Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] stock is trading at $35.49, up 2.72%. 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 5.41% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 18.38%, and 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 December 10, 2025, when JP Morgan initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $40. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Buy rating on September 19, 2025, and set its price target to $35. On July 26, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight but maintained its price target of $17 on the stock. Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $20 on October 06, 2023. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to an Overweight and raised its price target to $17 on August 07, 2023. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on May 08, 2023, and upped its price target to $15. In a note dated June 24, 2020, Morgan Stanley upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $13.
Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] stock has fluctuated between $17.82 and $35.36 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $35.5 within the next 12 months. Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] shares were valued at $35.49 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.03% based on the average LAUR price forecast.
Analyzing the LAUR fundamentals
Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ:LAUR] reported sales of 1.58B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.57%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.27% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.14.
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 34.93 points at the first support level, and at 34.38 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 35.85, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 36.22.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Laureate Education Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.81. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.81. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.30, the price to book ratio is 4.68 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.97.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Cardoso Marcelo, EVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, that happened on Jan 02 ’26 when 6543.0 shares were sold. Officer, Cardoso Marcelo completed a deal on Jan 02 ’26 to buy 6543.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director RODIN JUDITH sold 7065.0 shares on Dec 08 ’25.
