Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) is a Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $33.19. It has a SharesGrow Score of 74/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 5 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of LAUR = $89.50 (+169.7% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is LAUR = $38 (+14.5% upside).
Valuation: LAUR trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 18.4 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.46.
Financials: revenue is $1.7B, +11.2%/yr average growth. Net income is $282M, growing at +75.1%/yr. Net profit margin is 16.5% (healthy). Gross margin is 28.3% (+1.3 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $847M against $1.2B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.71, moderate). Current ratio is 0.6 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 38.4%. Total assets: $2.2B.
Analyst outlook: 9 / 11 analysts rate LAUR as buy (82%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 75/100 (Pass), Growth 90/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 49/100 (Partial), Future 82/100 (Pass), Income 70/100 (Pass).
