Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ: LOPE) on Friday, plunged -8.94% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $206.79. Within the past 52 weeks, LOPE’s price has moved between $135.32 and $223.04.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 7.56%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 12.94%. With a float of $27.50 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $28.23 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 5830 employees.
Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Education & Training Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Grand Canyon Education Inc is 2.10%, while institutional ownership is 97.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 12 ’25, was worth 97,835. In this transaction Director of this company sold 500 shares at a rate of $195.67, taking the stock ownership to the 2,672 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 12 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 500 for $194.83, making the entire transaction worth $97,415.
Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 1.47) by 0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.2 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 12.94% per share during the next fiscal year.
Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ: LOPE) Trading Performance Indicators
Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 3.55 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.95. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.25.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.25, a number that is poised to hit 1.78 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.00 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE)
Looking closely at Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ: LOPE), its last 5-days average volume was 0.28 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.22 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 12.71%.
During the past 100 days, Grand Canyon Education Inc’s (LOPE) raw stochastic average was set at 40.74%, which indicates a significant increase from 8.43% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 6.42 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 4.59 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $209.74, while its 200-day Moving Average is $188.04. However, in the short run, Grand Canyon Education Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $203.09. Second resistance stands at $217.89. The third major resistance level sits at $226.89. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $179.30, it is likely to go to the next support level at $170.31. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $155.51.
Grand Canyon Education Inc (NASDAQ: LOPE) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 5.29 billion based on 28,087K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 1,033 M and income totals 226,230 K. The company made 247,500 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 41,550 K in sales during its previous quarter.
