Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE): Price and Financial Metrics
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)
Today's Latest Price: $100.43 USD
Updated Jun 5 4:00pm
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Ranked of 26 in Outsourcing - Education Services
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LOPE Stock Summary
- LOPE's price/sales ratio is 5.92; that's higher than the P/S ratio of 80.63% of US stocks.
- LOPE's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of merely 12.58% of US stocks.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of -45.56%, Grand Canyon Education Inc's debt growth rate surpasses just 5.75% of about US stocks.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Grand Canyon Education Inc are AYI, ASGN, FCN, BWA, and MANT.
- LOPE's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Grand Canyon Education Inc's official web site, go to www.gce.com.
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LOPE Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $100.43 | 52-week high | $132.72 |
| Prev. close | $100.01 | 52-week low | $57.89 |
| Day low | $100.07 | Volume | 195,699 |
| Day high | $103.49 | Avg. volume | 641,078 |
| 50-day MA | $85.60 | Dividend yield | N/A |
| 200-day MA | $91.10 | Market Cap | 4.75B |
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: |
| $100.43 | $251.29 | 151% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Grand Canyon Education Inc with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Grand Canyon Education Inc ranked in the 69th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Specifically, our DCF analysis implies the stock is trading below its fair value by an estimated 152.5%. 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 32.84 -- which is good for besting 89.88% of its peer stocks (US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector with positive cash flow).
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 3% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than just 9.74% 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 2%; for context, that number is higher than 53.22% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 146% |
| 1% | 149% |
| 2% | 151% |
| 3% | 154% |
| 4% | 156% |
| 5% | 159% |
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