Laureate Education (LAUR) to Release Earnings on Thursday

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

Laureate Education Stock Up 0.6 %

Laureate Education stock opened at $20.11 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $18.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.23. The stock has a market cap of $3.03 billion, a PE ratio of 12.73 and a beta of 0.84. Laureate Education has a 1-year low of $12.59 and a 1-year high of $20.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.63.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, BMO Capital Markets upped 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.

Insider Buying and Selling at Laureate Education

In related news, Director Corro Pedro Del sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.58, for a total value of $489,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 2.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.