---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-052881"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOPE"
cik: "0001434588"
company_name: "Grand Canyon Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:37:30.229889+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grand Canyon Ed Q1 rev $308.8M (+6.7%); adj EPS $2.86; guides FY adj EPS $9.93-$10.50

## Summary
- Revenue $308.8M (+6.7% YoY); diluted EPS $2.80 GAAP, $2.86 adjusted; operating margin 30.9%.
- Enrollments 136,884 (+7.1% YoY); GCU online enrollments up 8.8% to 110,406.
- Adjusted EBITDA $110.7M (+8.5% YoY); net income $75.3M (+5.2%).
- FY2026 guidance: rev $1.169B-$1.190B; diluted EPS $9.69-$10.26; adj diluted EPS $9.93-$10.50.
- Opened 5 off-campus sites in 2025; plan 1-2 more in H2 2026; teach outs at 3 partner sites.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-052881
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOPE
- cik: 0001434588
- company_name: Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000110465926052881/0001104659-26-052881-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000110465926052881/lope-20260430x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $308.8 million, net income $75.3 million, EPS $2.80. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $308.8 million
  - Net income: $75.3 million
  - EPS: $2.80
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ​ 1 Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Results For the three months ended March 31, 2026: ● Service revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $308.8 million, an increase of $19.5 million, or 6.7%, as compared to service revenue of $289.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase year over year in service revenue
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000110465926052881/0001104659-26-052881-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.