Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Competitors $174.32 -4.35 (-2.43%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$174.32 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05:21 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock 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 Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings. Does the media favor LOPE or BFAM? In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education had 5 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Grand Canyon Education and 13 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Grand Canyon Education's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.67 indicating that Grand Canyon Education is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Grand Canyon Education 16 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 11 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts recommend LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education currently has a consensus price target of $197.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.39%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $137.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.35%. 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 Grand Canyon Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education received 95 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGrand Canyon EducationOutperform Votes51367.32% Underperform Votes24932.68% Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.18% Underperform Votes31342.82% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 RatioGrand Canyon Education$1.03B4.85$204.99M$7.7422.52Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.48$140.19M$2.4048.47 Which has more volatility and risk, LOPE or BFAM? Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LOPE or BFAM? 94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is LOPE or BFAM more profitable? Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 21.90% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Grand Canyon Education's return on equity of 30.67% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Grand Canyon Education21.90% 30.67% 23.29% Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.22%13.63%4.62% 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$5.01B$930.28M$7.02B$7.34BDividend YieldN/A9.04%3.54%4.31%P/E Ratio22.5210.4515.7517.76Price / Sales4.851.457.0197.71Price / Cash20.0827.8916.4234.64Price / Book6.392.364.143.98Net Income$204.99M$22.13M$258.87M$247.33M7 Day Performance2.35%2.78%1.85%4.38%1 Month Performance2.76%-5.78%-8.23%-7.77%1 Year Performance33.30%-1.42%-5.86%1.25% Grand Canyon Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOPEGrand Canyon Education3.9282 of 5 stars$174.32-2.4%$197.67+13.4%+36.6%$5.01B$1.03B22.525,500Analyst ForecastPositive NewsGap DownBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.2825 of 5 stars$111.38-2.8%$137.67+23.6%+11.3%$6.39B$2.69B46.4125,800Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeLRNStride1.2232 of 5 stars$126.15+0.9%$120.17-4.7%+134.0%$5.49B$2.19B21.067,500Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education3.9039 of 5 stars$98.94+0.9%$101.67+2.8%+134.3%$3.69B$1.69B18.424,680Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSTRAStrategic Education4.3273 of 5 stars$77.93-3.9%$112.33+44.1%-18.7%$1.92B$1.22B14.843,910Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.9574 of 5 stars$25.63+1.5%$32.17+25.5%+91.8%$1.39B$759.42M26.421,950Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeLINCLincoln Educational Services3.1603 of 5 stars$16.11+5.2%$21.00+30.4%+75.5%$508.96M$440.06M50.352,060High Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education3.5296 of 5 stars$22.15+0.7%$25.33+14.4%+91.3%$398.61M$624.56M39.555,800News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.4401 of 5 stars$42.75-4.2%$61.20+43.2%-48.3%$7.25B$4.82B18.1953,100Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap UpTALTAL Education Group3.0709 of 5 stars$10.91-11.1%$15.53+42.3%-14.2%$6.60B$2.07B57.4516,200Upcoming EarningsStock SplitShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeGHCGraham2.0109 of 5 stars$888.46-3.8%N/A+28.7%$3.86B$4.79B17.4019,900Positive NewsHigh Trading Volume 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 Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LOPE) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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