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 32.73

-0.66 -1.98%
Volume: 263,735
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APOL 54.51

-1.37 -2.45%
Volume: 4,241,293
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CECO 23.11

+0.49 +2.17%
Volume: 1,900,696
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COCO 15.57

+0.41 +2.70%
Volume: 3,313,585
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CPLA 70.91

+0.31 +0.44%
Volume: 89,305
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DV 54.15

+0.69 +1.29%
Volume: 1,109,559
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ESI 93.30

-0.29 -0.31%
Volume: 799,910
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LOPE 17.54

+0.11 +0.63%
Volume: 127,954
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STRA 194.86

-2.90 -1.47%
Volume: 180,798
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