LAUREATE EDUCATION INC LAUR
COMMON STOCK · Common Stock · CUSIP 518613203
Operator of degree-granting higher education institutions in Mexico and Peru
- IndustryServices-Educational Services
- HeadquartersMiami, FL
- Founded1998
- Websitelaureate.net
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($710.2k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 148.8m as of 2025-03-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $20.39. Options: 3 managers hold calls ($355.7k notional), 3 hold puts ($71.6k).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 154 |
| Q4 2022 | 167 |
| Q1 2023 | 162 |
| Q2 2023 | 165 |
| Q3 2023 | 159 |
| Q4 2023 | 182 |
| Q1 2024 | 187 |
| Q2 2024 | 186 |
| Q3 2024 | 199 |
| Q4 2024 | 223 |
| Q1 2025 | 254 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 83 | 75 |
| Q3 2023 | 79 | 80 |
| Q4 2023 | 96 | 67 |
| Q1 2024 | 93 | 84 |
| Q2 2024 | 91 | 97 |
| Q3 2024 | 100 | 84 |
| Q4 2024 | 118 | 83 |
| Q1 2025 | 130 | 100 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $424.3k | $3.0k | 0.01 |
| Q3 2024 | $270.1k | $8.3k | 0.03 |
| Q4 2024 | $0 | $76.8k | — |
| Q1 2025 | $355.7k | $71.6k | 0.20 |
Biggest buyers
| CPV Partners, LLC | Added | +2.5m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.2m |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | New | +487.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +403.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +388.1k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +387.6k |
| New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC | Added | +347.0k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Added | +302.5k |
| Fiera Capital Corp | Added | +282.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +272.8k |
Biggest sellers
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. | Reduced | -1.6m |
| Engine Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -1.4m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -649.5k |
| Boston Partners | Reduced | -539.2k |
| Snow Phipps Group, LLC | Reduced | -520.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -359.8k |
| Nitorum Capital, L.P. | Reduced | -334.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -329.1k |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | Reduced | -299.3k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | Reduced | -160.3k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $351.7k17.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $4.0k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $36.8k1.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $34.8k1.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +1.2 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 14.5% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +6.9 pts · filed 2026-04-07 | 13.4% |
| CPV Partners, LLC 13D · may seek influence filed 2025-03-11 | 12.1% |
Wengen Alberta, LP
13D · may seek influence
-1.3 pts · filed 2026-08-11
Stated purposeOn August 7, 2026, CPV HOLDINGS, LLC, LAUREATE CO-INVESTORS I, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, S.P.G. CO-INVESTMENT, L.P., SNOW PHIPPS GROUP (B), L.P., SNOW PHIPPS GROUP (OFFSHORE), L.P., SNOW PHIPPS GROUP (RPV), L.P., SNOW PHIPPS GROUP, L.P ("Requesting Investors") elected to have certain of their interests in Wengen redeemed in exchange for delivery by Wengen to the Requesting Investors of the number of shares of Issuer Class A Common Stock corresponding to the Wengen interests so redeemed (the "Redemption"). From time to time, Wengen may undertake a review of its portfolio. As part of this review, Wengen may effect one or more further sales of Class A Common Stock. Any such sales, which may be undertaken at any time without further notice, may take a number of forms, including registered public o… Full filing |
7.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $302.3k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $166.2k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.3m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $320.9k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $31.1m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $711.4k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $9.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-18 | Cardoso Marcelo CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | Sold | $132.8k6.9k shares |
| 2025-03-13 | Snow Ian Kendell +6 Director · See footnote | Sold | $9.1m520.8k shares |
| 2025-03-03 | Cardoso Marcelo CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | Sold | $138.4k6.9k shares |
| 2025-02-25 | Knauer Gerard M. VP, ACCTG, GLOBAL CONTROLLER | Sold | $24.1k1.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 22.6m $462.4m | Added +10.7k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.9m $284.5m | Added +1.2m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.1m $267.1m | Added +387.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.7m $137.6m | Reduced -359.8k |
| CPV Partners, LLC 81.85% of their portfolio | 5.7m $116.4m | Added +2.5m |
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. 3.35% of their portfolio | 5.1m $104.2m | Reduced -1.6m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.3m $88.9m | Reduced -649.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $66.8m | Added +144.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $64.8m | Reduced -83.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $44.6m | Reduced -297 |
| Snow Phipps Group, LLC 15.12% of their portfolio | 2.2m $44.5m | Reduced -520.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $44.0m | Added +388.1k |
| Boston Partners 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.0m $41.5m | Reduced -539.2k |
| MANGROVE PARTNERS IM, LLC 4.32% of their portfolio | 1.9m $39.5m | Unchanged |
| CORSAIR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 10.09% of their portfolio | 1.9m $39.2m | Reduced -32.8k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 1.14% of their portfolio | 1.8m $37.1m | Added +112.5k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $36.6m | First filing |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.7m $35.6m | Reduced -39.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $34.1m | Added +4.0k |
| PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 2.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $30.5m | Added +74.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $28.4m | Reduced -32.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $26.2m | Reduced -34.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $25.7m | Added +160.8k |
