The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

LOPE

Concerning the House

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. operates as an education services company in the United States. The company provides technology services, including learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; and academic services, such as program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites. It also offers counseling services and support, which includes admission services, financial aid, counseling services, and field experience counseling; marketing and communication services, including lead acquisition, digital communications strategy, brand identity, media planning and strategy, video, business intelligence, analytics, and data science, and market research and insights; and back-office services, such as finance and accounting, human resources, audit, and procurement services. In addition, it provides education services to 20 university partners. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was formerly known as Significant Education, Inc. and changed its name to Grand Canyon Education, Inc. in August 2005. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

United States · www.gce.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$960.90M+17.8%
Operating income$265.91M+25.5%
Net income$216.17M+15.9%
Cash from ops$273.49M+10.9%
Quotation

$145.31

+3.25 (+2.3%)

52w hi$220.55
52w lo$136.72
Vol207.47K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.46

Short-0.56
Medium-0.58
Long-0.02

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services

Market cap$3.79B
Enterprise value$3.49B
Trailing P/E17.57x
Forward P/E12.83x
EV / EBITDA9.71x
P / S (ttm)3.32x
Profit margin19.6%
Return on equity31.0%
Revenue growth+6.7%
Earnings growth+18.2%
Debt / equity15.56
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.56
Corr SPX0.29
Annual vol31.2%
Annual ret+5.5%
Sharpe0.18
Max DD-38.0%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.36
Sector+0.02
Technical-0.31
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$142.20$146.07$142.20$145.31207.47K
Aug 12$142.51$143.19$140.99$142.06273.60K
Aug 11$146.22$147.97$143.51$144.38315.60K
Aug 10$150.62$152.37$146.32$146.50242.00K
Aug 7$148.74$154.00$146.74$152.53282.80K