---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-010537"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOPE"
cik: "0001434588"
company_name: "Grand Canyon Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T21:29:23.020467+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grand Canyon Education Q2 revenue up 8.5% to $201.5M; EPS $1.09; board adds $970M buyback

## Summary
- Service revenue $201.5M, up 8.5% YoY from $185.8M; diluted EPS $1.09 vs $1.00.
- Operating income $50.2M (+3.9%); net income $49.5M (+5.2%); adjusted EBITDA $61.1M (+4.1%).
- Partner enrollments 101,808, up 3.5% YoY; off-campus classroom sites up 13.2% to 4,210.
- Board increased share repurchase authorization by $970.0M in July 2021; total authorization now $1.47B.
- Q3 2021 guidance: service revenue expected between $227M and $231M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-010537
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOPE
- cik: 0001434588
- company_name: Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000155837021010537/0001558370-21-010537-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000155837021010537/lope-20210805x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-010537.txt

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