Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE): Price and Financial Metrics
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)
Today's Latest Price: $85.86 USD
Updated Jan 27 3:42pm
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Ranked of 34 in Outsourcing - Education Services
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LOPE Stock Summary
- Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 1.19 for Grand Canyon Education Inc; that's greater than it is for just 12.37% of US stocks.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of -37.62%, Grand Canyon Education Inc's debt growth rate surpasses just 8.38% of about US stocks.
- The volatility of Grand Canyon Education Inc's share price is greater than that of merely 6.72% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Grand Canyon Education Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be FCN, FSS, MANT, ASGN, and HELE.
- Visit LOPE's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.gce.com.
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LOPE Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $85.86 | 52-week high | $106.14 |
| Prev. close | $86.03 | 52-week low | $57.89 |
| Day low | $83.73 | Volume | 311,549 |
| Day high | $86.64 | Avg. volume | 296,211 |
| 50-day MA | $89.02 | Dividend yield | N/A |
| 200-day MA | $88.93 | Market Cap | 4.02B |
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) Company Bio
Grand Canyon Education provides postsecondary education services in the United States and Canada, including graduate and undergraduate degree programs in the fields of education, healthcare, business, teaching, nursing, professional, and liberal arts. The company was founded in 1949 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
LOPE Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $85.86 | $2154.24 | 2404% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Grand Canyon Education Inc. To summarize, we found that Grand Canyon Education Inc ranked in the 92th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Specifically, our DCF analysis implies the stock is trading below its fair value by an estimated 2416.5%. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Grand Canyon Education Inc ended up being:
- Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 49.76; that's higher than 92.25% of US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector that have positive free cash flow.
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 4% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than only 15.67% of the free cash flow producing stocks we're observing.
- LOPE's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 3%; for context, that number is higher than 44.18% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 2355% |
| 1% | 2380% |
| 2% | 2404% |
| 3% | 2429% |
| 4% | 2453% |
| 5% | 2478% |
NATR, CYAN, BIG, SENEA, and BRFS can be thought of as valuation peers to LOPE, in the sense that they are in the Consumer Defensive sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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