LAUR — Laureate Education Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates LAUR Bullish with a Setup Score of 57, net conviction 52, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score57
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction52
Actionability62 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Laureate Education Inc

Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a portfolio of higher education institutions in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company offers a range of undergraduate, graduate, and specialized degree programs in the areas of medicine and health sciences, engineering and information technology, and business and management through campus-based, online, and hybrid… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$38.67
Market Cap$5.17B
Float126.2M
Shares Outstanding137.7M
P/E (Forward)18.45
P/E (TTM)17.00
Price/Sales (TTM)2.83
vs. Analyst Target+6.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin17.57%
Operating Margin (TTM)36.28%
Revenue (TTM)$1.83B
Earnings Growth (YoY)50.80%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$41.21 (4 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $1.02B -$613M $222M -$126M
2021 $1.09B $192M $272M $54.0M
2022 $1.24B $69.6M $335M $351M
2023 $1.48B $108M $395M $378M
2024 $1.57B $296M $420M $538M
2025 $1.70B $282M $482M $523M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $400M $34.5M
Dec 2025 $541M $172M
Mar 2026 $273M -$21.6M
Jun 2026 $616M $137M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership8.8%
Institutional Ownership100.5%
Short Float2.3%
% of All Funds Holding3.81%
Number of Funds Holding335

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$37.96Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$34.57Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$29.48Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$20.17Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$34.14Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$28.86Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$21.77Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$31.90 support 1.11x 1 months ago
$27.30 support 1.29x 10 months ago
$22.70 support 1.10x 11 months ago
$19.90 support 1.07x 14 months ago
$18.60 support 1.08x 17 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (39 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.54% 0.00% 48.72% 1.94% -8.85%
1 Day -0.28% 0.07% 51.28% 7.99% -13.68%
1 Week -0.15% -0.07% 48.72% 12.58% -20.45%
2 Weeks -0.33% 0.55% 51.28% 14.83% -21.30%
1 Month 0.90% -0.54% 47.37% 27.50% -44.30%

Next earnings: October 18, 2026 (51 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.6%77.8%9
Feb-1.7%44.4%9
Mar-0.7%60.0%10
Apr-1.9%40.0%10
May8.3%90.0%10
Jun-0.4%40.0%10
Jul4.8%80.0%10
Aug3.8%55.6%9
Sep2.1%55.6%9
Oct-0.3%44.4%9
Nov-3.0%55.6%9
Dec3.4%66.7%9

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.03% 49.2% 451
Tuesday 0.15% 48.8% 494
Wednesday -0.01% 51.3% 491
Thursday 0.16% 52.5% 484
Friday 0.12% 52.5% 482

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 100.5%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 8.8%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings5
Net Value-$4.6M
Net Shares Change-149,908
% of Float-0.1%
C-Suite Filings4
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Cardoso Marcelo CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER -$2.5M 3 1 sell
Buskirk Richard M. SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER -$2.1M 1 1 sell
RODIN JUDITH -$214,069.5 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-13 Buskirk Richard M. SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER -$2.1M Transaction at $20.67, now +87.1%
2025-11-06 Cardoso Marcelo CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER -$2.0M Transaction at $29.00, now +33.3%
2025-12-10 RODIN JUDITH -$214,069.5 Transaction at $30.30, now +27.6%
2026-03-17 Cardoso Marcelo EVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER -$247,543 Transaction at $33.91, now +14.0%
2026-01-05 Cardoso Marcelo EVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER -$219,452.22 Transaction at $33.54, now +15.3%

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AI Consult Analysis

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