Higher education company Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) will be reporting earnings tomorrow morning. Here’s what you need to know.
Laureate Education beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $423.4 million, up 3.4% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations. It reported 472,000 enrolled students, up 5.1% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Laureate Education’s revenue to decline 18.2% year on year to $225.2 million, a reversal from the 9.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.19 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 3.6% on average.
Looking at Laureate Education’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Strategic Education delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1%, and Hasbro reported revenues up 17.1%, topping estimates by 14.8%. Strategic Education’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Hasbro was up 15.9%.
Read our full analysis of Strategic Education’s results here and Hasbro’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 4.8% on average over the last month. Laureate Education is down 2.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $23.63 (compared to the current share price of $20.30).
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