Laureate Education (LAUR):
In Wednesday trading session Laureate Education (LAUR) stock finished trading at $ 14.54 by scoring a change of 4.01%. 14.49% off from its 52-week low and traded with a move of -15.22% from the last 52-week period. The Company kept 80.67M Floating Shares and holds 224.19M shares outstanding.
The company's earnings for share shows growth of -143.60% for the current year and expected to arrive for the next year at -48.60%. 0.90% The company's EPS growth rate for the past five years was 0.90%. Stock for several years. The company's earnings will be a direct relationship to the price of the company's stock. The stock observed Sales growth of 4.20% during past 5 years. EPS growth quarter over quarter stands at 77.20% and Sales growth quarter over quarter at -3.80%.
Share on Twitter Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Analyses consensus rating score stands at 1.7. Analysts is $ 19.22 for the next one year period.
As a short look on profitability, the firm profit margin which was recorded at 11.40%, and operating margin was noted at 11.00%. The company maintained at Gross Margin of 18.10%. 97.85% while Insiders ownership is 7.20%. Company has kept return on investment (ROI) at 8.10% over the previous 12 months and has been able to maintain return on assets (ROA) at 5.90% for the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) recorded at 22.70%.
Laureate Education (LAUR) stock recent traded volume stands with 1624940 shares as compared to its average volume of 924.87K shares. The related volume observed at 1.78.
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Its debt ratio with its assets (cash, marketable securities, inventory, accounts receivable). As such, a current ratio can be used as a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 0.9 is a measure of how well the company can meet its short-term financial liabilities with quick assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities, and accounts receivable). The higher the ratio, the more financially secure the company is in the short term. A common law of thumb is that companies are able to meet their short-term liabilities.
1.27 with a total debt / equity of 1.34. It gives the investors the idea on the company's financial leverage, measured by apportioning total liabilities by its stockholders equity. It also illustrates how much debt is used in equity.
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Laureate Education (LAUR) stock moved down -1.35% in contrast to its 20 days moving average displaying short-term to downward movement of stock. It shifted -2.92% below its 50-day simple moving average. This is showing medium-term bearish trend based on SMA 50. The stock price went underground -2.65% from its 200-day simple moving average identifying long-term downward trend.
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