Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) 20 Days SMA touches 9.59%: The odds favor the bear

Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) on Friday, soared 8.20% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $15.25. Within the past 52 weeks, LAUR’s price has moved between $11.91 and $17.60.

During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was -7.76%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 82.34%. With a float of $129.01 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) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Education & Training Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Laureate Education Inc is 15.43%, while institutional ownership is 86.24%. 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) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 82.34% 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

Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.76 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.63. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.21.

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 0.75 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.76 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 66.26%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.47.

During the past 100 days, Laureate Education Inc’s (LAUR) raw stochastic average was set at 74.65%, which indicates a significant decrease from 94.04% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 39.74% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 32.92% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $15.02, while its 200-day Moving Average is $14.27. However, in the short run, Laureate Education Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $16.79. Second resistance stands at $17.07. The third major resistance level sits at $17.52. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $16.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $15.61. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $15.33.

Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 2.52 billion based on 157,590K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 1,484 M and income totals 107,590 K. The company made 499,250 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 128,130 K in sales during its previous quarter.