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 33.39

-0.58 -1.71%
Volume: 442,113
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APOL 55.88

-0.11 -0.20%
Volume: 6,755,652
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CECO 22.62

-0.13 -0.57%
Volume: 1,722,511
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COCO 15.16

+0.19 +1.27%
Volume: 4,783,445
Track COCO

CPLA 70.60

-0.11 -0.16%
Volume: 199,004
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DV 53.46

-1.92 -3.47%
Volume: 2,272,416
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ESI 93.59

-0.65 -0.69%
Volume: 1,162,308
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LOPE 17.43

-0.70 -3.86%
Volume: 334,293
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STRA 197.76

-2.06 -1.03%
Volume: 387,365
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