Based on ratings from 3 stock analysts, the Laureate Education Inc stock price is expected to increase by 6.84% in 12 months. This is calculated by using the average 12-month stock price forecast for Laureate Education Inc. The lowest target is $18 and the highest is $22. Please note analyst price targets are not guaranteed and could be missed completely.
LAUR is a stock in Consumer Defensive which has been forecasted to be worth $20 as an average. On the higher end, the forecast price is $22 USD by from Citigroup and on the lower end LAUR is forecasted to be $18 by from .
These are the latest 20 analyst ratings of LAUR.
Analyst/Firm |
Rating |
Price Target |
Change |
Date |
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Jeffrey Silber BMO Capital | Outperform | $20 | Maintains | Nov 1, 2024 |
Javier Martinez Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | $17 | Downgrade | Jul 26, 2024 |
Pedro Baptista Jefferies | Buy | $20 | Initiates | Oct 9, 2023 |
Pedro Baptista Jefferies | Buy | $20 | Initiates | Oct 6, 2023 |
Javier Martinez Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $17 | Upgrade | Aug 7, 2023 |
Javier Martinez Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | $15 | Downgrade | May 8, 2023 |
Javier Martinez Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $15 | Maintains | Oct 7, 2022 |
Javier Martinez Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $15.5 | Maintains | May 31, 2022 |
BMO Capital | Outperform | $16 | Maintains | May 11, 2020 |
JP Morgan | Overweight | $16 | Maintains | May 5, 2020 |
Stifel | Buy | $17.5 | Maintains | May 4, 2020 |
Alexander Paris Barrington Research | Outperform | $15 | Maintains | Apr 23, 2020 |
Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Downgrade | Apr 8, 2020 | |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | Jan 29, 2020 | |
Stifel | Buy | $28 | Maintains | Jan 29, 2020 |
Citigroup | Buy | $25 | Maintains | Jan 28, 2020 |
Citi | Buy | Maintains | Aug 28, 2019 | |
Citigroup | Buy | $22 | Maintains | Aug 28, 2019 |
JP Morgan | Overweight | $25 | Maintains | Aug 28, 2019 |
BMO Capital | Outperform | $20 | Maintains | Aug 9, 2019 |
When did it IPO
2017
Staff Count
28,900
Country
United States
Sector/Industry
Consumer Defensive/Education & Training Services
CEO
Mr. Eilif Serck-Hanssen
Market Cap
$2.82B
In 2023, LAUR generated $1.48B in revenue, which was a increase of 19.48% from the previous year. This can be seen as a signal that LAUR's business is growing, and its share price could be worth more in the future. However, if the company grows faster (or slower) than expected, this could also have a major impact on the future share price.
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Summary - Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) will hold its Q3 2024 earnings conference call on October 31, 2024, at 8:30 AM ET, featuring key executives and analysts from BMO and Morgan Stanley.
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