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 30.80

-0.33 -1.06%
Volume: 147,924
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APOL 55.00

-1.40 -2.48%
Volume: 2,094,540
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CECO 25.45

-0.25 -0.97%
Volume: 1,117,092
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COCO 14.38

-0.16 -1.10%
Volume: 2,700,418
Track COCO

CPLA 71.29

-0.35 -0.49%
Volume: 54,912
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DV 52.90

-0.87 -1.62%
Volume: 678,596
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ESI 87.00

-1.25 -1.42%
Volume: 480,715
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LOPE 18.66

+0.02 +0.11%
Volume: 268,251
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STRA 192.01

-3.50 -1.79%
Volume: 120,176
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