NASDAQ:TWOU2U Stock Price, Forecast & News

2U's stock was trading at $26.70 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, TWOU stock has increased by 36.6% and is now trading at $36.47. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The software maker reported ($0.33) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.43) by $0.10. The software maker had revenue of $175.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 earnings per share (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 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for 2U's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect 2U's stock price to reach $31.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.0%. View analysts' price targets for 2U.

News coverage about TWOU stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. 2U earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. 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 daily trading volume, of 1,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 18.8% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $36.47.

2U has a market capitalization of $2.33 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]