NASDAQ:LAUR Laureate Education (LAUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis → FW: 234x Gain (From Weiss Ratings) (Ad) Free LAUR Stock Alerts $14.98 +0.75 (+5.27%) (As of 05/3/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range$14.34▼$15.0650-Day Range$13.10▼$15.0052-Week Range$11.34▼$15.06Volume882,020 shsAverage Volume798,550 shsMarket Capitalization$2.36 billionP/E Ratio20.24Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$17.00 Stock AnalysisStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability Get Laureate Education alerts: Email Address Laureate Education MarketRank™ Stock AnalysisAnalyst RatingBuy3.00 Rating ScoreUpside/Downside13.5% Upside$17.00 Price TargetShort InterestBearish3.45% of Shares Sold ShortDividend StrengthN/ASustainability-1.09Upright™ Environmental ScoreNews Sentiment0.31Based on 18 Articles This WeekInsider TradingSelling Shares$13,705 Sold Last QuarterProj. Earnings Growth20.16%From $1.29 to $1.55 Per ShareSee Full Details Hide Full Details Overall MarketRank™New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank™ is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.4.30 out of 5 starsConsumer Discretionary Sector217th out of 1,614 stocksEducational Services Industry1st out of 132 stocks 2.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingLaureate Education has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageLaureate Education has received no research coverage in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.0 Short Interest Percentage of Shares Shorted3.45% of the outstanding shares of Laureate Education have been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverLaureate Education has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.3.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Laureate Education has recently increased by 7.72%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldLaureate Education does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthLaureate Education does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 4.6 Sustainability and ESG Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ScoreLaureate Education has received a 72.70% net impact score from Upright. The largest positive contribution comes from its "Distributing knowledge" impact, which is driven by its "Private master's level tertiary education services" and "Private bachelor's level tertiary education services" products. See details.Environmental SustainabilityThe Environmental Impact score for Laureate Education is -1.09. Previous Next 2.4 News and Social Media Coverage News SentimentLaureate Education has a news sentiment score of 0.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Laureate Education this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.Search Interest10 people have searched for LAUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. MarketBeat FollowsOnly 1 people have added Laureate Education to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days. Previous Next 2.5 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Laureate Education insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $13,705.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.32% of the stock of Laureate Education is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions96.27% of the stock of Laureate Education is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Laureate Education are expected to grow by 20.16% in the coming year, from $1.29 to $1.55 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Laureate Education is 20.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.08.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Laureate Education is 20.24, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 15.22.Price to Book Value per Share RatioLaureate Education has a P/B Ratio of 2.49. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks Here Ad Colonial MetalsThe asset beating inflation by 4x"Trump Loophole" Beats Inflation? Inflation has been out of control for years. 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The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. Laureate Education, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.Read More LAUR Stock Price History View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart LAUR Stock News HeadlinesMay 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comQ1 2024 Laureate Education Inc Earnings CallMay 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comLaureate Education Inc (LAUR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Strategic ...May 4, 2024 | Stansberry Research (Ad)Gold ManiaFormer Goldman VP Reveals Mysterious "Gold Bank" With Huge Upside Potential He says the gains in this should be far greater than just bullion or mining stocks. Some folks had the chance to see 995% the last time we shared this exact "bank". Most people know nothing about it (except the rich and elite).May 2, 2024 | msn.comLAUR Stock Earnings: Laureate Education Misses EPS, Beats Revenue for Q1 2024May 2, 2024 | msn.comLaureate Education GAAP EPS of -$0.07 misses by $0.04, revenue of $275.4M beats by $6.1MMay 2, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comLaureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q1May 2, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comLaureate Education Inc. (LAUR) Q1 2024 Earnings: Revenue Surpasses Estimates Despite ChallengesMay 2, 2024 | msn.comMy father survived the Holocaust. Why are students taking part in a new call to violence?May 4, 2024 | Stansberry Research (Ad)Gold ManiaFormer Goldman VP Reveals Mysterious "Gold Bank" With Huge Upside Potential He says the gains in this should be far greater than just bullion or mining stocks. Some folks had the chance to see 995% the last time we shared this exact "bank". Most people know nothing about it (except the rich and elite).May 2, 2024 | globenewswire.comLaureate Education Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2024May 1, 2024 | msn.comDetroit People's Food Co-op opens • Michigan Central unveiling plans • The new poet laureateMay 1, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comLaureate Education Earnings: What To Look For From LAURApril 30, 2024 | yahoo.comJessica Care Moore named poet laureate: 'An authentic voice of Detroit'April 28, 2024 | americanbankingnews.comLaureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) Sets New 52-Week High at $14.97April 27, 2024 | msn.comMeet Indonesia’s Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate: how Denica Riadini-Flesch, ex-World Bank economist and founder of the SukkhaCitta sustainable clothing label, is ...April 25, 2024 | americanbankingnews.comLaureate Education (LAUR) Scheduled to Post Earnings on ThursdayApril 24, 2024 | msn.comJamus Lim on why Singapore has never produced Nobel laureate and why straight-A students ‘never rise to the top’April 18, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comPrem Watsa Named 2024 Insurance Hall of Fame LaureateApril 17, 2024 | msn.comConcord Academy removes Boston’s poet laureate as commencement speakerApril 11, 2024 | msn.comPhoto | First youth poet laureate named in Santa Cruz CountyApril 11, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comIs Laureate Education, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LAUR) Latest Stock Performance A Reflection Of Its Financial Health?April 10, 2024 | globenewswire.comLaureate Education Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference