Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 8.430-8.820 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 8.770. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1 billion-$1.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.1 billion. Grand Canyon Education also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 2.500-2.520 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on LOPE. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on Grand Canyon Education from $170.00 to $186.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $152.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Grand Canyon Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Barrington Research increased their target price on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $180.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday.

Grand Canyon Education Trading Down 0.7 %

NASDAQ:LOPE traded down $1.27 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $186.01. 47,308 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 147,035. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.74. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $170.74 and a two-hundred day moving average of $155.40. Grand Canyon Education has a 12 month low of $126.17 and a 12 month high of $192.18.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $2.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.93 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $292.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $289.62 million. Grand Canyon Education had a net margin of 21.90% and a return on equity of 30.91%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Grand Canyon Education will post 8.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Grand Canyon Education news, CTO Dilek Marsh sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $166.07, for a total value of $249,105.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer now owns 21,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,516,366.18. This represents a 6.62 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 2.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Grand Canyon Education

Grand Canyon Education, Inc provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. It offers technology services, including learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services, such as program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support services comprising admission, financial aid, and field experience and other counseling services.