Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC Buys Shares of 43,627 Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR)

Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 43,627 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $798,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Laureate Education during the fourth quarter valued at $571,000. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Laureate Education during the 4th quarter worth about $9,353,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new stake in shares of Laureate Education in the 4th quarter worth approximately $763,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its holdings in shares of Laureate Education by 30.0% in the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 20,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $380,000 after acquiring an additional 4,787 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Laureate Education during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $216,000. Institutional investors own 96.27% of the company’s stock.

Laureate Education Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LAUR opened at $18.98 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $19.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $18.35. The company has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.78 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. Laureate Education, Inc. has a twelve month low of $13.26 and a twelve month high of $21.73.

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $423.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $411.50 million. Laureate Education had a net margin of 18.92% and a return on equity of 32.35%. As a group, analysts expect that Laureate Education, Inc. will post 1.51 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on Laureate Education from $21.00 to $23.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 24th.

Insider Transactions at Laureate Education

In other news, Director Ian Kendell Snow sold 520,831 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.47, for a total transaction of $9,098,917.57. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 2.32% of the company’s stock.

About Laureate Education

Laureate Education, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company provides a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs.