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As of close of business last night, Laureate Education Inc’s stock clocked out at $14.64, down -1.21% from its previous closing price of $14.82. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.67 million shares were traded. LAUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.99 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.535.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of LAUR’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.61. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.76 and its Current Ratio is at 0.76. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.66 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.56.
On October 06, 2023, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $20.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Equal-Weight to Overweight on August 07, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $15 to $17.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 03 ’24 when Knauer Gerard M. sold 1,305 shares for $15.78 per share. The transaction valued at 20,595 led to the insider holds 16,628 shares of the business.
del Corro Pedro sold 5,957 shares of LAUR for $97,159 on May 10 ’24. The Director now owns 0 shares after completing the transaction at $16.31 per share. On May 06 ’24, another insider, Snow Ian Kendell, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 2,114,928 shares for $14.64 each. As a result, the insider received 30,962,546 and left with 0 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LAUR now has a Market Capitalization of 2233273600 and an Enterprise Value of 2706435072. As of this moment, Laureate’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.89. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.751 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.46.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, LAUR has reached a high of $17.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $11.91. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.82%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.17%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that LAUR traded 824.47K shares on average per day over the past three months and 953190 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 157.59M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 127.61M. Insiders hold about 16.35% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.23% stake in the company. Shares short for LAUR as of 1722384000 were 5323839 with a Short Ratio of 6.46, compared to 1719532800 on 4967151. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5323839 and a Short% of Float of 4.5300003.
