Laureate Education (LAUR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → **Breaking News** LIttle Known Biotech Company Does $41 Million In Q1! (From Huge Alerts) (Ad) Free LAUR Stock Alerts $16.03 +0.03 (+0.19%) (As of 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability Laureate Education Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest4,820,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,440,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-11.40%Dollar Volume Sold Short$69.89 millionShort Interest Ratio6.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2024Outstanding Shares157,590,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted3.06%Today's Trading Volume629,862 sharesAverage Trading Volume740,367 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average85% Short Selling Laureate Education ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Laureate Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLAUR Short Interest Over TimeLAUR Days to Cover Over TimeLAUR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Huge Alerts**Breaking News** LIttle Known Biotech Company Does $41 Million In Q1! Learn more about why Zack’s has increased its price target on this company to a whopping $23.25!Click for Zack's full report Laureate Education Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20244,820,000 shares $69.89 million -11.4%N/A6.5 $14.50 4/15/20245,440,000 shares $76.11 million +7.7%N/A8.3 $13.99 3/31/20245,050,000 shares $73.58 million -10.6%N/A7.4 $14.57 3/15/20245,650,000 shares $77.29 million +8.5%N/A8.4 $13.68 2/29/20245,210,000 shares $69.87 million +1.4%N/A7.5 $13.41 2/15/20245,140,000 shares $66.87 million +4.1%N/A7.4 $13.01 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LAUR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Laureate Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/20244,940,000 shares $62.34 million -2.2%N/A7 $12.62 1/15/20245,050,000 shares $65.90 million -5.8%N/A6.8 $13.05 12/31/20235,360,000 shares $73.49 million +0.6%N/A7.4 $13.71 12/15/20235,330,000 shares $71.53 million No ChangeN/A7.6 $13.42 11/30/20235,330,000 shares $69.98 million +62.5%N/A7.7 $13.13 11/15/20233,280,000 shares $43.00 million -29.8%N/A4.8 $13.11 10/31/20234,670,000 shares $66.03 million -4.9%N/A6.6 $14.14 10/15/20234,910,000 shares $69.62 million -2.4%N/A6.6 $14.18 9/30/20235,030,000 shares $70.92 million +3.3%N/A6.9 $14.10 9/15/20234,870,000 shares $67.74 million +8.0%N/A6.2 $13.91 8/31/20234,510,000 shares $62.82 million -12.4%N/A4.7 $13.93 8/15/20235,150,000 shares $75.29 million +24.7%N/A5.3 $14.62 7/31/20234,130,000 shares $52.95 million +10.4%N/A4.4 $12.82 7/15/20233,740,000 shares $46.49 million -8.8%N/A4.2 $12.43 6/30/20234,100,000 shares $49.57 million -11.1%N/A4.4 $12.09 6/15/20234,610,000 shares $54.08 million +1.1%N/A5 $11.73 5/31/20234,560,000 shares $55.18 million -4.6%N/A5.9 $12.10 5/15/20234,780,000 shares $57.31 million +4.4%N/A5.4 $11.99 4/30/20234,580,000 shares $56.75 million +2.0%N/A4.9 $12.39 4/15/20234,490,000 shares $54.06 million +0.7%N/A4.6 $12.04 3/31/20234,460,000 shares $52.45 million -0.7%N/A4.1 $11.76 3/15/20234,490,000 shares $52.08 million No ChangeN/A4 $11.60 2/28/20234,490,000 shares $53.25 million -21.2%N/A3.6 $11.86 2/15/20235,700,000 shares $60.65 million -8.1%N/A4.1 $10.64 1/31/20236,200,000 shares $68.08 million +147.0%6.8%3.6 $10.98 