LOPEGrand Canyon Education, Inc.

$162.79-22% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +3% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest8.8% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 4.9% 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.

1-year returnbehind 83% of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

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 −22% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 38 points behind the market.

−22%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+2.8%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
68

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
26%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$131.94 – $220.55 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$162.79
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+7.7%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
−22%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+88%
vs 50-day average$152.80
+6.5%
52-week high
$220.55
52-week low
$136.57
Annualised volatility
31%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)−2.1%
2025+1.5%
2024+24%
2023+25%
2022+23%
2021−7.9%
2020−2.8%
2019−0.36%
2018+7.4%
2017+53%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan105 of 10−0.70%
Feb108 of 10+5.8%
Mar107 of 10+3.6%
Apr106 of 10+2.0%
May106 of 10+0.23%
Jun103 of 10−1.7%
Jul117 of 11+0.93%
Aug116 of 11+3.1%
Sep114 of 11−2.3%
Oct115 of 11+1.2%
Nov106 of 10+5.7%
Dec105 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.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.