Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) kicked off on Tuesday, up 1.37% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $15.28. Over the past 52 weeks, LAUR has traded in a range of $11.91-$17.60.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was -7.76%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 82.24%. With a float of $129.41 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $157.59 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 28900 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 26.01%, operating margin of 22.41%, and the pretax margin is 22.22%.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Education & Training Services Industry. The insider ownership of Laureate Education Inc is 15.17%, while institutional ownership is 86.26%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jun 03 ’24, was worth 20,595. In this transaction VP, ACCTG, GLOBAL CONTROLLER of this company sold 1,305 shares at a rate of $15.78, taking the stock ownership to the 16,628 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 10 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 5,957 for $16.31, making the entire transaction worth $97,159. This insider now owns 0 shares in total.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) Recent Fiscal highlights
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 6/30/2024, the organization reported 0.23 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.19) by 0.04. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.5 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 82.24% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.00% during the next five years compared to 13.28% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Laureate Education Inc’s (LAUR) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.76. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.53. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.34.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.26, a number that is poised to hit 0.16 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.48 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)
Looking closely at Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR), its last 5-days average volume was 0.59 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.77 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 82.99%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.45.
During the past 100 days, Laureate Education Inc’s (LAUR) raw stochastic average was set at 51.38%, which indicates a significant decrease from 96.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 23.44% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.25% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $14.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $14.16. However, in the short run, Laureate Education Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $15.62. Second resistance stands at $15.75. The third major resistance level sits at $15.97. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $15.27, it is likely to go to the next support level at $15.05. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $14.92.
Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 2.36 billion has total of 157,590K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,484 M in contrast with the sum of 107,590 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 499,250 K and last quarter income was 128,130 K.
