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

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. 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.

Grand Canyon Education Stock Performance

Shares of LOPE stock traded down $1.27 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $186.01. The company had a trading volume of 47,308 shares, compared to its average volume of 147,035. Grand Canyon Education has a twelve month low of $126.17 and a twelve month high of $192.18. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $170.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $155.40. The company has a market capitalization of $5.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.74.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) last released 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 21.90% and a return on equity of 30.91%. The business had revenue of $292.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.62 million. As a group, equities analysts expect that Grand Canyon Education will post 8.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on LOPE. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Grand Canyon Education from $152.00 to $173.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Grand Canyon Education from $170.00 to $186.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Barrington Research upped their price target 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. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Grand Canyon Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th.

Insider Activity

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 value 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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.