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How to buy Laureate Education stock
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Laureate Education, Inc is an education & training services business based in the US. Laureate Education shares (LAUR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Laureate Education employs 13,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1 billion.
How to buy shares in Laureate Education
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Laureate Education. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: LAUR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Laureate Education reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Laureate Education, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Laureate Education. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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Laureate Education share price
Use our graph to track the performance of LAUR stocks over time.Laureate Education shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-09.
| 52-week range | USD$7.485 - USD$15.45 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$13.9634 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$14.0091 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$17 |
| PE ratio | 22.0781 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$4.228 |
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Is it a good time to buy Laureate Education stock?
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Is Laureate Education under- or over-valued?
Valuing Laureate Education stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Laureate Education's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Laureate Education's P/E ratio
Laureate Education's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Laureate Education shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Laureate Education's PEG ratio
Laureate Education's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1465. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Laureate Education's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Laureate Education's EBITDA
Laureate Education's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$195.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Laureate Education's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Laureate Education financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.96% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$427 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.22% |
| Return on equity TTM | -12.62% |
| Profit margin | -59.84% |
| Book value | $11.057 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$2.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Laureate Education shares
There are currently 5.9 million Laureate Education shares held short by investors – that's known as Laureate Education's "short interest". This figure is 7.7% up from 5.5 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Laureate Education shares can be evaluated.
Laureate Education's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Laureate Education's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Laureate Education shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Laureate Education shares traded daily (recently around 805638.45108696). Laureate Education's SIR currently stands at 7.36. In other words for every 100,000 Laureate Education shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7360 shares are currently held short.
However Laureate Education's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Laureate Education shares, or, against the total number of tradable Laureate Education shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Laureate Education's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Laureate Education shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0657% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Laureate Education shares, roughly 66 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Laureate Education.
Find out more about how you can short Laureate Education stock.
Laureate Education share dividends
We're not expecting Laureate Education to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Laureate Education share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Laureate Education's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.485 up to $15.45. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Laureate Education's is 0.8175. This would suggest that Laureate Education's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Laureate Education overview
Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs primarily in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. The company provides its services in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
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