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In the latest session, Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) closed at $21.92 down -1.75% from its previous closing price of $22.31. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.75 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.84 million shares were traded. LAUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.31 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.16.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Laureate Education Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 27.90 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.58. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.58 and its Current Ratio is at 0.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.48 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.40.
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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 08 ’25 when Buskirk Richard M. sold 7,232 shares for $22.83 per share. The transaction valued at 165,121 led to the insider holds 280,292 shares of the business.
Buskirk Richard M. bought 7,232 shares of LAUR for $165,121 on May 08 ’25. On Mar 18 ’25, another insider, Cardoso Marcelo, who serves as the CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of the company, sold 6,942 shares for $19.13 each. As a result, the insider received 132,800 and left with 381,165 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 3319959296 and an Enterprise Value of 3585225728. As of this moment, Laureate’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.67, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.06. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.77. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.14 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.59. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.347 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.62.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LAUR is 0.62, which has changed by 0.50034225 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LAUR has reached a high of $23.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 17.30%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, LAUR has traded an average of 817.43K shares per day and 599510 over the past ten days. A total of 148.81M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 127.02M. Insiders hold about 14.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.22% stake in the company. Shares short for LAUR as of 1747267200 were 2920355 with a Short Ratio of 3.57, compared to 1744675200 on 2847769. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2920355 and a Short% of Float of 2.35.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
