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) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 9th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.53) by $1.12. The business had revenue of $885.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $853.02 million. Laureate International Universities had a net margin of 8.69% and a return on equity of 8.41%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($1.05) EPS. View Laureate International Universities' Earnings History.

Laureate International Universities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Laureate International Universities.

10 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Laureate International Universities' shares. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Laureate International Universities' share price to reach $18.35 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), Chegg (CHGG), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), OneSmart International Education Group (ONE), Hailiang Education Group (HLG), Strayer Education (STRA), Capella Education (CPLA), Sunlands Online Education (STG), Career Education (CECO), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), American Public Education (APEI), K12 (LRN) and Tarena International (TEDU).

(LAUR) raised $536 million in an initial public offering 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.

News articles about LAUR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Laureate International Universities earned a daily sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company an impact score of 46.44 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Laureate International Universities' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include STERLING CAPITAL PARTNERS II L P (58.20%), BREGAL EUROPE COMPANY -INVESTMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (58.00%), WENGEN ALBERTA, LP (58.00%), BlackRock Inc. (2.27%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.42%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.70%). Company insiders that own Laureate International Universities stock include Fund Holdings Gp Ltd Kkr, George Munoz, Ricardo M Berckemeyer and Richard J Patro. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Laureate International Universities.

LAUR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Sei Investments Co., Natixis Advisors L.P. and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. Company insiders that have sold Laureate International Universities company stock in the last year include Ricardo M Berckemeyer and Richard J Patro. View Insider Buying and Selling for Laureate International Universities.

LAUR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, A.R.T. Advisors LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Swiss National Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have bought Laureate International Universities stock in the last two years include Fund Holdings Gp Ltd Kkr and George Munoz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Laureate International Universities.

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 $15.83.

Laureate International Universities has a market capitalization of $2.97 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]