Laureate Education is an education & training services business based in the US. Laureate Education shares (LAUR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $19.52 – an increase of 5.46% over the previous week. Laureate Education employs 28,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.6 billion.
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| Latest market close | $19.52 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $12.45 - $19.58 |
| 50-day moving average | $16.65 |
| 200-day moving average | $15.11 |
| Wall St. target price | $20.00 |
| PE ratio | 11.9689 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.61 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $19.27 from 2024-11-21
| 1 week (2024-11-15) | 4.11% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-23) | 22.58% |
| 3 months (2024-08-23) | 25.87% |
| 6 months (2024-05-23) | 20.21% |
| 1 year (2023-11-22) | 44.78% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-23) | 99.11% |
| 3 years (2021-11-23) | 121.32% |
| 5 years (2019-11-22) | 151.03% |
Valuing Laureate Education stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Laureate Education's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Laureate Education's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, Laureate Education shares trade at around 12x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Laureate Education's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1465. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Laureate Education's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Laureate Education's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $431 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Laureate Education's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.6 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 19.54% |
| Gross profit TTM | $466.3 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 11.22% |
| Return on equity TTM | 26.88% |
| Profit margin | 15.76% |
| Book value | $5.96 |
| Market Capitalization | $2.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Laureate Education to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, Laureate Education's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.45 up to $19.58. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Laureate Education's is 0.87. This would suggest that Laureate Education's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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. It also offers specialized courses for technical and vocational training; and senior high school. Its services are provides in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc.
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