LOPEGrand Canyon Education, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +1% vs its 200-day average.
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 7.6% since the previous count, up from 6.4% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How LOPE is trading
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. is −24% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 42 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +0.53%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 66
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 28%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $159.88
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +5.7%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −24%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +82%
- vs 50-day average$150.17
- +6.5%
- 52-week high
- $220.55
- 52-week low
- $136.57
- Annualised volatility
- 31%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −3.9% |
| 2025 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | +24% |
| 2023 | +25% |
| 2022 | +23% |
| 2021 | −7.9% |
| 2020 | −2.8% |
| 2019 | −0.36% |
| 2018 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | +53% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.70% |
| Feb | 10 | 8 of 10 | +5.8% |
| Mar | 10 | 7 of 10 | +3.6% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.0% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | +0.23% |
| Jun | 10 | 3 of 10 | −1.7% |
| Jul | 11 | 7 of 11 | +0.93% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +3.1% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −2.3% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | +1.00% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | +5.7% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | +1.2% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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