Analysts await Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOPE) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.88 EPS, up 18.18% or $0.16 from last year’s $0.72 per share.

At the moment 6 analysts are watching Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOPE), 2 rate it “Buy”, 4 “Outperform”, 0 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 6 analysts have a mean sales target of 189.34 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a mean sales target of 205.34 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 6 analysts have a mean target of 858.58 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 4 analysts have a 0.55 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 4 analysts have a 0.63 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 5 estimates of 3.02 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Grand Canyon Education, Inc. include Wells Fargo Bank NA which owns 5 million shares in the company valued at $202.93 million. Vanguard Group Inc is the second biggest holder with 3 million shares currently valued at 135.39 million whilst Riverbridge Partners LLC has 3 million shares valued at 125.84 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 47,490,963 with a reported 7,549,109 bought and 3,267,322 sold. These holdings make up 99.84% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 679,549 shares in the business which makes up 1.46% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Brian E. Mueller who owns 288,090 shares (0.62% of those outstanding), whilst Joseph N. Mildenhall holds 111,514 (0.24% of shares outstanding) and Daniel E. Bachus holds 110,360 (0.24% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 2.62% or $1.12 during the last trading session.