NASDAQ:LAUR - Laureate International Universities Stock Price, Price Target & More

Laureate International Universities trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LAUR."

Laureate International Universities (NASDAQ:LAUR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 20th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. Laureate International Universities had a net margin of 2.09% and a return on equity of 7.52%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.27 earnings per share. View Laureate International Universities' Earnings History.

Laureate International Universities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May, 10th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Laureate International Universities.

7 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Laureate International Universities' stock. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $19.00. On average, they anticipate Laureate International Universities' stock price to reach $17.8571 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Laureate International Universities.

Some companies that are related to Laureate International Universities include Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), The Graham (GHC), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Chegg (CHGG), OneSmart International Education Group (ONE), Strayer Education (STRA), Capella Education (CPLA), Career Education (CECO), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), American Public Education (APEI), Tarena International (TEDU), K12 (LRN), RYB Education (RYB), GP Strategies (GPX), China Distance Education (DL), China Online Education Group (COE), Bridgepoint Education (BPI) and Aspen Group (ASPU).

(LAUR) raised $536 million in an IPO on Wednesday, February 1st 2017. The company issued 29,000,000 shares at a price of $17.00-$20.00 per share. Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Macquarie Capital, J.P. Morgan, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, KKR and Goldman Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Baird, Barrington Research, Piper Jaffray, Stifel, William Blair, Bradesco BBI and BTG Pactual were co-managers.

Press coverage about LAUR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Laureate International Universities earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 45.78 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Shares of LAUR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.34.

Laureate International Universities has a market capitalization of $2.68 billion and generates $4.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $91.46 million in net income (profit) each year or ($1.20) on an earnings per share basis. Laureate International Universities employs 65,000 workers across the globe.

Laureate International Universities' mailing address is 650 S. Exeter Street, Baltimore MD, 21202. The company can be reached via phone at 410-843-6100 or via email at [email protected]