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

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Rating Summary:
0 Buy, 9 Hold, 1 Sell

Rating Trend:

Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
Up: 14 | Down: 7 | New: 18

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.