Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] stock prices are up 0.64% to $15.72 at the moment. 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 gain 0.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.04%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 26, 2024, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $17 for it. Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Buy rating on October 06, 2023, and set its price target to $20. On August 07, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $17 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and increased its price target to $15 on May 08, 2023. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight but $13 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 24, 2020. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on April 08, 2020, but kept the price target unchanged to $13.50. In a note dated August 09, 2019, Barrington Research reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $20 to $22.
The stock price of Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] has been fluctuating between $11.91 and $17.60 over the past year. Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] shares were valued at $15.72 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the LAUR fundamentals
The Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR] reported sales of 1.55B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 8.05%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.22%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.17%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.28 and Total Capital is 0.21. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.31.
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 15.46 points at the first support level, and at 15.21 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 15.91, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 16.11.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR]’s Current Ratio is 0.76. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.76, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.55, the price to book ratio is 2.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.52.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Knauer Gerard M., VP, ACCTG, GLOBAL CONTROLLER, that happened on Jun 03 ’24 when 1305.0 shares were sold. Director, del Corro Pedro completed a deal on May 10 ’24 to sell 5957.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Snow Ian Kendell sold 2.11 million shares on May 06 ’24.
