Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) is a Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $168.70. It has a SharesGrow Score of 78/100, indicating a strong investment profile with 6 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of LOPE = $500.50 (+196.7% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is LOPE = $182 (+8.1% upside).
Valuation: LOPE trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 21.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.9.
Financials: revenue is $1.1B, +6.7%/yr average growth. Net income is $216M, growing at +5.6%/yr. Net profit margin is 19.5% (healthy). Gross margin is 52.4% (-1.1 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $200M against $747M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.27, conservative). Current ratio is 3.65 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 20.2%. Total assets: $992M.
Analyst outlook: 17 / 18 analysts rate LOPE as buy (94%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 51/100 (Partial), Growth 65/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 70/100 (Pass), Future 88/100 (Pass), Income 70/100 (Pass).
