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Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR)

Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Miami, United States | NasdaqGS
40.11 USD -0.35 (-0.865%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:53 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Laureate Education hinges on a sharp divergence between its deteriorating operational efficiency and its improving stock price. While the company boasts a robust 28.8% return on equity and accelerating revenue growth of 15.4%, the business is bleeding cash, evidenced by a -10.1% operating margin. This structural inefficiency is likely why the stock trades at a premium P/S ratio despite the growth; investors are paying for the turnaround potential rather than current profitability. The long-term outlook remains cautiously positive (3 stars) because the balance sheet is healthy enough to support the turnaround, and the multi-year price trajectory confirms the market's renewed confidence in the management team's ability to fix operations. However, the short-term setup is neutral (2.5 stars). The statistical forecasting model offers no directional edge, and while the recent 14-day price action shows a bounce off the lows, it hasn't yet formed a high-conviction breakout pattern. The options market is bullish, betting on further gains, but this sentiment is currently unsupported by the weak statistical forecast, creating a tension where the crowd is optimistic but the data is quiet.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.047041
AutoETS0.086848
AutoTheta0.086883
MSTL0.087107

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 11.35
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.119
Excess Kurtosis -1.24
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2023-11-13
Last Dividend Date 2023-11-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 68.865
Revenue per Share 11.865
Market Cap 5,614,529,024
Trailing P/E 21.45
Forward P/E 16.15
Beta 0.46
Profit Margins 16.08%
Website https://www.laureate.net

As of July 11, 2026, 3:53 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct lack of protective hedging, with zero in-the-money put volume across all expirations and negligible out-of-the-money put open interest. Conversely, there is concentrated open interest in calls at the $30 and $35 strikes, alongside significant in-the-money call volume. This asymmetry suggests speculators are positioning for continued upside momentum rather than downside protection.

Dividend Data

Dividend History
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
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2023-11-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.7
lastDividendDate 2023-11-14
dividendDate 2023-11-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.69813716
Address1 1,000 Brickell Avenue
Address2 Suite 715 PMB 1158
All Time High 40.75
All Time Low 7.3
Ask 45.91
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,058,670
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,294,362
Average Volume 1,294,362
Average Volume10Days 1,058,670
Beta 0.455
Bid 35.02
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 6
Book Value 7.491
City Miami
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 40.11
Current Ratio 0.57
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 40.75
Day Low 39.9
Debt To Equity 68.865
Display Name Laureate Education
Dividend Date 1,701,302,400
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,441,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,441,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,414,600
Ebitda 497,767,008
Ebitda Margins 0.28634
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.417
Enterprise To Revenue 3.555
Enterprise Value 6,180,708,352
Eps Current Year 2.13658
Eps Forward 2.48351
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.87
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 34.9185
Fifty Day Average Change 5.1915016
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.14867482
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 69.81371
Fifty Two Week High 40.75
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.6399994
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.015705507
Fifty Two Week Low 21.53
Fifty Two Week Low Change 18.58
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.86298186
Fifty Two Week Range 21.53 - 40.75
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,485,959,400,000
Float Shares 125,539,528
Forward Eps 2.48351
Forward P E 16.15053
Free Cashflow 330,261,504
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 30,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.36967
Gross Profits 642,627,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.09229
Held Percent Institutions 1.0181301
Implied Shares Outstanding 139,978,289
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 0
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 5,614,529,024
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_34999
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 279,776,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,614,529,171
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 40.29
Operating Cashflow 370,347,008
Operating Margins -0.10098
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.13
Phone 786 209 3368
Pre Market Change 0.25
Pre Market Change Percent 0.62328595
Pre Market Price 40.36
Pre Market Time 1,784,032,080
Previous Close 40.46
Price Eps Current Year 18.772993
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.3544254
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.2297478
Profit Margins 0.1608
Quick Ratio 0.49
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.349998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.865048
Regular Market Day High 40.75
Regular Market Day Low 39.9
Regular Market Day Range 39.9 - 40.75
Regular Market Open 40.29
Regular Market Previous Close 40.46
Regular Market Price 40.11
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 641,786
Return On Assets 0.12585
Return On Equity 0.2882
Revenue Growth 0.154
Revenue Per Share 11.865
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 139,978,289
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0339
Shares Short 4,746,312
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 5,327,162
Short Name Laureate Education, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.045500003
Short Ratio 3.19
Source Interval 15
State FL
Symbol LAUR
Target High Price 43.0
Target Low Price 36.5
Target Mean Price 40.25
Target Median Price 40.0
Total Cash 157,352,992
Total Cash Per Share 1.124
Total Debt 722,710,016
Total Revenue 1,738,380,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 1.87
Trailing P E 21.449198
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 33.139675
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.9703255
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.21033174
Type Disp Equity
Volume 641,786
Website https://www.laureate.net
Zip 33,131