The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Laureate Education Inc shares valued at $165,121 were sold by Buskirk Richard M. on May 08 ’25. At $22.83 per share, Buskirk Richard M. sold 7,232 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 280,292 shares worth approximately $6.18 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Buskirk Richard M. purchased 7,232 shares, netting a total of over 165,121 in proceeds.
Before that, Cardoso Marcelo had sold 6,942 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $132,800, the CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER traded Laureate Education Inc shares for $19.13 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,942 shares, worth approximately $8.4 million.
As published in a research note from Morgan Stanley on July 26, 2024, Laureate Education Inc [LAUR] has been rated down from an Overweight to an Equal-weight and the price target has been revised to $17. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of August 07, 2023, Morgan Stanley has increased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for LAUR. Earlier on May 08, 2023, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for LAUR stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing LAUR Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Laureate Education Inc [NASDAQ: LAUR] rose 1.24% to $22.05. The stock’s lowest price that day was $21.62, but it reached a high of $22.07 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.94%. Over the course of the year, Laureate Education Inc shares have jumped approximately 20.56%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.53 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Laureate Education Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Laureate Education Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.32 million shares to 2.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 2.75 million shares. A decline of -13.37% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.08.
