Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ:LAUR) shares, rose in value on Friday, July 11, with the stock price down by -1.19% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $23.57.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $23.85, falling within a range of $23.39 and $23.835. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.687 whereas the PE ratio was 12.55 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $24.42, and the low was $13.60. On the whole, LAUR has fluctuated by 8.02% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Laureate Education Inc currently standing at about $3.51 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-May-01.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 1.57B, with a low estimate of 502M and a high estimate of 502M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 502M.
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 100% 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 PEG ratio is about 0.83, with the price of LAUR currently trading nearly 1.97% and 4.28% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 59.11, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.71% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.46%. Furthermore, Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)’s beta value 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 -1.19% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 28.87%%.
Data on historical trading for Laureate Education Inc (NASDAQ:LAUR) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.28 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 835.08K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 148.81 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 14.64% of Laureate Education Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 87.06% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.3 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 3.63. According to the data, the short interest in Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) stood at 185.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-06-13; the number of short shares registered in 2025-05-15 reached 2.92 million. The stock has risen by 61.66% 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.
