Laureate Education Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

LAUR Stock  USD 15.30  0.08  0.52%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Laureate Education is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Laureate Education given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Laureate Education. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Laureate Education, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Not too volatileDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Almost mirrors the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Possible ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Laureate Education has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.008, Jensen Alpha of (0.07), Total Risk Alpha of (0.20), Sortino Ratio of (0.04) and Treynor Ratio of (0.01)
Our investment recommendation tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on Laureate Education and to analyze the entity potential to grow in the current economic cycle. To make sure Laureate Education is not overpriced, please verify all Laureate Education fundamentals, including its gross profit, short ratio, current asset, as well as the relationship between the total debt and beta . Given that Laureate Education has a price to earning of 7.04 X, we recommend you to check Laureate Education market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your last-minute risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Laureate Education Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Laureate Education generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Over 92.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
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Laureate Education Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Laureate Education's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Laureate Education's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Laureate Education daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Laureate Education price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Laureate Education returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Laureate Education.
Mean Return
0
Value At Risk
-2.53
Potential Upside
3.45
Standard Deviation
2.09
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Laureate Education historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Laureate Stock Institutional Investors

The Laureate Education's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Laureate Education's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Snow Phipps Group, Llc2024-09-30
2.7 M
Swedbank Ab2024-09-30
2.5 M
Fourth Sail Capital, Lp2024-06-30
2.2 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-06-30
2.1 M
Mangrove Partners2024-06-30
M
Corsair Capital Management Llc2024-06-30
M
Loomis, Sayles & Company Lp2024-06-30
1.8 M
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd2024-09-30
1.7 M
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-06-30
1.7 M
Fmr Inc2024-06-30
23.3 M
Blackrock Inc2024-06-30
15.1 M
Note, although Laureate Education's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Laureate Education Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash(57M)769.5M(521.7M)(251.8M)3.1M2.1M
Free Cash Flow184.5M184.9M(206.2M)125.4M194.3M204.1M
Depreciation316.1M223.7M145.3M88.5M102.9M128.3M
Other Non Cash Items(607.9M)954.5M(432.6M)33.3M133.2M139.9M
Capital Expenditures155.6M74.6M50.4M52.8M56.4M53.6M
Net Income937.7M(618.7M)203.8M69M107.3M112.6M
End Period Cash Flow526.6M867.3M345.6M93.8M96.9M92.1M
Dividends Paid14.0M25.7M1.4B253.2M112.5M161.9M
Investments24.4M(7K)(50.3M)30.3M(62.2M)(59.1M)
Net Borrowings(1.4B)(183.4M)(928.5M)62.5M56.3M59.1M
Change To Netincome(644.7M)739.7M(301.6M)39.2M35.3M37.1M
Change Receivables(163.2M)(323.0M)(16.0M)(27.5M)(31.7M)(33.2M)

Laureate Education Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Laureate Education or Diversified Consumer Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Laureate Education's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Laureate stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.07
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.92
σ
Overall volatility
1.85
Ir
Information ratio -0.04

Laureate Education Volatility Alert

Laureate Education currently demonstrates below-average downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of -0.04 and Jensen Alpha of -0.07. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Laureate Education's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Laureate Education's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Laureate Education Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Laureate Education's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Laureate Education's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Laureate Education and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Laureate Education or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Laureate Education's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Laureate Education by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Laureate Education to competition
FundamentalsLaureate EducationPeer Average
Return On Equity0.21-0.31
Return On Asset0.1-0.14
Profit Margin0.13 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.33 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation2.81 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding152.55 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders9.76 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions91.88 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted4.79 M4.71 M
Price To Earning7.04 X28.72 X
Price To Book2.54 X9.51 X
Price To Sales1.55 X11.42 X
Revenue1.48 B9.43 B
Gross Profit466.34 M27.38 B
EBITDA453.51 M3.9 B
Net Income107.27 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents156.91 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share0.95 X5.01 X
Total Debt582.7 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.53 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.08 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share6.02 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations250.78 M971.22 M
Short Ratio7.95 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share1.28 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.15 X4.89 X
Target Price19.0
Number Of Employees28.9 K18.84 K
Beta0.87-0.15
Market Capitalization2.4 B19.03 B
Total Asset2.13 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings41.86 M9.33 B
Working Capital(228.81 M)1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 335 shares by Serck-hanssen Eilif of Laureate Education at 13.56 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Laureate Education Market Momentum

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