1/15/20232,510,000 shares $25.25 million -8.4%2.7%1.5 $10.06 12/30/20222,740,000 shares $26.36 million +11.8%3.0%1.7 $9.62 12/15/20222,450,000 shares $24.35 million -29.6%2.7%1.6 $9.94 11/30/20223,480,000 shares $36.47 million +2.1%3.7%2.3 $10.48 11/15/20223,410,000 shares $41.43 million -2.6%3.6%2.4 $12.15 10/31/20223,500,000 shares $44.24 million +3.9%3.5%3.9 $12.64 10/15/20223,370,000 shares $35.05 million -0.9%3.4%3.9 $10.40 9/30/20223,400,000 shares $35.87 million -12.4%3.4%4.1 $10.55 9/15/20223,880,000 shares $44.89 million +2.9%3.9%4.7 $11.57**Breaking News** LIttle Known Biotech Company Does $41 Million In Q1! (Ad)Learn more about why Zack’s has increased its price target on this company to a whopping $23.25!Click for Zack's full report 8/31/20223,770,000 shares $41.55 million +3.9%3.8%4.5 $11.02 8/15/20223,630,000 shares $41.89 million -1.9%3.6%4.2 $11.54 7/31/20223,700,000 shares $43.81 million -1.6%3.6%3.6 $11.84 7/15/20223,760,000 shares $42.94 million +5.9%3.6%3.7 $11.42 6/30/20223,550,000 shares $41.07 million +2.9%3.4%3.2 $11.57 6/15/20223,450,000 shares $39.36 million -7.8%3.3%2.9 $11.41 5/31/20223,740,000 shares $47.61 million -8.3%3.6%2.8 $12.73 5/15/20224,080,000 shares $46.88 million -2.4%3.9%2.5 $11.49 4/30/20224,180,000 shares $47.36 million -17.2%3.9%2.5 $11.33 4/15/20225,050,000 shares $60.85 million +4.1%4.7%3.1 $12.05 3/31/20224,850,000 shares $57.47 million +37.8%4.4%3 $11.85 3/15/20223,520,000 shares $44.63 million +8.0%N/A2.1 $12.68 2/28/20223,260,000 shares $35.34 million -0.3%N/A2.1 $10.84 2/15/20223,270,000 shares $40.71 million +29.8%N/A2.4 $12.45 1/31/20222,520,000 shares $31.88 million +103.2%N/A2.1 $12.65 1/15/20221,240,000 shares $14.77 million -16.2%1.4%1 $11.91 12/31/20211,480,000 shares $18.12 million -48.8%2.0%1.2 $12.24 12/15/20212,890,000 shares $30.00 million -1.0%4.0%2 $10.38 11/30/20212,920,000 shares $29.20 million +5.4%4.0%2.1 $10.00 11/15/20212,770,000 shares $30.41 million -0.4%3.8%2 $10.98 10/29/20212,780,000 shares $48.15 million -0.4%3.8%2.1 $17.32 10/15/20212,790,000 shares $48.27 million +13.4%3.6%2.5 $17.30 9/30/20212,460,000 shares $41.80 million -35.3%3.3%2.3 $16.99 9/15/20213,800,000 shares $64.45 million -8.4%5.1%4.8 $16.96 8/31/20214,150,000 shares $66.11 million +3.2%5.6%7.2 $15.93 8/13/20214,020,000 shares $64.72 million +1.3%5.2%7.2 $16.10 7/30/20213,970,000 shares $58.80 million +14.4%5.1%6.4 $14.81 7/15/20213,470,000 shares $50.56 million -14.1%4.2%4.6 $14.57 6/30/20214,040,000 shares $58.62 million -3.1%4.9%5.2 $14.51 6/15/20214,170,000 shares $64.51 million +4.5%4.7%5.3 $15.47 5/28/20213,990,000 shares $58.29 million -17.7%4.5%4.9 $14.61 5/14/20214,850,000 shares $69.11 million -6.7%5.5%5.4 $14.25 4/30/20215,200,000 shares $61.72 million -2.4%5.9%6.1 $11.87 4/15/20215,330,000 shares $69.72 million -2.9%6.0%6.6 $13.08 3/31/20215,490,000 shares $75.10 million -7.4%6.2%6.1 $13.68 3/15/20215,930,000 shares $86.34 million +7.6%6.1%6.5 $14.56 2/26/20215,510,000 shares $75.71 million -29.9%5.6%6.3 $13.74 2/12/20217,860,000 shares $114.95 million -8.0%7.2%10.1 $14.63 1/29/20218,540,000 shares $113.16 million +12.5%7.8%10.1 $13.25 1/15/20217,590,000 shares $108.23 million -2.9%7.0%9.5 $14.26 12/31/20207,820,000 shares $115.27 million +2.1%7.2%13 $14.74 12/15/20207,660,000 shares $115.74 million +1.2%7.0%12.3 $15.11 11/30/20207,570,000 shares $110.29 million +2.9%6.9%8.8 $14.57 11/15/20207,360,000 