Grand Canyon Education, Inc. vs UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LOPE and UTI diverge most: on debt / equity, LOPE reads 0.00 and UTI reads 0.39; on operating margin, LOPE reads 30.9% and UTI reads 0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LOPE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What UTI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LOPE | UTI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $150.95 | $48.48 |
| Market cap | $4.1B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +3.0% | — |
| P/E | 18.9 | 63.8 |
| P/B | 5.83 | 7.95 |
| P/S | 3.60 | 3.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.5 | 30.6 |
| Revenue growth | +7.6% | +11.2% |
| Operating margin | 30.9% | 0.1% |
| Net margin | 19.5% | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 31.6% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 22.7% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 30.0% | 9.2% |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Current ratio | 2.75 | 1.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 10.00 | 4.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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