's use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.

Change In Cash

187.06 Million
Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA. It is located in 2600 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 85017 and employs 4,092 people. Grand Canyon is listed under Diversified Consumer Services category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 4.85 B. Grand Canyon Education conducts business under Diversified Consumer Services sector and is part of Consumer Discretionary industry. The entity has 28.72 M outstanding shares of which 269.22 K shares are now shorted by private and institutional investors with about 1.43 trading days to cover. Grand Canyon Education currently holds about 203.27 M in cash with 289.96 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 6.46.
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Ownership Allocation
Grand Canyon Education has a total of 28.72 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Grand Canyon Education outstanding shares are owned by outside corporations. These institutional investors are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to purchase positions in Grand Canyon to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, third-party entities are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Grand Canyon Education. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Grand Canyon Education as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that almost one hundred six thousand two hundred eighty-two invesors are currently shorting Grand Canyon expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
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Grand Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Amvescap Plc.2024-12-31
494.7 K
Fidelity International Ltd2024-12-31
420.8 K
Wasatch Advisors Lp2024-12-31
418.2 K
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc2024-12-31
393 K
Massachusetts Financial Services Company2024-12-31
368.9 K
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans2024-12-31
364.2 K
Norges Bank2024-12-31
353.1 K
Los Angeles Capital Management Llc2024-12-31
347.5 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
343.2 K
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
2.9 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
2.9 M
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Grand Canyon Historical Income Statement

At present, Grand Canyon's Selling General Administrative is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Total Operating Expenses is expected to grow to about 786.6 M, whereas Total Revenue is forecasted to decline to about 668.5 M. View More Fundamentals

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Grand Canyon Corporate Management

Daniel BriggsChief ServicesProfile
Dilek MarshChief Data OfficerProfile
Stan MeyerChief OfficerProfile
Daniel CPAChief OfficerProfile
Vince GrellEx PartnershipsProfile
Lori BrowningController VPProfile
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Is Diversified Consumer Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Grand Canyon. If investors know Grand will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Grand Canyon listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.044
Earnings Share
7.73
Revenue Per Share
35.493
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.051
Return On Assets
0.1779
The market value of Grand Canyon Education is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Grand that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Grand Canyon's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Grand Canyon's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Grand Canyon's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Grand Canyon's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Grand Canyon's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Grand Canyon is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Grand Canyon's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.