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 32.66

-0.73 -2.19%
Volume: 114,468
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APOL 54.83

-1.05 -1.88%
Volume: 2,306,550
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CECO 23.21

+0.59 +2.61%
Volume: 1,074,840
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COCO 15.42

+0.26 +1.72%
Volume: 1,586,875
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CPLA 71.00

+0.40 +0.57%
Volume: 65,836
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DV 54.18

+0.72 +1.35%
Volume: 671,013
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ESI 93.27

-0.32 -0.34%
Volume: 473,211
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LOPE 17.59

+0.16 +0.92%
Volume: 89,429
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STRA 195.17

-2.59 -1.31%
Volume: 102,796
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