| North of South Capital LLP 2.87% of their portfolio | 1.3m $25.7m | Unchanged |
| Park West Asset Management LLC 1.99% of their portfolio | 1.2m $24.3m | Reduced -96.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $20.5m | Added +403.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 979.2k $20.0m | Added +22.1k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.07% of their portfolio | 935.2k $19.1m | Added +282.9k |
| Cape Ann Asset Management Ltd 11.67% of their portfolio | 929.2k $19.0m | Reduced -22.5k |
| FIRST SABREPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 7.83% of their portfolio | 915.0k $18.7m | Reduced -160.0k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.83% of their portfolio | 890.8k $18.2m | Reduced -23.3k |
| Cullen Capital Management, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 864.7k $17.7m | Reduced -40.4k |
| Nitorum Capital, L.P. 2.28% of their portfolio | 794.2k $16.2m | Reduced -334.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 772.4k $15.8m | Reduced -74.1k |
| Union Bancaire Privee, UBP SA 0.29% of their portfolio | 737.2k $15.2m | Reduced -81.1k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.10% of their portfolio | 688.7k $14.1m | Reduced -160.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 659.1k $13.5m | Reduced -155.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 616.1k $12.6m | Reduced -128.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 602.9k $12.3m | Added +272.8k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 549.7k $11.2m | Added +38.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 497.3k $10.2m | Added +247.0k |
| Engine Capital Management, LP 1.90% of their portfolio | 488.9k $10.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.04% of their portfolio | 487.8k $10.0m | New |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 449.3k $9.2m | Added +4.7k |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 426.8k $8.7m | Reduced -299.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 407.3k $8.3m | Added +28.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 367.4k $7.5m | Added +13.6k |
| New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 364.9k $17.8k | Added +347.0k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.03% of their portfolio | 356.7k $7.3m | Reduced -74.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 355.5k $7.3m | Added +210.2k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 340.9k $7.0m | Added +168.5k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 340.8k $7.0m | Reduced -84.5k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.31% of their portfolio | 330.1k $6.7m | Added +302.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 298.3k $6.1m | Added +12.5k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 267.5k $5.5m | Reduced -5.6k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.27% of their portfolio | 264.0k $5.4m | Reduced -19.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 262.7k $5.4m | Reduced -7.3k |
| RWC Asset Management LLP 0.27% of their portfolio | 258.9k $5.3m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 255.3k $5.2m | Added +152.8k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 225.6k $4.6m | Added +143.1k |
| LEUTHOLD GROUP, LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 215.7k $4.4m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 212.2k $4.3m | Added +12.0k |
| AXA S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.3k $4.3m | Reduced -16.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 202.3k $4.1m | Reduced -35.3k |
| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS 0.02% of their portfolio | 201.8k $4.1m | Added +22.5k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 199.0k $4.1m | New |
| MIRABELLA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 198.7k $4.1m | Added +133.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.3k $4.0m | Reduced -55.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.3k $4.0m | Added +2.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.3k $4.0m | Added +36.4k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 196.0k $4.0m | New |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 192.8k $3.9m | Added +40.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 190.5k $3.9m | Added +1.9k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 188.7k $3.9m | New |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.09% of their portfolio | 174.5k $3.6m | Added +42.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 171.1k $3.5m | Reduced -3.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 167.6k $3.4m | Added +69.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 163.9k $3.4m | Added +105.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 160.4k $3.3m | Added +118.7k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.9k $3.2m | Reduced -101.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 156.7k $3.2m | Added +51.3k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.6k $3.2m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.2k $3.2m | Reduced -10.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.2k $2.9m | Reduced -112.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.9k $2.8m | Added +1.9k |
| CREDIT AGRICOLE S A 0.01% of their portfolio | 125.8k $2.6m | Added +76.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.7k $2.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 0.87% of their portfolio | 125.3k $2.6m | Reduced -6.4k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 123.6k $2.5m | Reduced -15.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.1k $2.3m | Added +1.9k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.9k $2.3m | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.4k $2.2m | Reduced -63.6k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 105.4k $2.2m | New |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.3k $2.1m | Reduced -11.5k |
| CROWN ADVISORS MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.80% of their portfolio | 100.0k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.2k $2.0m | Added +2.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.5k $2.0m | Added +49.9k |
| Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia, Omsesidigt 0.11% of their portfolio | 96.5k $2.0m | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.3k $2.0m | Added +69.8k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.5k $1.9m | Reduced -12.9k |