Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Competitors $170.76 -0.51 (-0.30%) As of 02:57 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends LOPE vs. BFAM, LRN, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, EDU, TAL, and GHCShould you be buying Grand Canyon Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grand Canyon Education include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), and Graham (GHC). Grand Canyon Education vs. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stride Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education New Oriental Education & Technology Group TAL Education Group Graham Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings. Do analysts rate BFAM or LOPE? Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $138.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Grand Canyon Education has a consensus price target of $179.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.90%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Grand Canyon Education.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Grand Canyon Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BFAM or LOPE? 94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is BFAM or LOPE more profitable? Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 22.09% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 4.44%. Grand Canyon Education's return on equity of 31.01% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Bright Horizons Family Solutions4.44% 13.23% 4.39% Grand Canyon Education 22.09%31.01%23.55% Which has more volatility & risk, BFAM or LOPE? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BFAM or LOPE? Grand Canyon Education has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Grand Canyon Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBright Horizons Family Solutions$2.42B2.83$74.22M$1.9959.19Grand Canyon Education$960.90M5.20$204.99M$7.6122.51 Does the media prefer BFAM or LOPE? In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education had 2 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Grand Canyon Education and 7 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Grand Canyon Education's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.20 indicating that Grand Canyon Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Bright Horizons Family Solutions 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Grand Canyon Education 4 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor BFAM or LOPE? Grand Canyon Education received 92 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.11% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41657.46% Underperform Votes30842.54% Grand Canyon EducationOutperform Votes50867.11% Underperform Votes24932.89% SummaryGrand Canyon Education beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Grand Canyon Education News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LOPE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LOPE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGrand Canyon EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$5.00B$903.41M$8.82B$9.27BDividend YieldN/A6.73%2.81%3.98%P/E Ratio22.5110.1811.4113.37Price / Sales5.201.517.4281.13Price / Cash21.0819.2629.5337.67Price / Book7.161.806.074.74Net Income$204.99M$20.67M$274.93M$224.54M7 Day Performance0.75%-0.20%1.49%1.25%1 Month Performance5.11%6.30%2.83%3.17%1 Year Performance35.00%-3.33%10.12%22.74% Grand Canyon Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOPEGrand Canyon Education4.403 of 5 stars$170.76-0.3%$179.67+5.2%+35.1%$4.98B$960.90M22.455,800News CoveragePositive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.8507 of 5 stars$117.47-0.2%$138.25+17.7%+16.7%$6.83B$2.63B59.0331,400Analyst DowngradeNews CoveragePositive NewsLRNStride2.8712 of 5 stars$113.90+0.8%$102.50-10.0%+92.3%$4.96B$2.04B20.717,800Upcoming EarningsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.2719 of 5 stars$98.27+1.0%$91.67-6.7%+63.0%$3.68B$1.63B22.499,938Upcoming EarningsSTRAStrategic Education4.3299 of 5 stars$96.98-0.2%$126.00+29.9%+1.8%$2.38B$1.13B18.473,774Analyst ForecastUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.7292 of 5 stars$26.57+2.2%$27.17+2.2%+86.0%$1.44B$732.69M35.913,700High Trading VolumeLINCLincoln Educational Services3.9494 of 5 stars$15.88+2.9%$18.00+13.4%+70.6%$499.90M$378.07M49.632,300Positive NewsAPEIAmerican Public Education4.2274 of 5 stars$21.51+0.3%$23.00+6.9%+75.1%$380.94M$600.54M38.416,037EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group2.7725 of 5 stars$60.86+2.8%$99.67+63.8%-35.0%$10.33B$4.31B26.0175,005Analyst DowngradeOptions VolumeNews CoverageTALTAL Education Group3.5716 of 5 stars$9.87+1.9%$14.80+50.0%+1.5%$5.97B$1.84B89.7015,000Stock SplitNews CoverageGHCGraham3.0161 of 5 stars$906.25+0.6%N/A+24.4%$3.92B$4.41B17.7519,900Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors Stride Competitors Adtalem Global Education Competitors Strategic Education Competitors Universal Technical Institute Competitors Lincoln Educational Services Competitors American Public Education Competitors New Oriental Education & Technology Group Competitors TAL Education Group Competitors Graham Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LOPE) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDo this Before Elon’s Reveal on January 29thElon’s newest tech could pay you an extra $30,000 a year — while you sleep. 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