Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of Mar. 2026)

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FRA:GKD Grand Canyon Education Inc FRA:GKD
83 GF Score
Price €119.60
GF Value €158.78
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What is Grand Canyon Education Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Grand Canyon Education's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was €82.6 Mil. Grand Canyon Education's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was €0.0 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Grand Canyon Education Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


FRA:GKD's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 13.1
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Grand Canyon Education  (FRA:GKD) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Grand Canyon Education Interest Coverage Related Terms


Grand Canyon Education Interest Coverage Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

Grand Canyon Education Interest Coverage Chart

Grand Canyon Education Annual Data
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Grand Canyon Education Quarterly Data
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FRA:GKD vs LRN, CVSA, GHC: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Grand Canyon Education Interest Coverage vs Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Grand Canyon Education Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025, Grand Canyon Education's Interest Expense was €0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was €259.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €79.2 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Grand Canyon Education's interest coverage with the available data.

Grand Canyon Education's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2026, Grand Canyon Education's Interest Expense was €0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was €82.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €77.1 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Grand Canyon Education's interest coverage with the available data.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Is Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Grand Canyon Education stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €119.60 is trading 24.7% below its estimated GF Value™ of €158.78.

Key valuation signals for FRA:GKD:

  • Interest Coverage: N/A
  • GF Value™: €158.78 vs. price of €119.60 (24.7% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 83/100 with 2 warning signs

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Grand Canyon Education Business Description

Other Exchanges LOPE:USA
Address 2600 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85017
Grand Canyon Education Inc is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE's university partner is Grand Canyon University, an Arizona non-profit corporation that operates a comprehensive regionally accredited university that offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, emphases, and certificates across nine colleges, both online and on the ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona, and at four off-site classroom andlaboratory sites. The Company generates all of its revenue through service agreements with its university partners.
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