Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ:LAUR) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 07, with the stock price up by 0.41% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $19.42.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $19.34. The PE ratio was 10.00 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $21.73, and the low was $13.26. On the whole, LAUR has fluctuated by -0.21% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Laureate Education Inc currently standing at about $2.93 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 1.56B, with a low estimate of 224.9M and a high estimate of 224.9M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 224.9M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that LAUR’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of LAUR currently trading nearly -2.13% and 1.58% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 47.66, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.93% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.81%. Furthermore, Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)’s beta value is 0.46, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.55.
A comparison of Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. LAUR showed an intraday change of 0.41% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 45.47%%.
Data on historical trading for Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ:LAUR) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 685.29K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 150.79 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 15.84% of Laureate Education Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 85.89% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 6.18% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the LAUR stock heading into the next quarter.
