Grand Canyon Education (LOPE)
Consumer Discretionary · Education Services · NASDAQ
Grand Canyon Education is a specialized service provider that powers online and campus-based education by delivering essential technology, counseling, and marketing support to universities.
What Grand Canyon Education does
Grand Canyon Education provides technology and academic services to post-secondary educational institutions. The company operates as a partner to universities, offering services including student counseling, marketing, communications, technology, and support, enabling institutions to focus on their core academic missions.
Themes: online learning, higher education services, education technology, university partnerships
Fundamentals
- Price$160.30 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$4.2B as of 2026-07-28 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-24.0% 2025-10-08 close $211.00 → 2026-10-08 close $160.30
- P/E19.36 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+19.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+28.9% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.0% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.54 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How LOPE compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 258 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 10% 314 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 10% 281 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitytop 25% 293 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 326 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 311 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
LOPE is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
56.4 #393 of 1,379 scored · #24 of 155 in Consumer Discretionary
Financial health 86th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 21.6%) and profitability 84th (return on equity 28.9%, operating margin 24%); weakest is trend (35th, a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
How Grand Canyon Education looks technically
Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) is trading 1.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 205 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 12, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 67, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-05-18, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 28.1% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 1.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +1.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $149.96 | $149.96 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $158.67 | $158.67 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 143.79. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 205 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 205 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 1.0% above | +1.0% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 12, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend | 12.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 67, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 67.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading right at the top of its 14-day range ($143.79 to $160.48) — its "stochastic" reading is 99 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 98.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 5 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $223.04 | $223.04 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 28.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -28.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 19.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +19.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 28.1% below its highest point of the past year | 28.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-05-18, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day high, its first since 2026-05-18, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $223.04 (set on 2025-10-24) | $223.04 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($136.72 to $220.55), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 28% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $188.53 to $191.21. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 28.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 28.1% below its all-time high | -28.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.7% above a support level at $159.13 — a price it turned at 10 times since 2024-11-15, most recently on 2026-09-14. Since 2024-10-08 it has 5 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $9.49 (set on 2008-11-20) | $9.49 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1589.1% above its all-time low | +1,589% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 44th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $4.19 between its high and its low — about 2.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $4.19 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $145.33 and $159.03 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $145.33 – $152.18 – $159.03 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (1.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.98× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 7 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 5.0% gap down opened on 2026-08-25 has been "filled" 31 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 31 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 3 sessions in a row, a +3.47% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 3 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 4.7 percentage points (the stock gained 5.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | +4.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 2.5 percentage points (the stock gained 6.4% while the market gained 3.8%) | +2.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 24.6 percentage points (the stock lost 7.2% while the market gained 17.5%) | -24.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 39.0 percentage points (the stock lost 24.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | -39.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 9.0% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +9.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $156.75 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 7% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $150.16 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 50 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +6.8% |
Symmetrical triangle, either side — broke out · entry $152.11 · 55 sessions in
Head and shoulders, bearish — broke down · entry $148.95 · 67 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
LOPE last closed at $160.30 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 5 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $159.13 | Support | 0.7% below the last close | turned there 10 times · 2024-11-15 to 2026-09-14 |
| $164.08 | Resistance | 2.4% above the last close | turned there six times · 2024-12-10 to 2026-04-13 |
| $154.34 | Support | 3.7% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-11-06 to 2026-08-07 |
| $167.20 | Resistance | 4.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-04-21 to 2026-03-04 |
| $170.57 | Resistance | 6.4% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-25 to 2025-12-23 |
| $149.60 | Support | 6.7% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-09 to 2026-02-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $143.79.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 14 trading days, since 2026-09-21.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.33 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$195.00 range $185.00 – $200.00; median $200.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-03. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for LOPE
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.76 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-03
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $1.76, on 2026-08-29, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 5 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on the success and enrollment levels of partner institutions.","Complex regulatory environment governing higher education and student financial aid.","Intense competition in the online and traditional education services market."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of LOPE's 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Older filing (2025-11-05) stated 'retract and retain students' in risk factor; newer filing (2026-04-30) corrects to 'attract and retain students'
- Older filing (2025-11-05) references '2024 Form 10-K' for fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed February 19, 2025; newer filing (2026-04-30) references '2025 Form 10-K' for fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed February 18, 2026
- Older filing (2025-11-05) states 'eleven off-campus classroom and laboratory sites' in word form; newer filing (2026-04-30) states '11 off-campus classroom and laboratory sites' in numeric form
- Notes:
- Both filings are truncated at the end of the Executive Overview section, preventing complete comparison of all MD&A content
- The page number changed from 22 to 20, consistent with document length variation but not independently verifiable from the provided text
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for LOPE — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding LOPE as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 6,398,248
- Reported value $915,653,322
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
LOPE had 2,183,406 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
LOPE had 8.38% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 6.85 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,183,406
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 8.38%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,028,887
- Reported change 7.62%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.85
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Strategic Education (STRA)
- Adtalem Global Education (ATGE)
- Chegg (CHGG)
- 2U (TWOU)
- Coursera (COUR)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) do?
Grand Canyon Education provides technology and academic services to post-secondary educational institutions. The company operates as a partner to universities, offering services including student counseling, marketing, communications, technology, and support, enabling institutions to focus on their core academic missions.
What sector is Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) in?
Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is Education Services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are Grand Canyon Education's (LOPE) competitors?
Notable peers of Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) include Strategic Education, Adtalem Global Education, Chegg, 2U and Coursera. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) overbought or oversold right now?
Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 67, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LOPE come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.