Laureate Education, Inc. - (LAUR): Price and Financial Metrics
Laureate Education, Inc. - (LAUR)
Today's Latest Price: $9.73 USD
Updated May 29 4:00pm
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Ranked of 26 in Outsourcing - Education Services
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LAUR Stock Summary
- With a price/earnings ratio of 2.46, Laureate Education Inc P/E ratio is greater than that of about only 2.83% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
- Of note is the ratio of Laureate Education Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 97.98% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
- Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for LAUR comes in at 44.39% -- higher than that of 93.12% of stocks in our set.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Laureate Education Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be HRI, CENX, NATH, BGS, and MAXR.
- Visit LAUR's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.laureate.net.
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LAUR Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $9.73 | 52-week high | $21.66 |
| Prev. close | $9.94 | 52-week low | $7.30 |
| Day low | $9.22 | Volume | 2,751,448 |
| Day high | $9.80 | Avg. volume | 1,258,547 |
| 50-day MA | $9.42 | Dividend yield | N/A |
| 200-day MA | $15.40 | Market Cap | 2.04B |
Laureate Education, Inc. - (LAUR) Company Bio
Laureate Education, Inc. provides undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland
LAUR Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $9.73 | $91.7 | 800% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Laureate Education Inc. To summarize, we found that Laureate Education Inc ranked in the 85th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Moreover, under all the scenarios we modelled, the output consistently forecasted positive returns. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Laureate Education Inc ended up being:
- The company's balance sheet shows it gets 47% of its capital from equity, and 53% of its capital from debt. Notably, its equity weight is greater than merely 17.58% of US equities in the Consumer Defensive sector yielding a positive free cash flow.
- Laureate Education Inc's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 6%; for context, that number is higher than just 4.05% of tickers in our DCF set.
- Laureate Education Inc's effective tax rate, as measured by taxes paid relative to net income, is at 0 -- greater than only 0% of US stocks with positive free cash flow.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 782% |
| 1% | 791% |
| 2% | 800% |
| 3% | 809% |
| 4% | 818% |
| 5% | 826% |
For other companies in the Consumer Defensive that have a similar discounted cashflow valuation profile (and ensuing price forecasts) as LAUR, try NGVC, SUMR, GPX, HFFG, and JBSS.
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