In the past week, LAUR stock has gone up by 13.03%, with a monthly gain of 11.60% and a quarterly surge of 16.92%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.20%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.34% for Laureate Education Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 8.73% for LAUR’s stock, with a 16.35% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) is 13.26x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for LAUR is 0.81. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for LAUR is 129.01M and currently, short sellers hold a 4.62% of that float. On September 19, 2024, LAUR’s average trading volume was 807.95K shares.
LAUR) stock’s latest price update
Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR)’s stock price has dropped by -0.24 in relation to previous closing price of 16.69. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 13.03% in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2024-09-13 that MIAMI, Sept. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR) (the “Company”) announced that its board of directors has approved a new stock repurchase program to acquire up to $100 million of the Company’s common stock. The Company intends to finance the repurchases with free cash flow, excess cash and liquidity on-hand, including available capacity under its Revolving Credit Facility. The Company has completed the $100 million repurchase program that had previously been announced in February 2024. After giving effect to this new authorization, the Company will have returned nearly $3 billion of capital to shareholders since the beginning of 2019 through a combination of share repurchases, cash distributions and cash dividends.
Analysts’ Opinion of LAUR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LAUR stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for LAUR by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for LAUR in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $17 based on the research report published on July 26, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see LAUR reach a price target of $20. The rating they have provided for LAUR stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 06th, 2023.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Overweight” to LAUR, setting the target price at $17 in the report published on August 07th of the previous year.
LAUR Trading at 10.26% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LAUR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.40% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.34%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.20%, as shares surge +11.67% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +14.20% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, LAUR rose by +13.03%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +26.81% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $15.40. In addition, Laureate Education Inc saw 21.44% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LAUR starting from Knauer Gerard M., who sale 1,305 shares at the price of $15.78 back on Jun 03 ’24. After this action, Knauer Gerard M. now owns 16,628 shares of Laureate Education Inc, valued at $20,595 using the latest closing price.
del Corro Pedro, the Director of Laureate Education Inc, sale 5,957 shares at $16.31 during a trade that took place back on May 10 ’24, which means that del Corro Pedro is holding 0 shares at $97,159 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LAUR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.22 for the present operating margin
- 0.26 for the gross margin
The net margin for Laureate Education Inc stands at 0.17. The total capital return value is set at 0.21. Equity return is now at value 21.23, with 9.49 for asset returns.
Based on Laureate Education Inc (LAUR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.24 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.85. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.31. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 41.65.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 453.51 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.11. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.95. The receivables turnover for the company is 12.33for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.75. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.76.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
