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Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Grand Canyon Education Inc

LOPE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Grand Canyon Education runs the back-office and academic-support operations behind a set of university partners rather than teaching courses itself. It supplies the learning-management platform, curriculum and faculty development, admissions and financial-aid counselling, marketing, and finance and HR services that let those universities operate online and on-campus programmes. It is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and works with a fixed group of university partners under long-running service agreements.
Where it sits in the stack
Grand Canyon Education carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in our broader universe under Consumer Defensive, in the Education & Training Services sleeve, alongside other outsourced-services providers to schools and universities.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other for-profit and online-education operators such as Strategic Education.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the number and terms of its university partner contracts change, since its revenue depends on continuing those agreements rather than on selling to new customers each year.

Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for LOPE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Consumer Defensive · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Consumer Defensive · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LOPE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE)?

Grand Canyon Education Inc trades as LOPE on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is LOPE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Grand Canyon Education Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does LOPE trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +2.3% vs the 50-day and -4.8% vs the 200-day average, 32.2% below the 52-week high and +12.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Grand Canyon Education Inc do?

Grand Canyon Education runs the back-office and academic-support operations behind a set of university partners rather than teaching courses itself. It supplies the learning-management platform, curriculum and faculty development, admissions and financial-aid counselling, marketing, and finance and HR services that let those universities operate online and on-campus programmes. It is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and works with a fixed group of university partners under long-running service agreements. Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other for-profit and online-education operators such as Strategic Education.

Where does Grand Canyon Education Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Grand Canyon Education carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in our broader universe under Consumer Defensive, in the Education & Training Services sleeve, alongside other outsourced-services providers to schools and universities. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LOPE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Education & Training Services, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.