What is Barrington Research’s Estimate for LOPE Q1 Earnings?

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOPE) – Analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Grand Canyon Education in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. Barrington Research analyst A. Paris expects that the company will post earnings per share of $2.51 for the quarter. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $205.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Grand Canyon Education’s current full-year earnings is $8.81 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Grand Canyon Education’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.68 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.57 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. 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 research note on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com cut shares of Grand Canyon Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Grand Canyon Education from $152.00 to $173.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th.

Grand Canyon Education Stock Performance

Shares of LOPE stock opened at $187.27 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.20, a P/E/G ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.74. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $170.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $155.40. Grand Canyon Education has a 52 week low of $126.17 and a 52 week high of $192.18.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.93 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $292.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.62 million. Grand Canyon Education had a net margin of 21.90% and a return on equity of 30.91%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Grand Canyon Education

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Grand Canyon Education during the 4th quarter valued at $57,838,000. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in Grand Canyon Education during the 4th quarter valued at $38,066,000. FMR LLC raised its holdings in Grand Canyon Education by 14.3% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,513,249 shares of the company’s stock valued at $247,870,000 after buying an additional 189,843 shares during the last quarter. Parsifal Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Grand Canyon Education during the 4th quarter valued at $26,238,000. Finally, Boston Partners raised its holdings in Grand Canyon Education by 68.6% during the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 392,954 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,786,000 after buying an additional 159,827 shares during the last quarter. 94.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 value of $249,105.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 21,174 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,516,366.18. The trade was a 6.62 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Grand Canyon Education Company Profile

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.