Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.280-1.360 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $236.5 million-$240.5 million. Grand Canyon Education also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 8.430-8.820 EPS.

Grand Canyon Education Price Performance

NASDAQ:LOPE traded down $1.50 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $184.02. 404,268 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 139,021. Grand Canyon Education has a one year low of $126.17 and a one year high of $185.66. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $170.10 and a 200 day moving average price of $154.97. The company has a market cap of $5.36 billion, a PE ratio of 24.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.74.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) last issued 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%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Grand Canyon Education will post 8.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on LOPE. StockNews.com cut shares of Grand Canyon Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. 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 report on Thursday, November 7th. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $170.00 to $186.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Grand Canyon Education in a report on Monday, January 27th.

Insider Activity

In other news, CTO Dilek Marsh sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.07, for a total transaction of $249,105.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.