shares $104.66 million -3.7%6.7%8.4 $14.22 10/30/20207,640,000 shares $97.49 million +17.2%7.0%8.9 $12.76 10/15/20206,520,000 shares $89.13 million -10.9%6.0%6.8 $13.67 9/30/20207,320,000 shares $97.21 million -3.8%6.7%6.8 $13.28 9/15/20207,610,000 shares $96.04 million -5.7%7.0%6.7 $12.62 8/31/20208,070,000 shares $101.04 million -6.7%7.4%8.4 $12.52 8/14/20208,650,000 shares $113.32 million +8.3%7.9%8.3 $13.10**Breaking News** LIttle Known Biotech Company Does $41 Million In Q1! (Ad)Learn more about why Zack’s has increased its price target on this company to a whopping $23.25!Click for Zack's full report 7/31/20207,990,000 shares $101.31 million +19.1%7.8%7.5 $12.68 7/15/20206,710,000 shares $62.40 million +16.1%6.5%6 $9.30 6/30/20205,780,000 shares $57.60 million +55.4%5.6%5.3 $9.97 6/15/20203,720,000 shares $37.76 million -7.5%3.6%3.2 $10.15 5/29/20204,020,000 shares $39.11 million +39.6%4.0%3.1 $9.73 5/15/20202,880,000 shares $24.51 million +9.9%2.9%2.1 $8.51 4/30/20202,620,000 shares $24.81 million +3.2%2.6%2 $9.47 4/15/20202,540,000 shares $24.46 million -9.9%2.5%1.8 $9.63 3/31/20202,820,000 shares $23.74 million -24.4%2.8%2.1 $8.42 3/13/20203,729,000 shares $38.74 million +5.0%3.7%3.3 $10.39 2/28/20203,550,000 shares $31.52 million +13.4%3.5%3 $8.88 2/14/20203,130,000 shares $54.12 million +10.6%3.1%2.5 $17.29 1/31/20202,830,000 shares $56.52 million -22.7%2.8%2.1 $19.97 1/15/20203,660,000 shares $74.77 million -3.9%3.6%2.7 $20.43 12/31/20193,810,000 shares $67.25 million +18.0%3.7%2.8 $17.65 8/15/20191,141,200 shares $19.93 million -16.3%1.4%1.2 $17.46 LAUR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Laureate Education's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Laureate Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 4,820,000 shares of LAUR short. Learn More on Laureate Education's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Laureate Education? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. LAUR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Laureate Education's short interest ratio. Is Laureate Education's short interest increasing or decreasing? Laureate Education saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,820,000 shares, a decline of 11.4% from the previous total of 5,440,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Laureate Education's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Laureate Education: Adtalem Global Education Inc. (5.07%), Strategic Education, Inc. (1.69%), Stride, Inc. (10.85%), Afya Limited (4.47%), Graham Holdings (1.77%), Perdoceo Education Co. (8.19%), Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (1.45%), TAL Education Group (3.90%), PENN Entertainment, Inc. (19.77%), Carter's, Inc. (10.04%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Laureate Education stock? Short selling LAUR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Laureate Education as its price is falling. LAUR shares are trading up $0.03 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Laureate Education? A short squeeze for Laureate Education occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LAUR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Laureate Education's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including LAUR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024. 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