CallApril 10, 2024 | msn.comMalala urges PM Shehbaz to pay attention to girls' educationApril 10, 2024 | msn.comMalala urges PM to prioritise girls' educationApril 10, 2024 | msn.comMayor Eric Johnson announces a new Dallas Poet Laureate who's from SMUApril 9, 2024 | msn.comDrury University symposium to celebrate link between literature, Ozarks landscapeApril 7, 2024 | msn.comWestover: How Malala is teaching my daughter about the right to educationSee More Headlines Receive LAUR Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Laureate Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Company Calendar Last Earnings5/02/2024Today5/03/2024Next Earnings (Estimated)8/01/2024Fiscal Year End12/31/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorConsumer Defensive Industry Education & Training Services Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolNASDAQ:LAUR CUSIPN/A CIK912766 Webwww.laureate.net Phone(786) 209-3368FaxN/AEmployees28,900Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$17.00 High Stock Price Target$17.00 Low Stock Price Target$17.00 Potential Upside/Downside+13.5%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage2 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.64 Trailing P/E Ratio23.41 Forward P/E Ratio11.61 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$107.59 million Net Margins7.26% Pretax Margin17.14% Return on Equity12.69% Return on Assets5.54% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.12 Current Ratio0.50 Quick Ratio0.50 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.48 billion Price / Sales1.59 Cash Flow$1.43 per share Price / Cash Flow10.44 Book Value$6.01 per share Price / Book2.49Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares157,590,000Free Float153,934,000Market Cap$2.36 billion OptionableOptionable Beta0.74 Ten Starter Stocks For Beginners to Buy NowJust getting into the stock market? These 10 simple stocks can help beginning investors build long-term wealth without knowing options, technicals, or other advanced strategies.Get This Free Report Key ExecutivesMr. Eilif Serck-Hanssen (Age 58)President, CEO & Director Comp: $2.16MMr. Richard M. Buskirk (Age 47)Senior VP & CFO Comp: $960.85kMr. Marcelo Barbalho Cardoso (Age 52)Executive VP, CEO of Mexico & COO Comp: $1.31MKey CompetitorsAdtalem Global EducationNYSE:ATGEStrategic EducationNASDAQ:STRAStrideNYSE:LRNAfyaNASDAQ:AFYAGrahamNYSE:GHCView All CompetitorsInsiders & InstitutionsFirst Pacific Advisors LPBought 199,423 shares on 5/2/2024Ownership: 0.516%Daiwa Securities Group Inc.Sold 8,637 shares on 5/2/2024Ownership: 0.048%Nordea Investment Management ABBought 5,176 shares on 5/2/2024Ownership: 0.021%BNP Paribas Financial MarketsBought 6,825 shares on 5/1/2024Ownership: 0.066%Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.Bought 9,077 shares on 5/1/2024Ownership: 0.059%View All Insider TransactionsView All Institutional Transactions LAUR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions Should I buy or sell Laureate Education stock right now? 2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Laureate Education in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" LAUR shares. View LAUR analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks. What is Laureate Education's stock price target for 2024? 2 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Laureate Education's stock. Their LAUR share price targets range from $17.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $17.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts price targets for LAUR or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts. How have LAUR shares performed in 2024? Laureate Education's stock was trading at $13.71 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, LAUR shares have increased by 9.3% and is now trading at $14.98. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. Are investors shorting Laureate Education? Laureate Education saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,050,000 shares, a decrease of 10.6% from the March 15th total of 5,650,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 678,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.4 days. View Laureate Education's Short Interest. When is Laureate Education's next earnings date? The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 1st 2024. View our LAUR earnings forecast. How were Laureate Education's earnings last quarter? Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The company reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.12. The company earned $275.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $269.35 million. Laureate Education had a net margin of 8.19% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.87%. The business's revenue was up 9.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.17) EPS. How often does Laureate Education pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Laureate Education? Laureate Education declared a dividend on Thursday, November 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, November 30th. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 14th. Read our dividend analysis for LAUR. What ETFs hold Laureate Education's stock? ETFs with the largest weight of Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) stock in their portfolio include iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF (EPU).Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Momentum ETF (PSL). What guidance has Laureate Education issued on next quarter's earnings? Laureate Education issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.6 billion-$1.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion. What other stocks do shareholders of Laureate Education own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Laureate Education investors own include Chegg (CHGG), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Ford Motor (F), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Pure Storage (PSTG), WPX Energy (WPX), RTX (RTX) and AMC Entertainment (AMC). When did Laureate Education IPO? Laureate Education (LAUR) raised $536 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, February 1st 2017. The company issued 29,000,000 shares at $17.00-$20.00 per share. Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Macquarie Capital, J.P. Morgan, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, KKR and Goldman Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Baird, Barrington Research, Piper Jaffray, Stifel, William Blair, Bradesco BBI and BTG Pactual were co-managers. Who are Laureate Education's major shareholders? Laureate Education's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fourth Sail Capital LP (1.35%), First Pacific Advisors LP (0.52%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.31%), Capstone Investment Advisors LLC (0.10%), BNP Paribas Financial Markets (0.07%) and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Alberta Lp Wengen, Cohen Steven A/Sac Capital Mgm, Corro Pedro Del, Eilif Serck-Hanssen, Kkr Group Partnership LP, Marcelo Cardoso, Michael J Durham and Richard Harvey Sinkfield III. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Laureate Education? Shares of LAUR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. Compare Top Brokerages Here. This page (NASDAQ:LAUR) was last updated on 5/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon to Transform U.S. Economy? 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