Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup · Temp Headwind edge
Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Wait for pullback to $154.20. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross) — blocks BUY_NOW at $157.32. Engine's entry $154.20 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Negative momentum.
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 $154.20. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross) — blocks BUY_NOW at $157.32. Engine's entry $154.20 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 31, MACD bearish. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
Latest news
- What To Expect From Grand Canyon Education’s (LOPE) Q1 Earnings - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- What To Expect From Grand Canyon Education’s (LOPE) Q1 Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- What To Expect From Grand Canyon Education’s (LOPE) Q1 Earnings - FinancialContent — FinancialContent neutral
- Crown Advisors Management Inc. Has $7.48 Million Stock Position in Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $LOPE - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) Research Report - StockStory — StockStory neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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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
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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 $154.20. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross) — blocks BUY_NOW at $157.32. Engine's entry $154.20 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 31, MACD bearish. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Target $181.90 (+15.6%), stop $143.24 (−9.8%), Setup A.R:R 2.9:1. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $181.90 (+20.4% upside). Target $181.90 (+15.6%), stop $143.24 (−9.8%), Setup A.R:R 2.9:1. Stop-loss: $143.24.
Concentration risk — Customer: GCU; Negative momentum; Below 200-day MA.
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. trades at a P/E of 20.0 (forward 14.0). TrendMatrix value score: 7.1/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
8 analysts cover LOPE with a consensus score of 4.3/5. Average price target: $214.
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.