LAUR Laureate Education Inc

🟢 $LAUR $45 CALL | 11/20/26 EXP 🚀 🎯 Entry: $0.30 📈 Swing Trade Setup ⚠️ Manage your risk and stay disciplined. Let’s see how this plays out! 🔥

$LAUR Does Laureate's 55% EBITDA jump hold up once about $17M of year-to-date calendar timing reverses in Q4? 🏢 Laureate Education, which runs five universities in Mexico and Peru, posted Q3 2026 revenue up 21% to $485.1M and adjusted EBITDA up 55% to $146.8M, against a market value of about $5.01B at $36.36 at 16:00 ET on October 28, 2026 ⚠️ About $26M of Q3 EBITDA came from semester start-date timing, and the year-to-date timing benefit of about $17M is expected to be offset in Q4, so without the Q3 timing EBITDA would be near $121M, about 27% above last year's $94.8M 💰 On the other side, a new $150M buyback increase leaves about $225.2M of room, roughly 4.5% of the market value at $36.36 at 16:00 ET on October 28, 2026, after about $256M of buybacks this year and with net debt of only $14.3M 📅 Next: Q4 2026 results, where Laureate expects the calendar timing to be offset, after today's 8:30 am ET call Source: GlobeNewswire release + SEC 8-K and 10-Q, Oct 29

$LAUR reported earnings before the open: adjusted EPS of $0.52 vs. $0.48 estimated, a beat of 8.4%. I used Stock Meadow to review the results.

$LAUR Q3 '26 Earnings Results & Recap • Reported GAAP EPS of $0.73 up 217.39% YoY • Reported revenue of $485.08M up 21.20% YoY • Laureate reaffirmed full-year 2026 revenue of $1.92B to $1.93B, Adjusted EBITDA of $593M to $599M, and Adjusted EPS of $2.04$2.10 per share.

$LAUR reports earnings tomorrow before the open. I’m bullish heading into the report: LAUR has beaten EPS estimates in 6 of its last 8 reports, according to Stock Meadow.

$LAUR is ranked #15 in consumer defensive quality. I used Stock Meadow’s scoring model to review the scores. What do you think?