At the time of writing, Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] stock is trading at $19.62, up 1.66%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The LAUR shares have gain 4.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.35%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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.
For the past year, the stock price of Laureate Education Inc fluctuated between $13.26 and $21.73. Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] shares were valued at $19.62 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the LAUR fundamentals
According to Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR], the company’s sales were 1.57B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 3.41% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.27% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.26%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.16, Equity is 0.32 and Total Capital is 0.21. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.45.
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 19.41 points at the first support level, and at 19.19 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 19.75, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.87.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR] has a current ratio of 0.62. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.62, while the Cash Ratio is 1.42. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.89, the price to book ratio is 3.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.11.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Cardoso Marcelo, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, that happened on Mar 18 ’25 when 6942.0 shares were sold. Officer, Cardoso Marcelo completed a deal on Mar 18 ’25 to buy 6942.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Snow Ian Kendell sold 0.52 million shares on Mar 13 ’25.
