Grand Canyon Education LOPE
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Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2022)

Updated

Grand Canyon Education's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 28.87% in Q3 2022, up 15.07 percentage points from 13.79% a year earlier and up 0.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

For FY2021, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at Grand Canyon Education came in at 15.91%, up 2.79 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of -3.20 percentage points (FY2016 to FY2021).
  • In earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 13.11% in FY2020 (-2.03 pp), 15.15% in FY2019 (-2.57 pp), 17.71% in FY2018 (-3.36 pp) and 21.07% in FY2017 (+1.97 pp).
  • The Q3 2022 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q1 2012.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +5.47 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was Q3 2022 (a gain of 15.07 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2019 (a drop of 7.48 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, LOPE's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three quarters before Q3 2022 was 27.94% (Q2 2022), 22.75% (Q1 2022) and 17.12% (Q4 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Accenture 132.79 Bn 93.20 Bn 6.13 Bn 20.89%
2 Cintas 77.24 Bn 76.43 Bn 1.48 Bn 27.72%
3 Iron Mountain 33.76 Bn 33.28 Bn 1.07 Bn 7.58%
4 APi 17.50 Bn 14.54 Bn 703.00 Mn 6.73%
5 Aramark 14.64 Bn 12.66 Bn 430.34 Mn 6.84%
6 Rollins 14.51 Bn 14.06 Bn 569.95 Mn 26.74%
7 UL Solutions 13.33 Bn 12.11 Bn 417.00 Mn 22.87%
8 Gartner 11.67 Bn 5.36 Bn 1.19 Bn 28.65%
9 Rentokil Initial 10.08 Bn 3.42 Bn - -
10 Grand Canyon Education 4.09 Bn 2.98 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2022 28.87%
Jun 30, 2022 27.94%
Mar 31, 2022 22.75%
Dec 31, 2021 17.12%
Sep 30, 2021 13.79%
Jun 30, 2021 13.23%
Mar 31, 2021 13.05%
Dec 31, 2020 12.91%
Sep 30, 2020 12.61%
Jun 30, 2020 13.25%
Mar 31, 2020 13.60%
Dec 31, 2019 13.43%
Sep 30, 2019 13.30%
Jun 30, 2019 12.25%
Mar 31, 2019 14.00%
Dec 31, 2018 16.66%
Sep 30, 2018 17.75%
Jun 30, 2018 19.73%
Mar 31, 2018 20.25%
Dec 31, 2017 19.91%
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