Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) Announces Earnings Results

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.20, Zacks reports. Laureate Education had a return on equity of 27.13% and a net margin of 15.76%. The firm had revenue of $423.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $411.50 million. Laureate Education updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Laureate Education Stock Down 5.1 %

Shares of Laureate Education stock traded down $1.07 during trading on Friday, hitting $19.90. 412,501 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 624,497. The stock has a market cap of $3.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.62 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 0.63. Laureate Education has a twelve month low of $12.59 and a twelve month high of $21.73. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $18.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $17.35.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Corro Pedro Del sold 25,000 shares of Laureate Education stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.58, for a total transaction of $489,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 29,686 shares in the company, valued at $581,251.88. The trade was a 45.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 2.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Laureate Education from $17.00 to $20.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st.

Laureate Education Company Profile

Laureate Education, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company provides a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs.