A share price of Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] is currently trading at $18.98, up 0.26%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LAUR shares have gain 3.21% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.72%, and 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.
Laureate Education Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $12.45 and $19.98. Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] shares were valued at $18.98 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the LAUR fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR] were 1.55B which represents 1.96% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.27% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.26 and Total Capital is 0.24. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.17.
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 18.79 points at the first support level, and at 18.59 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 19.13, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.27.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR] is 0.63. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.63, while the Cash Ratio is 0.33. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.83, the price to book ratio is 3.19 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.95.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved del Corro Pedro, Director, that happened on Nov 25 ’24 when 25000.0 shares were sold. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, Cardoso Marcelo completed a deal on Nov 05 ’24 to sell 12775.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Cardoso Marcelo bought 12775.0 shares on Nov 05 ’24.
