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Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 66.35% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Grand Canyon Education Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Grand Canyon Education's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €250.3 Mil. Grand Canyon Education's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €377.2 Mil. Therefore, Grand Canyon Education's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 66.35%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Grand Canyon Education's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:GKD' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.88   Med: 23.76   Max: 60.07
Current: 60.07

During the past 13 years, Grand Canyon Education's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 60.07%. The lowest was 20.88%. And the median was 23.76%.

FRA:GKD's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
84.45% of 238 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 10.13 vs FRA:GKD: 60.07

Grand Canyon Education Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Grand Canyon Education's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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.

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Grand Canyon Education Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Grand Canyon Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.91 21.41 28.42 38.66 58.76

Grand Canyon Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 75.99 36.23 45.62 90.29 66.35

Competitive Comparison of Grand Canyon Education's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Grand Canyon Education's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Grand Canyon Education's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Grand Canyon Education's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Grand Canyon Education Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Grand Canyon Education's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=187.971/( (283.25+356.591 )/ 2 )
=187.971/319.9205
=58.76 %

Grand Canyon Education's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=250.276/( (356.591+397.812)/ 2 )
=250.276/377.2015
=66.35 %

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Grand Canyon Education  (FRA:GKD) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Business Description

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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 most significant 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, on ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona and at four off-site classroom and laboratory sites. The Company generates all of its revenue through services agreements with its university partners.

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