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 31.46

-0.57 -1.78%
Volume: 219,582
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APOL 55.81

-1.26 -2.21%
Volume: 5,781,891
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CECO 25.63

-0.40 -1.54%
Volume: 2,096,188
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COCO 14.51

-0.31 -2.09%
Volume: 5,672,617
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CPLA 71.34

+0.06 +0.08%
Volume: 197,914
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DV 53.74

-0.58 -1.07%
Volume: 1,107,424
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ESI 87.42

-3.56 -3.91%
Volume: 2,043,276
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LOPE 18.60

-0.57 -2.97%
Volume: 670,056
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STRA 194.81

-2.69 -1.36%
Volume: 291,774
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