NASDAQ:TWOU2U Stock Price, Forecast & News

2U's stock was trading at $26.70 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, TWOU shares have increased by 24.9% and is now trading at $33.35. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for 2U in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for 2U.

2U is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for 2U.

2U Inc (NASDAQ:TWOU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The software maker reported ($0.33) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.43) by $0.10. The software maker earned $175.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $175.32 million. 2U had a negative return on equity of 19.90% and a negative net margin of 43.60%. 2U's revenue for the quarter was up 43.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.15) earnings per share. View 2U's earnings history.

2U updated its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, April, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $175.5-175.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $173.73 million.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for 2U's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect 2U's share price to reach $31.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.9%. View analysts' price targets for 2U.

News coverage about TWOU stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. 2U earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about2U.

2U saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,570,000 shares, an increase of 34.2% from the April 30th total of 8,620,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.3 days. Approximately 18.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View 2U's Current Options Chain.

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2U trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "TWOU."

2U's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (9.01%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (7.87%), Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. (7.83%), First Trust Advisors LP (5.90%), BlackRock Inc. (4.28%) and Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.59%). Company insiders that own 2U stock include Christopher J Paucek, Earl Lewis, Gregory K Peters, James Kenigsberg, John B Ellis, John M Larson, Mark Chernis, Matthew J Norden and Michael K Menerey. View institutional ownership trends for 2U.

TWOU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Primecap Management Co. CA, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, UBS Group AG, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Duquesne Family Office LLC, and Morgan Stanley. View insider buying and selling activity for 2U.

TWOU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Riverbridge Partners LLC, Atom Investors LP, and Deutsche Bank AG. Company insiders that have bought 2U stock in the last two years include Gregory K Peters, John M Larson, Mark Chernis, and Michael K Menerey. View insider buying and selling activity for 2U.

Shares of TWOU 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of TWOU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.35.

2U has a market capitalization of $2.13 billion and generates $574.67 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $-235,220,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.01) on an earnings per share basis. 2U employs 5,848 workers across the globe.

The official website for 2U is 2u.com.

2U's mailing address is 7900 HARKINS ROAD, LANHAM MD, 20706. The software maker can be reached via phone at 301-892-4350 or via email at [email protected]