Grand Canyon Education (LOPE)
Consumer Discretionary · Higher education services and technology
Grand Canyon Education provides educational services, technology, and academic support to university partners, helping them expand online and competency-based programs while lowering student costs and debt.
What Grand Canyon Education does
Grand Canyon Education (GCE) delivers a comprehensive suite of educational services and technology solutions to university partners, primarily focused on expanding online learning, developing competency-based programs, and providing academic support services. The company works with universities to create educational models that reduce student tuition and debt through dual credit offerings, online prerequisite courses, and programs targeting skills shortages in healthcare, education, STEM, and related fields. GCE generates revenue through service contracts that include academic counseling, student support, faculty services, curriculum development, and technology infrastructure. The company's model helps university partners maintain financial health amid changing market pressures in higher education.
Themes: ["Higher education services","Online learning and digital education","Student debt reduction","University partnerships and operations","Competency-based education"]
Fundamentals
- Price$150.61 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$4.0B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-14.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E18.10 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+19.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+53.3% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+29.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.58 as of 2026-07-10
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on university partner relationships; loss of a major partner would significantly impact revenue and operations","Regulatory changes in higher education and federal student aid policies could affect partner financial health and demand for services","Pressure on university finances from changing educational landscape may reduce universities' ability or willingness to contract for services"]
Competitors & peers
- Coursera (COUR)
- 2U Inc. (TWOU)
- Instructure (INST)
- Chegg Inc. (CHGG)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.