Grand Canyon Education
LOPE Nasdaq· Education Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$160.71
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Grand Canyon Education had $1.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 7.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +5.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 24.0%, down 2.6 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 24 is left after running the business.
- Grand Canyon Education made $216M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 10.5% a year.
- Free cash flow was $239M in fiscal 2025, 21.6% of revenue.
- Grand Canyon Education returned $265M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 111% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 4.3%.
- Grand Canyon Education has $300M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
19.5x
Revenue
$1.1B
Net income
$216M
Free cash flow
$239M
Operating margin
24.0%
Grand Canyon Education in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+7.1%
Yes. Sales grew 7.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
19.5%
Yes. It keeps 19.5% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
21.6%
Yes. 21.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 8
Mixed. It passes 4 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
19.5x
One share costs 19.5 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.7x.
What Grand Canyon Education does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 18, 2026
- Legal name
- GRAND CANYON EDUCATION, INC.
- CIK
- 0001434588
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $897M | $911M | $961M | $1.0B | $1.1B |
| Revenue growth | 6.2% | 1.6% | 5.4% | 7.5% | 7.1% |
| Operating margin | 31.5% | 26.1% | 25.9% | 26.7% | 24.0% |
| Net income | $260M | $185M | $205M | $226M | $216M |
| Net margin | 29.0% | 20.3% | 21.3% | 21.9% | 19.5% |
| Diluted EPS | $5.92 | $5.73 | $6.80 | $7.73 | $7.71 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $313M | $221M | $244M | $290M | $274M |
| Capital expenditure | $28.9M | $35.2M | $44.5M | $37.2M | $34.8M |
| Free cash flow | $284M | $186M | $199M | $253M | $239M |
| FCF margin | 31.7% | 20.4% | 20.7% | 24.5% | 21.6% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $804M | $604M | $137M | $173M | $265M |
| Share count change | −6.8% | −26.7% | −6.5% | −2.9% | −4.3% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $601M | $182M | $245M | $325M | $300M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.0B | $638M | $718M | $784M | $747M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −2.0x | −0.7x | −0.9x | −1.1x | −1.0x |
| Current ratio | 7.0x | 2.7x | 3.5x | 3.8x | 3.7x |
| Interest coverage | 78.4x | 118,750.0x | 7,553.2x | 68,849.8x | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 23.6% | 40.6% | 42.3% | 45.9% | 45.3% |
| Return on equity | 19.9% | 22.0% | 30.2% | 30.1% | 28.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 15.8 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canyon Education LOPE | $4.2B | 7.1% | 24.0% | 21.6% | 45.3% | 19.5x | 4 |
| Duolingo DUOL | $6.9B | 38.7% | 13.1% | 35.6% | 77.6% | 16.4x | 4 |
| Strategic Education STRA | $1.8B | 4.0% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 8.4% | 13.6x | 6 |
| Perdoceo Education PRDO | $2.1B | 24.2% | 23.2% | 25.6% | — | 11.9x | — |
| Universal Technical Institut... UTI | $1.2B | 14.1% | 10.0% | 6.6% | 24.0% | 36.0x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $160.71 a share, the company is worth $4.2B: 19.5 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Grand Canyon Education grew sales faster than 1 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 3 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001434588). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.