Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR)Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Miami, United States | NasdaqGS
38.80 USD
-0.24
(-0.615%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 38.80 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:50 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is driven by a powerful divergence between a deteriorating balance sheet and explosive earnings momentum. Fundamentally, the company is showing signs of life with a 50.8% earnings surge and 17.5% revenue growth, supported by a robust 29% return on equity and healthy operating margins. This operational turnaround is reflected in the price action, which has rallied nearly 88% over the last eight years, ending on a strong upward note rather than a multi-year decline. However, the financial structure remains precarious; with a current ratio of just 0.71 and debt-to-equity exceeding 64%, the company is leveraging itself aggressively to fund this growth. The aggressive expansion of the share buyback program suggests management is confident in generating cash flow, yet the thin liquidity cushion leaves little room for error if growth stalls. While the long-term outlook is solid given the improving fundamentals, the short-term trade is complicated by the high leverage and the fact that the statistical forecasting models see no immediate directional edge, suggesting the recent rally may be pricing in further upside prematurely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.111269 |
| MSTL | 0.113103 |
| AutoETS | 0.120016 |
| AutoTheta | 0.134600 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 2.30 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.781 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.10 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2023-11-13 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2023-11-13 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 64.3 |
| Revenue per Share | 12.739 |
| Market Cap | 5,344,674,816 |
| Trailing P/E | 17.64 |
| Forward P/E | 15.97 |
| Beta | 0.45 |
| Profit Margins | 17.57% |
| Website | https://www.laureate.net |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, with open interest heavily skewed toward calls (100% OTM for March 2027) versus negligible put activity. The strike distribution shows significant positioning at the $40 resistance level for near-term expirations, while deep out-of-the-money puts are virtually ignored, indicating a lack of fear regarding downside risk.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-14 | 0.70 | 5.227782 |
| 2022-11-03 | 0.68 | 5.442177 |
| 2022-09-27 | 0.83 | 8.283433 |
| 2021-12-13 | 0.58 | 5.719921 |
| 2021-11-01 | 7.01 | 69.405938 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.39578116 |
| Address1 | 1,000 Brickell Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 715 PMB 1158 |
| All Time High | 40.925 |
| All Time Low | 7.3 |
| Ask | 44.6 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 737,460 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,159,014 |
| Average Volume | 1,159,014 |
| Average Volume10Days | 737,460 |
| Beta | 0.445 |
| Bid | 33.0 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 8.286 |
| City | Miami |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 38.8 |
| Current Ratio | 0.712 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 39.26 |
| Day Low | 38.46 |
| Debt To Equity | 64.3 |
| Display Name | Laureate Education |
| Dividend Date | 1,701,302,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,414,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,414,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.508 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.442 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,414,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,277,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,277,000 |
| Ebitda | 533,207,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.29136 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.097 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.233 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,917,116,928 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.12177 |
| Eps Forward | 2.43017 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.2 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,699,920,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 37.6988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.1012001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.029210482 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 39.578117 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 40.925 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.125 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.05192425 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 24.977 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 13.823 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.5534292 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 24.977 - 40.925 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,485,959,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 126,194,944 |
| Forward Eps | 2.43017 |
| Forward P E | 15.9659605 |
| Free Cashflow | 343,739,264 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 33,900 |
| Fullday Change | -0.240002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.614758 |
| Fullday Price | 38.8 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.36800998 |
| Gross Profits | 673,488,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.08844 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.00518 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 137,749,360 |
| Industry | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Disp | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Key | education-training-services |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=91846&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,699,920,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.7 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a portfolio of higher education institutions in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company offers a range of undergraduate, graduate, and specialized degree programs in the areas of medicine and health sciences, engineering and information technology, and business and management through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. It also operates universities and technical-vocational institutions, as well as provides high school education services. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. Laureate Education, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. |
| Long Name | Laureate Education, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,344,674,816 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_34999 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 321,792,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,377,735,014 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 39.18 |
| Operating Cashflow | 407,254,016 |
| Operating Margins | 0.36278 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.23 |
| Phone | 786 209 3368 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 38.8 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 39.04 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 18.28662 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.6825967 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.9204485 |
| Profit Margins | 0.1757 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.633 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.240002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.614758 |
| Regular Market Day High | 39.26 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 38.46 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 38.46 - 39.26 |
| Regular Market Open | 39.18 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 39.04 |
| Regular Market Price | 38.8 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 621,779 |
| Return On Assets | 0.12526 |
| Return On Equity | 0.29318002 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.175 |
| Revenue Per Share | 12.739 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 137,749,360 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.024 |
| Shares Short | 3,300,960 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,011,902 |
| Short Name | Laureate Education, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0323 |
| Short Ratio | 3.09 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | FL |
| Symbol | LAUR |
| Target High Price | 45.0 |
| Target Low Price | 34.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 41.21429 |
| Target Median Price | 41.0 |
| Total Cash | 161,674,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.174 |
| Total Debt | 733,992,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,830,087,040 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.2 |
| Trailing P E | 17.636362 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.2513 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 34.3943 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.4057007 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.12809393 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 621,779 |
| Website | https://www.laureate.net |
| Zip | 33,131 |