Laureate Education
LAUR
38.56
+0.31
+0.81%
Laureate Education
US · LAUR
#2065 by market cap
Listed 2017
38.56
+0.31
+0.81%
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· 2026-10-07 20:01
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- Market cap
- 5.31B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 17.45
- P/Bi
- 4.65
- EPSi
- 1.89
- Div yieldi
- 0.00%
- 52W posi
- 85%
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Good
- Altman Z-Score is 4.73, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year +8.64% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 28.33%
- Operating margin
- 25.33%
- Net margin
- 16.55%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 5.35B
- PEG ratioi
- 0.29
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 4.73
PEG uses trailing P/E against the 3-year net income growth rate (59.37%/yr) since forward earnings estimates aren't available here, so this is not a "forward PEG." Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.14B | 1.21B | 1.02B | 1.09B | 1.24B | 1.48B | 1.57B | 1.70B |
| Gross profit | 240.57M | 262.60M | 222.46M | 272.21M | 334.91M | 394.51M | 419.76M | 482.18M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 267.36M | 226.33M | 199.79M | 204.37M | 64.75M | 52.61M | 45.78M | 51.07M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | -26.79M | 36.27M | 22.67M | 67.84M | 270.16M | 341.90M | 373.98M | 431.10M |
| Pretax profit | -120.12M | -119.66M | -450.84M | -137.51M | 245.85M | 254.46M | 414.48M | 400.91M |
| Tax | 71.20M | 31.04M | -130.07M | 145.57M | 185.39M | 137.60M | 118.98M | 117.31M |
| Net profit | 370.93M | 937.66M | -618.70M | 203.79M | 68.98M | 107.27M | 296.40M | 283.78M |
| Basic EPS | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Diluted EPS | 1.73 | 4.23 | -2.93 | 1.01 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 1.92 | 1.89 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 236.16M | 524.16M | 400.22M | 541.39M | 272.61M | 615.86M |
| Gross profit | -2.20M | 206.81M | 83.69M | 193.89M | -16.39M | 237.67M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 10.99M | 13.47M | 12.22M | 14.40M | 11.13M | 14.24M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | -13.19M | 193.34M | 71.47M | 179.49M | -27.53M | 223.42M |
| Pretax profit | -17.25M | 166.79M | 68.82M | 182.55M | -27.31M | 218.77M |
| Tax | 2.52M | 69.36M | 34.45M | 10.98M | -5.71M | 81.67M |
| Net profit | -19.55M | 97.43M | 34.38M | 171.53M | -21.59M | 137.10M |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diluted EPS | -0.13 | 0.65 | 0.23 | 1.17 | -0.15 | 0.98 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 1.22B | 916.07M | 1.44B | 544.32M | 226.20M | 224.41M | 227.31M | 318.35M |
| Cash & ST investments | 387.78M | 61.58M | 750.15M | 324.80M | 85.17M | 89.39M | 91.35M | 146.70M |
| Inventory | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total assets | 6.77B | 6.50B | 4.97B | 2.21B | 1.97B | 2.13B | 1.86B | 2.21B |
| Total current liabilities | 1.19B | 1.05B | 804.56M | 371.93M | 381.39M | 453.21M | 367.90M | 472.91M |
| Short-term debt | 100.82M | 90.18M | 140.45M | 87.23M | 95.18M | 110.34M | 89.43M | 110.56M |
| Long-term debt | 2.59B | 1.08B | 899.90M | 104.59M | 175.93M | 112.24M | 59.03M | 73.12M |
| Total liabilities | 4,704,294,000.00 | 3,679,977,000.00 | 2,705,236,000.00 | 1,070,038,000.00 | 1,196,482,000.00 | 1,176,478,000.00 | 903,517,000.00 | 1,017,590,000.00 |
| Total equity | 2.07B | 2.82B | 2.27B | 1.14B | 775.76M | 949.14M | 958.54M | 1.19B |
| Retained earnings | -530.92M | 436.51M | -176.82M | 15.52M | 39.24M | 41.86M | 291.64M | 416.89M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 228.05M | 323.47M | 370.46M | 318.35M | 270.65M | 365.37M |
| Cash & ST investments | 109.78M | 135.35M | 240.99M | 146.70M | 157.35M | 161.67M |
| Inventory | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total assets | 1.86B | 2.04B | 2.12B | 2.21B | 2.28B | 2.42B |
| Total current liabilities | 395.66M | 433.09M | 459.34M | 472.91M | 474.75M | 513.48M |
| Short-term debt | 72.89M | 94.20M | 90.14M | 110.56M | 105.03M | 103.33M |
