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 debt / equity, GHC reads 0.18 and LOPE reads 0.00; on return on invested capital, GHC reads 2.6% and LOPE reads 30.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GHC price has a different growth bar priced in than LOPE (+4.8% implied for GHC vs +1.8% 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 | $1153.78 | $139.94 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $3.8B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +4.8% | +1.8% |
| P/E | 17.4 | 17.5 |
| P/B | 1.05 | 5.40 |
| P/S | 1.03 | 3.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.0 | 13.4 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +7.6% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 30.9% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 19.5% |
| Return on equity | 6.0% | 31.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 22.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | 30.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 6.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 2.75 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.99 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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