LAUR - Laureate Education, Inc.
Laureate Education, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company offers 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.
As of May 13, 2026: spot at $32.62, ATM IV 45.3%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $14.1K.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Education & Training Services
- Market Cap
- $4.57B
- P/E Ratio
- 16.63
- Beta
- 0.46
- 52-Week Range
- 21.16-37.91
- CEO
- Eilif Serck-Hanssen
- Employees
- 31,800
- IPO Date
- Feb 1, 2017
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What LAUR Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 49.4% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($14.1K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.027) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The LAUR overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked LAUR overview questions
- What is LAUR?
- LAUR is the ticker symbol for Laureate Education, Inc., a listed security. Laureate Education, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. Listed on NASDAQ. LAUR is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the LAUR options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 13, 2026, the LAUR options snapshot shows spot at $32.62, ATM IV 45.3%, IV rank 49.4%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $14.1K, expected move 12.99%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are LAUR's key statistics?
- Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) carries a market capitalization of $4.57B, trailing P/E ratio of 16.63, beta of 0.46 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 21.16-37.91. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does LAUR belong to?
- Laureate Education, Inc. operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Education & Training Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare LAUR's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the LAUR data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 13, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).