Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. The company's technology services include learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services comprises program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support include admission, financial aid, and field experience and other couns

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+11.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

2.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$96M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Grand Canyon Education is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

55.0%

Healthy — 55.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

30.9%

Excellent — 30.9% operating margin

ROCE

13.7%

Good — 13.7% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+7.4%

Steady sales growth (7.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

+0.5%

Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

134%

Turns 134% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

23.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (23.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

100.00x

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

18.5x

no trend

Fair value — P/E 18.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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