Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
General ticker "LOPE" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
- Capitalization: $5.2B (TTM average)
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 37.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 153.37$, high 156.76$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 5830 (+0.5%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Decline in GCU enrollment, Market competition, Cybersecurity threats, Regulatory and compliance, Attracting new students
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [137.75$, 188.98$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [137.33$, 191.44$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LOPE estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 20.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 26.66 > 18.64
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 1.30 > -0.66
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 18.18 > 6.04
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 76.97 > 63.39
- Positive: 0.33 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.13
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $911.31MM | $960.90MM | $1,033.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $673.81MM | $711.64MM | $757.60MM |
| Operating Income | $237.50MM | $249.26MM | $275.40MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $2.62MM | $10.42MM | $15.92MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.00MM | $0.03MM | $0.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $240.12MM | $259.68MM | $291.31MM |
| Taxes | $55.44MM | $54.69MM | $65.08MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $184.68MM | $204.99MM | $226.23MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $637.62MM | $718.01MM | $783.85MM |
| Assets | $832.75MM | $930.46MM | $1,018.42MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $220.82MM | $243.66MM | $289.96MM |
| Capital expenditure | $35.63MM | $45.43MM | $37.25MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-97.14MM | $-80.47MM | $61.37MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-604.21MM | $-137.12MM | $-173.18MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $5.75 | $6.83 | $7.77 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.