Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) Stock Analysis
Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $32.90, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Geographic: Mexico and Peru; Thin upside margin: 6.7%.
Laureate Education operates five degree-granting higher education institutions in Mexico (UVM, UNITEC—~269K students) and Peru (UPC, UPN, CIBERTEC—~228K students), serving ~497,700 total students as of Dec 31, 2025. Revenue is derived from private-pay tuition with no material... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $32.90, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Geographic: Mexico and Peru; Thin upside margin: 6.7%. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 72d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Laureate Education, Inc.
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- Laureate Education (LAUR) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- Laureate Education (LAUR) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings - FinancialContent — FinancialContent neutral
- Laureate Education (LAUR) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- Laureate Education (LAUR) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- Laureate Education (LAUR) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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- HIGHGeographicMexico and Peru10-K Item 1A: 'In 2025, essentially all of our revenues originated outside the United States... our portfolio, which is composed of five institutions, operates in Mexico and Peru'
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $32.90, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Geographic: Mexico and Peru; Thin upside margin: 6.7%. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $35.09 (+6.7%), stop $30.88 (−6.5%), A.R:R 0.5:1. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $35.09 (+6.7% upside). Target $35.09 (+6.7%), stop $30.88 (−6.5%), A.R:R 0.5:1. Stop-loss: $30.88.
Concentration risk — Geographic: Mexico and Peru; Thin upside margin: 6.7%; Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -10.1%), Material insider selling (3 sells, 0.05% of cap).
Laureate Education, Inc. trades at a P/E of 17.7 (forward 13.2). TrendMatrix value score: 7.8/10. Verdict: Hold.
12 analysts cover LAUR with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $40.
What does Laureate Education, Inc. do?Laureate Education operates five degree-granting higher education institutions in Mexico (UVM, UNITEC—~269K students)...
Laureate Education operates five degree-granting higher education institutions in Mexico (UVM, UNITEC—~269K students) and Peru (UPC, UPN, CIBERTEC—~228K students), serving ~497,700 total students as of Dec 31, 2025. Revenue is derived from private-pay tuition with no material government student loan programs in either market.