After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
LAUR belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Education & Training Services industry. The current market capitalization of Laureate Education Inc is $2.89B. A total of 0.68 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 842.90K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Cardoso Marcelo sold 6,942 shares of LAUR for 19.13 per share on Mar 18 ’25. After the transaction, the CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER now owns 381,165 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 18 ’25, Cardoso Marcelo bought 6,942 shares at 19.13 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Snow Ian Kendell disposed of 520,831 shares on Mar 13 ’25 at a per-share price of $17.47. This resulted in the Director holding 0 shares of LAUR after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Cardoso Marcelo sold 6,942 shares at $19.94 per share on Mar 03 ’25. Company shares held by the CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER now total 401,991.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. LAUR’s most recent ex-dividend date was when it declared a $0.70 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 11/15/2023.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LAUR has a high of $21.73 and a low of $13.26.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. LAUR’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $324.80M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $568.92M in debt and $371.93M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $6.36, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.14B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for LAUR is Buy with a score of 4.33.
