Grand Canyon Education

Name: Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) shares outstanding since 2008, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Grand Canyon Education has retired 46.0% of its shares since 2017, from 48,292,274 to 26,065,037.

46.0%retired since 2017

35.0%last 5 years

6.8%last 12 months

26Mshares today

At $161.58 a share, a market value of $4.2B. FCF yield 5.8%, P/E 18.8, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2008 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2008, 45,465,1602026-07-28, 26,065,037

A share bought in 2008

1.7× more of Grand Canyon Education today, without buying another share. It was one of 45,465,160 shares then. It is one of 26,065,037 now.

Every filing we read18 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2008	2008-06-30	45,465,160	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-06-30	45,658,016	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	45,761,000	10-K
2011	2012-02-14	44,300,233	10-K
2012	2013-02-11	44,657,860	10-K
2013	2014-02-13	46,049,380	10-K
2014	2015-02-12	46,749,781	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	46,486,319	10-K
2016	2017-02-10	47,742,773	10-K
2017	2018-02-16	48,292,274	10-K
2018	2019-02-15	48,238,418	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	48,165,704	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	46,873,732	10-K
2021	2022-02-14	35,326,730	10-K
2022	2023-02-14	31,039,407	10-K
2023	2024-02-08	30,018,616	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	28,724,845	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	27,143,454	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Grand Canyon Education on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2018 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$2.2Bspent on buybacks

21Mfewer shares outstanding

6.3%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $161.58.

Grand Canyon Education buybacks, answered

Is Grand Canyon Education buying back its stock?

Yes. Grand Canyon Education has 6.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 26,065,037 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 35.0%.

How many shares has Grand Canyon Education bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Grand Canyon Education has 22.2 million fewer shares than at its 2017 peak. That is 46.0% of the company.

How many shares does Grand Canyon Education have outstanding?

26,065,037 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2017 peak it had 48,292,274.

What do Grand Canyon Education's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Grand Canyon Education stock in 2017 owns 1.9 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Grand Canyon Education compare with other cannibal stocks?

Grand Canyon Education ranks No. 121 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Cisco (46.2%), Moody's (46.2%), RCM Technologies (46.0%), Fti Consulting (46.0%).

Every answer is computed from Grand Canyon Education's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.