RBC Capital Starts Coverage on 9 Education Stocks: Strayer (STRA) Named Top Pick

June 25, 2009 9:17 AM EDT

RBC Capital initiates coverage on For-Profit/Education & Training Services Sector:

  • Strayer Education (Nasdaq: STRA) with a Top Pick. Price target $244, suggesting possible upside of 18% from current levels.
  • American Public Education (Nasdaq: APEI) with an Outperform. Price target $42, representing potential price appreciation of 11.3%.
  • Career Education (Nasdaq: CECO) with an Outperform. Price target $25, suggesting upside of 10.7%.
  • Capella Education (Nasdaq: CPLA) with an Outperform. Price target $66, suggesting upside of 15.6%.
  • Grand Canyon Education (Nasdaq: LOPE) with an Outperform. Price target $18, suggesting upside of 14%.
  • ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI) with an Outperform rating. Price target $114, representing possible upside of 20% from current levels.
  • Apollo Group (Nasdaq: APOL) with a Sector Perform. Price target $73, indicating potential price appreciation of 9.7%.
  • DeVry (NYSE: DV) with a Sector Perform. Price target $53, suggesting 10.9% upside from current levels.
  • Corinthian Colleges (Nasdaq: COCO) with an Underperform rating. Price target $17, representing upside of 6.9%.
Stocks in the Education sector are trading in positive territory on the back of the mostly bullish reports.


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APEI 31.23

+0.93 +3.07%
Volume: 237,222
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APOL 54.76

+0.11 +0.20%
Volume: 2,906,754
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CECO 25.51

+0.26 +1.03%
Volume: 1,253,841
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COCO 13.90

-0.33 -2.32%
Volume: 4,197,279
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CPLA 71.50

+1.02 +1.45%
Volume: 102,321
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DV 52.47

-0.25 -0.47%
Volume: 667,303
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ESI 85.88

+0.50 +0.59%
Volume: 940,998
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LOPE 18.67

+0.07 +0.38%
Volume: 106,855
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STRA 195.42

+5.19 +2.73%
Volume: 157,204
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