Laureate Education (LAUR) to Release Earnings on Thursday

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR - Get Free Report) is projected to post its quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, February 20th. Analysts expect Laureate Education to post earnings of $0.42 per share and revenue of $411.50 million for the quarter. Individual that wish to listen to the company's earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Laureate Education Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of LAUR stock traded up $0.12 on Monday, hitting $20.11. The company had a trading volume of 706,130 shares, compared to its average volume of 583,434. Laureate Education has a twelve month low of $12.59 and a twelve month high of $20.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 0.63. The firm has a market cap of $3.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.73 and a beta of 0.84. The stock's 50-day moving average is $18.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.23.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Corro Pedro Del sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.58, for a total transaction of $489,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 29,686 shares of the company's stock, valued at $581,251.88. This represents a 45.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 2.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Laureate Education from $17.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st.

Laureate Education Company Profile

Laureate Education, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company provides a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs.