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Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services

$147.28

Down-$0.88 (-0.60%)

Updated Sep 28, 2026, 11:47 PM

SID Score

5.3/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
4.42B
P/E ratio
20.76
Dividend yield
0.00%
52-week range
$134.27 – $176.30
Volume
321.6K
Avg. volume
320.72K

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LOPE price history

1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Sep 25, 2026

LOPE closed at $147.28 after 19 trading sessions, down 0.57% for the selected period.

Last close
$147.28
Period change
-0.57%
Period low
$146.78
Period high
$153.87
Daily close
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LOPE OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 25, 2026$151.31$152.095$145.953$147.28321.6K
Sep 24, 2026$151.42$154.11$150.0773$151.19312.74K
Sep 23, 2026$146.18$153.74$145.105$150.64354.7K
Sep 22, 2026$152.53$152.53$145.96$146.78440.23K
Sep 21, 2026$151.37$152.96$150.54$150.55294.76K
Sep 18, 2026$151.83$154.09$150.36$151.27570.74K
Sep 17, 2026$153.97$154.30$151.90$152.41326.33K
Sep 16, 2026$152.66$154.49$152.45$153.87363.6K
Sep 15, 2026$153.15$154.68$151.29$153.43282.46K
Sep 14, 2026$152.99$158.14$152.50$153.48403.45K
Sep 11, 2026$152.65$152.785$149.86$151.20233.77K
Sep 10, 2026$151.24$153.08$150.31$151.22266.1K
Sep 9, 2026$150.76$151.98$149.20$151.00314.66K
Sep 8, 2026$152.52$152.735$149.425$151.53553.93K
Sep 4, 2026$150.39$153.195$148.585$152.67351.78K
Sep 3, 2026$150.26$153.04$148.03$152.45282.34K
Sep 2, 2026$150.01$151.22$149.2975$149.59332.01K
Sep 1, 2026$149.03$151.7772$148.1243$150.09217.85K
Aug 31, 2026$150.17$151.2399$147.75$148.13442.15K

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Company profile

Grand Canyon Education Inc is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE's university partner is Grand Canyon University, an Arizona non-profit corporation that operates a comprehensive regionally accredited university that offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, emphases, and certificates across nine colleges both online, on the ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona and at four off-site classroom and laboratory sites. The Company generates all of its revenue through services agreements with its university partners.

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$182.33
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LOPE recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 6, 2026BMO CapitalOutperform—
Jun 9, 2026Truist SecuritiesBuy—
Apr 16, 2026Barrington ResearchOutperform—
Feb 19, 2026Barrington ResearchOutperform—
Jan 22, 2026Barrington ResearchOutperform—
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Yahoo · Sep 23, 2026

Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Stock Dropped, What Is Driving Attention Now?

Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) drew fresh attention after recent trading left the share price at $146.78, with returns drifting lower over the past week and month but edging higher across the past 3 months. The recent pullback fits a wider pattern for Grand Canyon Education, with the share price return down 11.25% year to date even as the 3 month share price return is slightly positive. Total shareholder return tells a similar story, with a decline of 30.97% over the past year but gains of...

Yahoo · Sep 1, 2026

Grand Canyon Education (LOPE): A Steady Cash-Generating Business Ignored in a Speculative Market

Riverwater Partners, an investment management company, released its ‘Small Cap Strategy’ Q2 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. The Small Cap Strategy underperformed the Russell 2000 in the second quarter as the benchmark experienced one of its strongest risk-on rallies in recent memory, although the strategy remained ahead year-to-date. The quarter was defined […]

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