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

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 8.430-8.820 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Grand Canyon Education in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Grand Canyon Education from $170.00 to $186.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com cut Grand Canyon Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on Grand Canyon Education from $152.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th.

Grand Canyon Education Trading Down 0.8 %

LOPE stock traded down $1.50 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $184.02. 404,268 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 139,021. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $170.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $154.97. Grand Canyon Education has a one year low of $126.17 and a one year high of $185.66. The company has a market cap of $5.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.74.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.93 by $0.02. Grand Canyon Education had a net margin of 22.09% and a return on equity of 31.01%. Analysts forecast that Grand Canyon Education will post 8.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Grand Canyon Education

In other Grand Canyon Education news, CTO Dilek Marsh sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.07, for a total transaction of $249,105.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 21,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,516,366.18. This represents a 6.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Grand Canyon Education Company Profile

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.