Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] stock is trading at $14.60, down -1.62%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LAUR shares have lost -0.27% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.43%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 10, April 2024, Laureate Education Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR) plans to release results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, on Thursday, May 2, 2024, before the stock market opens. Following the release, the Company will host a conference call with investors and analysts at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the first quarter results and the Company’s business outlook.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 06, 2023, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $20. Previously, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Overweight on August 07, 2023, and elevated its price target to $17. On May 08, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $15 on the stock. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight but stick to its price target of $13 on June 24, 2020. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but $13.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 08, 2020. Barrington Research reiterated a Outperform rating for this stock on August 09, 2019, and upped its price target to $22. In a note dated May 14, 2018, Barrington Research reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $18 to $20.
Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] stock has fluctuated between $10.54 and $14.91 over the past year. Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] shares were valued at $14.60 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the LAUR fundamentals
Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR] reported sales of 1.48B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 18.22%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.27% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.2. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.61.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 14.41 points at the first support level, and at 14.22 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 14.80, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 14.99.
Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] reported earnings per share of $0.26 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.35/share, meaning a difference of -$0.09 and a surprise factor of -25.70%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.23 per share as compared to estimates of $0.19 per share, a difference of $0.04 representing a surprise of 21.10%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Laureate Education Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.50. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.50, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.2. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.20, the price to book ratio is 2.42 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.44.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved del Corro Pedro, Director, that happened on Mar 05 ’24 when 24343.0 shares were sold. Director, del Corro Pedro completed a deal on Mar 05 ’24 to sell 1086.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner Wengen Alberta, LP sold 200.0 shares on Dec 04 ’23.