| Long-term debt | 90.99M | 78.15M | 70.60M | 73.12M | 160.72M | 164.51M |
| Total liabilities | 950,772,000.00 | 983,156,000.00 | 997,037,000.00 | 1,017,590,000.00 | 1,231,694,000.00 | 1,281,985,000.00 |
| Total equity | 907.43M | 1.05B | 1.12B | 1.19B | 1.05B | 1.14B |
| Retained earnings | 246.27M | 323.47M | 357.95M | 416.89M | 312.99M | 390.51M |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 396.86M | 339.77M | 259.56M | -156.08M | 178.23M | 250.78M | 232.73M | 366.19M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 240.00M | 316.03M | 223.72M | 145.26M | 88.53M | 102.85M | 105.21M | 110.79M |
| Free cash flow | 158.81M | 184.13M | 184.93M | -206.53M | 125.47M | 194.34M | 160.85M | 263.15M |
| Dividends paid | -11.10M | 0 | 0 | -1.37B | -253.19M | -112.48M | -1.71M | -455.00K |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | 0 | -264.09M | -99.52M | -380.51M | -282.15M | 0 | -102.07M | -215.17M |
| Ending cash balance | 125.62M | 97.82M | 867.30M | 345.58M | 93.78M | 96.90M | 97.85M | 152.08M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 57.78M | 74.05M | 140.98M | 93.38M | 61.93M | 110.96M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 24.20M | 26.51M | 29.09M | 30.98M | 31.68M | 31.36M |
| Free cash flow | 53.17M | 60.79M | 122.79M | 26.40M | 53.60M | 83.78M |
| Dividends paid | -386.00K | -69.00K | -- | -- | -97.00K | -18.00K |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -39.50M | -32.09M | 0 | -143.58M | -108.18M | -77.69M |
| Ending cash balance | 116.91M | 142.07M | 246.45M | 152.08M | 162.99M | 167.38M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 20.98 | 38.47 | -24.08 | 11.26 | 7.26 | 12.46 | 31.05 | 26.23 |
| ROA %i | 5.39 | 14.13 | -10.68 | 5.36 | 3.33 | 5.25 | 14.87 | 13.84 |
| ROIC %i | 11.23 | 21.38 | -12.24 | 8.11 | 4.89 | 7.91 | 20.80 | 18.39 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 3.62 | 14.01 | 18.80 | 5.58 | 10.78 | 9.08 | 7.59 | 17.65 |
| EBIT margin %i | 10.86 | 8.05 | -34.14 | -8.40 | 21.11 | 18.56 | 27.61 | 24.18 |
| FCF / sales %i | 4.74 | 5.66 | 18.04 | -- | 10.10 | 13.09 | 10.27 | 15.46 |
| Current ratioi | 1.02 | 0.88 | 1.79 | 1.46 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.67 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.53 | 0.14 | 1.09 | 1.36 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.60 |
| Debt / assetsi | 39.79 | 26.33 | 30.47 | 25.73 | 32.86 | 27.41 | 22.95 | 23.36 |
| LT debt / equityi | 125.81 | 57.52 | 60.37 | 42.22 | 71.22 | 49.72 | 35.22 | 34.09 |
| Interest coveragei | 1.55 | 1.56 | -3.47 | -1.97 | 15.97 | 13.13 | 23.90 | 38.61 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -35.63 | -28.40 | -32.50 | -1.71 | 0.82 | 13.14 | 12.97 | 11.06 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | 36.15 | -- | -19.58 | -57.99 | -- | 15.49 | 59.37 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -12.00 | 1.67 | -- | 28.00 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 31.24 | 25.86 | 20.21 | 26.23 | 28.57 | 29.33 |
| ROA %i | 14.26 | 12.43 | 10.08 | 13.84 | 13.51 | 14.42 |
| ROIC %i | 20.22 | 17.17 | 14.04 | 18.39 | 18.14 | 19.26 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 27.10 | 24.97 | 23.31 | 24.18 | 23.14 | 24.88 |
| FCF / sales %i | 12.88 | 14.69 | 15.16 | 15.46 | 15.16 | 15.66 |
| Current ratioi | 0.58 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.71 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.46 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0.63 |
| Debt / assetsi | 23.36 | 22.05 | 20.71 | 23.36 | 31.68 | 30.29 |
| LT debt / equityi | 39.76 | 33.74 | 31.13 | 34.09 | 58.90 | 55.25 |
| Interest coveragei | 26.18 | 28.05 | 32.25 | 38.61 | 35.18 | 36.55 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Single-engine
- Tuition and educational services is the largest reported line at 123.17% of revenue, across 3 reported segments.
- The next-largest line, Other, is a distant second at 10.88% - a sharp slowdown here would have little to offset it.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Tuition and educational services123.17%
Other10.88%
Quote time 2026-10-07 20:01:31 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.