Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) set off with pace as it heaved 10.41% to $17.18, before settling in for the price of $15.56 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, LAUR posted a 52-week range of $11.91-$17.60.
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The Consumer Defensive Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was -7.76%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 13.28%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 99.33%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $157.59 million, simultaneously with a float of $129.10 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $2.62 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $15.74, while the 200-day Moving Average is $14.73.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Education & Training Services industry. Laureate Education Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 15.37%, in contrast to 87.52% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Jun 03 ’24, this organization’s VP, ACCTG, GLOBAL CONTROLLER sold 1,305 shares at the rate of 15.78, making the entire transaction reach 20,595 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 16,628. Preceding that transaction, on May 10 ’24, Company’s Director sold 5,957 for 16.31, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 97,159. This particular insider is now the holder of 0 in total.
Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) Earnings and Revenue Records
Laureate Education Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 99.33% and is forecasted to reach 1.43 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 15.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 13.28% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ: LAUR) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Laureate Education Inc (LAUR). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.76. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.54. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $13.68, and its Beta score is 0.83. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.70. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 14.79.
In the same vein, LAUR’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 1.26, a figure that is expected to reach 0.42 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 1.43 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)
Going through the that latest performance of [Laureate Education Inc, LAUR]. Its last 5-days volume of 0.51 million was inferior to the volume of 0.73 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 46.56% While, its Average True Range was 0.63.
Raw Stochastic average of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 74.74%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 62.65% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 43.17% that was higher than 33.75% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
