Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Competitors $166.45 +4.32 (+2.66%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) 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). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector. 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 consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings. Which has preferable valuation and 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$2.63B2.50$74.22M$1.9956.82Grand Canyon Education$1.02B4.76$204.99M$7.6121.87 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% Do insiders and institutionals believe in BFAM or LOPE? 94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by company 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. Do analysts recommend BFAM or LOPE? Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $141.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Grand Canyon Education has a consensus target price of $179.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.94%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Grand Canyon Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media refer more to BFAM or LOPE? In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 11 more articles in the media than Grand Canyon Education. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 5 mentions for Grand Canyon Education. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Grand Canyon Education's score of 1.39 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Bright Horizons Family Solutions 10 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Grand Canyon Education 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more risk & volatility, BFAM or LOPE? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BFAM or LOPE? Grand Canyon Education received 94 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 57.66% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41457.66% Underperform Votes30442.34% Grand Canyon EducationOutperform Votes50867.11% Underperform Votes24932.89% SummaryGrand Canyon Education beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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$4.85B$926.49M$8.54B$8.84BDividend YieldN/A6.48%2.77%4.09%P/E Ratio21.8711.7719.7217.83Price / Sales4.761.327.72158.41Price / Cash19.8021.3433.2236.29Price / Book6.351.763.706.50Net Income$204.99M$21.95M$267.23M$226.22M7 Day Performance4.28%1.86%1.58%4.03%1 Month Performance23.73%1.05%1.19%4.92%1 Year Performance21.38%7.64%17.33%29.30% Grand Canyon Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOPEGrand Canyon Education4.32 of 5 stars$166.45+2.7%$179.67+7.9%+21.4%$4.85B$1.02B21.875,800Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.8803 of 5 stars$110.82+2.3%$141.50+27.7%+27.9%$6.45B$2.42B55.6431,400Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsLRNStride3.2759 of 5 stars$103.35+0.5%$90.17-12.8%+76.7%$4.50B$2.04B18.807,800Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.4832 of 5 stars$88.82+1.8%$85.00-4.3%+57.8%$3.33B$1.58B20.329,938STRAStrategic Education4.5332 of 5 stars$96.66+1.2%$126.00+30.4%+10.5%$2.37B$1.13B18.413,774Dividend AnnouncementUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.7707 of 5 stars$23.61+18.7%$24.00+1.7%+116.2%$1.27B$607.41M47.223,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeLINCLincoln Educational Services4.0613 of 5 stars$15.60+1.4%$18.00+15.4%+66.0%$491.09M$378.07M48.562,300Insider TradeHigh Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education4.7074 of 5 stars$19.55+2.2%$23.00+17.6%+197.9%$346.23M$600.54M34.916,037EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.714 of 5 stars$57.76+1.8%$99.67+72.5%-20.1%$9.80B$4.31B24.6875,005Positive NewsTALTAL Education Group2.4244 of 5 stars$9.82-3.1%$14.80+50.7%-1.2%$5.94B$1.84B89.1815,000Stock SplitGHCGraham2.9552 of 5 stars$918.70+1.3%N/A+46.8%$3.98B$4.41B17.7519,900 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 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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