Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ:LAUR) does about 814.18K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 895429 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 3.34B USD. Its current market price is $22.45, marking an increase of 0.22% compared to the previous close of $22.40. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $23.61 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $13.60.
The consensus objective for the share price is $24.12, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 6.92% over the period.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 3 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 3 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on July 26, 2024 when Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to “Equal-Weight” and issued a price target of $17. Morgan Stanley upgraded its price target at $15-$17.
The current price level is 1.06%, 5.31%, and 18.83% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the LAUR price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) stock is up 2.89% over the week and -2.65% over the past month. Its price is 22.74% year-to-date and 57.10% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0.72 and 1.65 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $365.7M, which analysts say will come at $1.57B for the current fiscal year and next year at $1.68B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $502M.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 6.92 percent from here.
The company has a return on investment of 22.66% and return on equity of 31.14%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 11.96 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.35. The beta has a value of 0.62. Price to book ratio is 3.68 and price to sales ratio is 2.19.
