Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) Stock Analysis
Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Wait for pullback to $147.26. Recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $147.49. Engine's entry $147.26 (Support Atr Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Below 200-MA, MA slope -2.3%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Grand Canyon Education is an education services company providing technology, marketing, counseling, and back-office services to 20 university partners across the U.S., with Grand Canyon University (GCU, 131,800 students) as its most significant partner. Revenue is primarily... Read more
Wait for pullback to $147.26. Recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $147.49. Engine's entry $147.26 (Support Atr Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Below 200-MA, MA slope -2.3%/30d (confirmed downtrend). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Score 6.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 9/11 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, positive momentum, news boost analyst 0.50, news boost analyst cluster(3), earnings proximity 53d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS What To Expect From Grand Canyon Education’s (LOPE) Q1 Earnings - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS What To Expect From Grand Canyon Education’s (LOPE) Q1 Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- NEWS What To Expect From Grand Canyon Education’s (LOPE) Q1 Earnings - FinancialContent — FinancialContent neutral
- NEWS LOPE Q1 2026 Earnings: Earnings Beat Estimates Amid Enrollment Stability - Special Dividend Alert - thelegaladvocate.com — thelegaladvocate.com positive
- NEWS LOPE Q1 2026 Earnings: EPS Surpasses Estimates, Stock Slips Slightly - Annual Earnings Summary - thelegaladvocate.com — thelegaladvocate.com positive
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerGCU10-K Item 1A: 'We expect the revenue derived from our Master Services Agreement with GCU to account for a large percentage of our revenue for the foreseeable future.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-12Item 5.02LOWGrand Canyon Education appointed Dilek Marsh as Chief Information Officer effective February 9, 2026, consolidating the CIO and CTO roles. Ms. Marsh had been serving as the Company's Chief Technology Officer since July 2021.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Wait for pullback to $147.26. Recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $147.49. Engine's entry $147.26 (Support Atr Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Below 200-MA, MA slope -2.3%/30d (confirmed downtrend). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Target $177.93 (+20.6%), stop $138.15 (−6.8%), Setup A.R:R 4.6:1. Score 6.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $177.93 (+20.8% upside). Target $177.93 (+20.6%), stop $138.15 (−6.8%), Setup A.R:R 4.6:1. Stop-loss: $138.15.
Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Below 200-MA, MA slope -2.3%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. trades at a P/E of 18.5 (forward 13.2). TrendMatrix value score: 7.4/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
8 analysts cover LOPE with a consensus score of 4.3/5. Average price target: $209.
What does Grand Canyon Education, Inc. do?Grand Canyon Education is an education services company providing technology, marketing, counseling, and back-office...
Grand Canyon Education is an education services company providing technology, marketing, counseling, and back-office services to 20 university partners across the U.S., with Grand Canyon University (GCU, 131,800 students) as its most significant partner. Revenue is primarily derived from a Master Services Agreement with GCU, structured as a percentage of tuition revenue under a bundled services model.