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Grand Canyon Education, Inc. earns 56% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
56%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 47 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 24%
Operating margin · Education & Training Services median 13% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.08×
Cash conversion · 1.10× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more
- Share count, year on year
- −6.8%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 33% |
| FY2021 | 31% |
| FY2022 | 26% |
| FY2023 | 26% |
| FY2024 | 27% |
| FY2025 | 24% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 24%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 20%
- Free cash flow margin
- 21%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $1.14B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $243M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $224M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 56%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Education & Training Services
Ranks #5 of 16 by Smart Score