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

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE - Get Free Report) 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $181.00 to $202.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday. 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 report on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com cut Grand Canyon Education from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Barrington Research raised their target price on Grand Canyon Education from $180.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday.

Grand Canyon Education Price Performance

LOPE stock traded down $5.57 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $181.70. 229,062 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 152,464. The firm has a market cap of $5.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.48, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.74. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $170.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $155.40. Grand Canyon Education has a 1-year low of $126.17 and a 1-year high of $192.18.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.93 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $292.57 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $289.62 million. Grand Canyon Education had a return on equity of 30.91% and a net margin of 21.90%. On average, research analysts predict that Grand Canyon Education will post 8.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Grand Canyon Education

In related 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 transaction, the chief technology officer now owns 21,174 shares in the company, valued at $3,516,366.18. This represents a 6.62 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 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.