Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.500-2.520 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.480. The company issued revenue guidance of $286.5 million-$287.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $284.0 million. Grand Canyon Education also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 8.430-8.820 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $152.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Barrington Research lifted their price target on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $180.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $170.00 to $186.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Grand Canyon Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th.

Grand Canyon Education Stock Up 4.3 %

NASDAQ:LOPE traded up $7.96 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $191.98. The company had a trading volume of 161,712 shares, compared to its average volume of 139,608. Grand Canyon Education has a 52-week low of $126.17 and a 52-week high of $192.18. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $170.38 and its 200-day moving average price is $155.18. The company has a market capitalization of $5.60 billion, a PE ratio of 25.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.74.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $2.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.93 by $0.02. Grand Canyon Education had a net margin of 22.09% and a return on equity of 31.01%. The company had revenue of $292.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.62 million. As a group, research analysts forecast that Grand Canyon Education will post 8.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Grand Canyon Education news, CTO Dilek Marsh sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.07, for a total value of $249,105.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 21,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,516,366.18. The trade was a 6.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Grand Canyon Education

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.