LOPE vs Peers Stock Comparison

Grand Canyon Education Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

LOPE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLOPE
Valuation 71 #15 of 49
Growth 47 #19 of 35
Profitability 97 #2 of 32
Financial Health 85 #10 of 61
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 21
Overall 80
  • LOPE ranked among 64 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLOPESPY
1 month +9.1% -0.8%
3 months +10.9% +3.5%
6 months -2.8% +7.0%
Year to date -3.4% +12.2%
1 year -26.4% +13.0%
3 years +36.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +11.0% +23.1%
5 years +82.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +12.8% +11.0%
10 years +278.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +14.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLOPESPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.82 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.4% -1.8%
52-week high $218.48 $779.14
52-week low $136.72 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLOPE
P/E now vs peer median 18.8xmedian 20.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.3xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 22.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.71median 1.83

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLOPE
Revenue $1.14B
Operating income $279.71M
Net income $224.21M
Free cash flow $242.56M
EPS (diluted) $8.55
Cash & equivalents $171.06M
Shares (diluted) 26.22M
Enterprise value $3.11B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLOPE
P/E 18.8x
P/FCF 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x
P/S 3.7x
P/B 6.3x
P/Tangible book 8.1x
EV/EBITDA 12.3x
EV/EBIT 14.1x
EV/Revenue 3.5x
EV/FCF 16.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLOPE
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) -2.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -5.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -7.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLOPE
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 28.1%
Operating margin 24.5%
Pretax margin 25.6%
Net margin 19.6%
FCF margin 21.2%
Operating cash flow margin 24.4%
Return on equity 32.8%
Return on assets 23.8%
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed 33.9%
Asset turnover 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLOPE
Debt / assets –
Debt / equity –
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF –
Liabilities / assets 27.2%
Equity / assets 72.8%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 2.8x
Quick ratio 2.7x
Cash ratio 2.3x
Altman Z-score 16.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLOPE
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 8.1%
Shareholder yield 8.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLOPE
Forward P/E 16.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLOPE
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 447
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8%
Institutions buying 208
Institutions selling 182
Buyers to sellers 1.14

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