Business Description
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Grand Canyon Education Inc
NAICS : 611310
SIC : 8299
ISIN : US38526M1062
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LOPE.USAGKD.Germany IPO Date
2008-11-20Description
Grand Canyon Education, Inc is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE's most significant 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 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.
Financial Strength
9/10
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
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Cash-To-Debt | 2.99 | |||||
Equity-to-Asset | 0.73 | |||||
Debt-to-Equity | 0.13 | |||||
Debt-to-EBITDA | 0.32 | |||||
Interest Coverage | 16203.56 | |||||
Piotroski F-Score | 7/9 | |||||
Altman Z-Score | 14.32 | |||||
Beneish M-Score | -2.54 | |||||
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Growth Rank
6/10
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
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3-Year Revenue Growth Rate | 21.2 | |||||
3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate | 7.5 | |||||
3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate | 7.7 | |||||
3-Year FCF Growth Rate | 3.6 | |||||
3-Year Book Growth Rate | -10.8 | |||||
Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate | 15 |
Momentum Rank
6/10
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
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5-Day RSI | 71.21 | |||||
9-Day RSI | 58.98 | |||||
14-Day RSI | 53.85 | |||||
6-1 Month Momentum % | 9.26 | |||||
12-1 Month Momentum % | 43.48 |
Liquidity Ratio
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
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Current Ratio | 2.78 | |||||
Quick Ratio | 2.78 | |||||
Cash Ratio | 1.82 | |||||
Days Sales Outstanding | 31.28 | |||||
Days Payable | 18.06 |
Dividend & Buy Back
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio | 13.7 | |||||
Shareholder Yield % | 2.51 |
Profitability Rank
10/10
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gross Margin % | 52.48 | |||||
Operating Margin % | 26.31 | |||||
Net Margin % | 21.66 | |||||
FCF Margin % | 22.32 | |||||
ROE % | 31.09 | |||||
ROA % | 23.46 | |||||
ROIC % | 32.51 | |||||
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % | 106.62 | |||||
ROCE % | 34.14 | |||||
Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year | 10 |
GF Value Rank
6/10
Name | Current | Vs Industry | Vs History | |||
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PE Ratio | 19.6 | |||||
Forward PE Ratio | 17.89 | |||||
PE Ratio without NRI | 19.47 | |||||
Shiller PE Ratio | 24.68 | |||||
Price-to-Owner-Earnings | 18.56 | |||||
PEG Ratio | 2.86 | |||||
PS Ratio | 4.24 | |||||
PB Ratio | 5.5 | |||||
Price-to-Tangible-Book | 9.66 | |||||
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow | 19.02 | |||||
Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow | 15.75 | |||||
EV-to-EBIT | 14.63 | |||||
EV-to-EBITDA | 13.04 | |||||
EV-to-Revenue | 4.03 | |||||
EV-to-Forward-Revenue | 3.85 | |||||
EV-to-FCF | 18.04 | |||||
Price-to-Projected-FCF | 1.05 | |||||
Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based) | 1 | |||||
Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) | 0.72 | |||||
Price-to-Median-PS-Value | 1 | |||||
Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value | 2.66 | |||||
Price-to-Graham-Number | 2.89 | |||||
Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value | 24.82 | |||||
Price-to-Net-Cash | 285.65 | |||||
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) % | 6.84 | |||||
FCF Yield % | 5.28 | |||||
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % | 11.83 |