Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE – Get Free Report) and Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Japan Tob has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Grand Canyon Education and Japan Tob’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Grand Canyon Education | 19.63% | 36.62% | 26.87% |
| Japan Tob | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Grand Canyon Education and Japan Tob”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Grand Canyon Education | $1.14 billion | 3.45 | $216.17 million | $8.27 | 18.28 |
| Japan Tob | $23.20 billion | 3.33 | $3.42 billion | $1.37 | 15.90 |
Japan Tob has higher revenue and earnings than Grand Canyon Education. Japan Tob is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grand Canyon Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Grand Canyon Education and Japan Tob, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Grand Canyon Education | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Japan Tob | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Grand Canyon Education currently has a consensus price target of $161.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Japan Tob has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.95%. Given Grand Canyon Education’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grand Canyon Education is more favorable than Japan Tob.
Summary
Grand Canyon Education beats Japan Tob on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Grand Canyon Education
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. It offers technology services, including learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services, such as program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support services comprising admission, financial aid, and field experience and other counseling services. The company also offers marketing and communication services that include lead acquisition, digital communications strategy, brand identity, media planning and strategy, video, business intelligence and data science, and market research services; and back-office services consisting of finance and accounting, human resources, audit, and procurement services. In addition, it provides education services to 25 university partners. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
About Japan Tob
Japan Tobacco Inc., a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Tobacco Business, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products, E-vapor products, fine cut tobacco products, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco products, and hookah and kretek products. The company also provides reduced-risk products, including infused tobacco capsules and heated tobacco sticks. In addition, it researches and develops, manufactures, and sells prescription drugs for the therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, kidney and metabolism, immunity/inflammation, and central nervous system. Further, the company provides frozen and room-temperature products, such as frozen udon noodles, packed rice, and frozen okonomiyaki; bakery products; and seasonings, including yeast extracts, assembled, kelp and bonito extracts, and oyster sauces. It offers its products under the Winston, Camel, MEVIUS, and LD brands. Japan Tobacco Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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