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 $4.37B. A total of 1.23 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.04M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Cardoso Marcelo bought 70,000 shares of LAUR for 29.00 per share on Nov 04 ’25. In a previous transaction on May 08 ’25, Buskirk Richard M. sold 7,232 shares at 22.83 per share. LAUR shares that SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER owns now total 280,292.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Buskirk Richard M. acquired of 7,232 shares on May 08 ’25 at a per-share price of $22.83. In another insider transaction, Cardoso Marcelo sold 6,942 shares at $19.13 per share on Mar 18 ’25. Company shares held by the CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER now total 381,165.
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 $32.42 and a low of $16.81.
As of this writing, LAUR has an earnings estimate of $0.82 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 1.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.82 per share and a lower estimate of $0.82. The company reported an EPS of $0.61 in the last quarter
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 $7.59, 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 4.20.
