Capella Education Plummets 19.2% (CPLA, STRA)

Shares of Capella Education Company CPLA are currently down 19.2% at $54.26 per share during Monday afternoon trading. Along with the shares of other for-profit educators, Capella Education Company's share price took a hit after Strayer Education, Inc. STRA reported that its new student enrollments dropped by 20%. Today's trading range for shares of Capella Education Company (CPLA) has been between $53.50 and $58.89 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the company's stock is $65.00 per share. Volume of 1.5 million shares is far above the daily average volume of 272,000 shares. Capella Education Company offers online graduate degree programs in business, counseling, education, health administration, human services, information technology, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work, and bachelor's degree programs in business, information technology, nursing, psychology, public administration, and public safety. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.