Higher education company Laureate Education (NASDAQ: LAUR) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.
Laureate Education beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $524.2 million, up 5% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance beating analysts’ expectations and an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates. It reported 472,100 enrolled students, up 6.3% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Laureate Education’s revenue to grow 4.7% year on year to $385.9 million, improving from the 2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.23 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Laureate Education has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 2.7% on average.
Looking at Laureate Education’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Nike delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 6.5%, and VF Corp reported a revenue decline of 3.5%, topping estimates by 0.9%. Nike traded up 6.5% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Nike’s results here and VF Corp’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the consumer discretionary stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.4% on average over the last month. Laureate Education is down 5.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $33.80 (compared to the current share price of $29.81).
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