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Laureate Education

LAUR · NASDAQ

$38.96−$0.34 (−0.87%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $39.30

About LAUR

Laureate Education, Inc. engages in the provision of higher educational services to undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida and currently employs 33,900 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2017-02-01. The Laureate International Universities network offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees through campus-based, online and hybrid programs. The firm offers its educational services through two reportable segments: Mexico and Peru. The company owns Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM) and Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico (UNITEC) in Mexico. The company also owns the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN) and CIBERTEC institution in Peru. Its institutions in Mexico and Peru offer traditional higher education students a private education alternative, with multiple brands and price points in each market and program. The firm offers various programs, including medicine and health sciences, engineering and information technology, and business and management.

Employees
33,900
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
Listed
Feb 1, 2017
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Diversified Consumer Services
Website
laureate.net

LAUR key statistics

Market cap
5.37B
Price-earnings ratio
17.78
Dividend yield
0.00%
Average volume
1.16M
Volume
913.73K
Open price
$39.54
High today
$39.86
Low today
$38.80
52 Week high
$40.93
52 Week low
$24.98

Laureate Education (LAUR) at a glance

As of Oct 20, 2026, Laureate Education (LAUR) shares are priced at $38.96, giving the company a market cap of 5.37B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.78 and a dividend yield of 0.00%.

Today the stock has traded between $38.80 and $39.86. The current price is 0.4% above the day's low and 2.3% below its high.

Volume so far is 913.73K shares, below the average of 1.16M shares a day.

Over the past year Laureate Education has ranged from $24.98 to $40.93, and now sits 88% of the way up that range.

Laureate Education met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 5 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $0.98 per share against an estimate of $0.9818.

The average analyst price target is $42.08, 8.0% above the current price, from 4 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

50%of 4 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy50.0%
  • Hold25.0%
  • Sell25.0%
Price target · 9 analystsAvg $42.08
Low
$34.85
Now
$38.96
High
$47.25

LAUR earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 5 of the last 8 quarters, by 76.5% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $0.56 per share against an estimate of $0.1632
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $0.62 per share against an estimate of $0.4284
  3. Q1 FY25: reported -$0.13 per share against an estimate of -$0.1428
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $0.65 per share against an estimate of $0.7344
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $0.23 per share against an estimate of $0.2856
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $1.17 per share against an estimate of $0.8058
  7. Q1 FY26: reported -$0.15 per share against an estimate of -$0.2516
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $0.98 per share against an estimate of $0.9818

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