Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.20 EPS

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.20, Zacks reports. Laureate Education had a net margin of 18.92% and a return on equity of 32.35%. The firm had revenue of $423.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $411.50 million. Laureate Education updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Laureate Education Stock Performance

NASDAQ LAUR traded down $1.37 during trading on Friday, reaching $19.60. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,308,444 shares, compared to its average volume of 699,404. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 0.63. The firm has a market cap of $2.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.10 and a beta of 0.84. Laureate Education has a twelve month low of $12.59 and a twelve month high of $21.73. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $18.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $17.35.

Insider Buying and Selling at Laureate Education

In other Laureate Education news, Director Corro Pedro Del sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.58, for a total transaction of $489,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 29,686 shares in the company, valued at approximately $581,251.88. The trade was a 45.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 2.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Laureate Education from $17.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note 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.