Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) is 32.53% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.17 and a high of $18.39 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 $17.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.52%.
Currently trading at $18.17, the stock is 13.59% and 14.13% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.59 million and changing 2.95% at the moment leaves the stock 22.57% off its SMA200. LAUR registered 42.80% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 11.34%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.8666 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $14.7986.
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The stock witnessed a 15.95% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 24.97%, and is 16.77% 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 4.73% over the week and 2.89% over the month.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) has around 28900 employees, a market worth around $2.74B and $1.55B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.44 and Fwd P/E is 12.75. Profit margin for the company is 15.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.26% and -1.20% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.49%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 99.33% this year
271.0 institutions hold shares in Laureate Education Inc (LAUR), with institutional investors hold 103.72% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 157.59M, and float is at 127.53M with Short Float at 3.76%. Institutions hold 93.46% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 23.27 million shares valued at $347.71 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.8233 of the LAUR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.11 million shares valued at $225.73 million to account for 9.6232 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 14.75 million shares representing 9.3936 and valued at over $220.35 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.536 of the shares totaling 7.12 million with a market value of $106.39 million.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) Insider Activity
Laureate Education Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 03 ’24 that Knauer Gerard M. (VP, ACCTG, GLOBAL CONTROLLER) sold a total of 1,305 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 03 ’24 and was made at $15.78 per share for $20595.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 16628.0 shares of the LAUR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 10 ’24, del Corro Pedro (Director) disposed off 5,957 shares at an average price of $16.31 for $97159.0. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR).
