Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) is 4.45% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.76 and a high of $14.91 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LAUR stock was last observed hovering at around $14.25 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.07%.
Currently trading at $14.32, the stock is -0.69% and 3.54% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.7 million and changing 0.49% at the moment leaves the stock 7.97% off its SMA200. LAUR registered 25.77% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.28%.
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The stock witnessed a 1.92% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 11.27%, and is 1.78% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.02% over the week and 1.94% over the month.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) has around 28900 employees, a market worth around $2.22B and $1.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.02 and Fwd P/E is 9.94. Profit margin for the company is 7.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 33.09% and -3.99% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.56%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 67.41% this year
The shares outstanding are 157.59M, and float is at 128.03M with Short Float at 3.94%.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by del Corro Pedro, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that del Corro Pedro sold 24,343 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’24 at a price of $12.62 per share for a total of $0.31 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Laureate Education Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 05 ’24 that del Corro Pedro (Director) sold a total of 1,086 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 05 ’24 and was made at $12.62 per share for $13705.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 46729.0 shares of the LAUR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 04 ’23, Wengen Alberta, LP (10% Owner) disposed off 200 shares at an average price of $13.25 for $2650.0. The insider now directly holds 18,405,416 shares of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR).
