Laureate Education (LAUR) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) is expected to be posting its quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, February 20th. Analysts expect Laureate Education to post earnings of $0.42 per share and revenue of $411.50 million for the quarter. Individual that are interested in registering for the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Laureate Education Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LAUR opened at $19.86 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.63. Laureate Education has a one year low of $12.59 and a one year high of $19.98. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $18.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $17.13. The company has a market capitalization of $2.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.57 and a beta of 0.84.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Insider Activity

In other Laureate Education news, Director Corro Pedro Del sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.58, for a total transaction of $489,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 29,686 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $581,251.88. This represents a 45.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 2.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Laureate Education

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.