GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO vs GRAND CANYON EDUCATION, INC., two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GHC and LOPE diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), GHC reads +2.2% and LOPE reads -1.0%; on revenue growth, GHC reads -21.6% and LOPE reads +7.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GHC price has a different growth bar priced in than LOPE (+2.2% implied for GHC vs -1.0% for LOPE); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GHC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LOPE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GHC | LOPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1136.64 | $151.27 |
| Market cap | $4.9B | $4.0B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.2% | -1.0% |
| P/E | — | 18.3 |
| P/B | 1.02 | 5.92 |
| P/S | 1.28 | 3.47 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.0 | 13.6 |
| Revenue growth | -21.6% | +7.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 22.0% |
| Net margin | 14.2% | 19.6% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | 33.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 24.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.1% | 31.5% |
| FCF yield | 6.7% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.19 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.86 | 2.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.02 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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