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Laureate Education

LAUR Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

Laureate Education’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.7 billion, up 8.64% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+21.2%
EPS
+220.8%
Free cash flow
+2.65%
Total debt
+100.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

33.21 1.94 −5.52%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
12.1×
Fwd P/E
15.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.53
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
70/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 2.76
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 1 — 2 — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 15.09%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 4,520.00
Revenue ttm 1,914.95
Net income ttm 388.26
Free cash flow ttm 290.04
Net debt Q 8.67
Valuation
P/E 12.09
Forward P/E 15.80
Price / sales 2.38
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 15.71
Price / book 3.93
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.71 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 0.17 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 24.63
Growth
Revenue growth Q +21.20% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +66.68% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +22.87% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +16.88% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +12.93% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +18.16% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 2.4×, against a ten-year median of 1.9×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.1× in 2021 to 8.0× in 2019.
P/E against its own 10 years 52.75%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 65.13%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 88.96%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 64.22%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 68.07%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 97 98 152 194
Receivables 107 99 137 123
Inventory — — — —
Other 1 1 — —
224 227 318 347
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 43 35 57 55
ST’ Debt 53 41 55 18
Other 24 24 27 34
453 368 473 489

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (8.83%) 10.68% 11.06%
Cash Flow 7.94% 7.13% 27.13%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 59.37%
Book Value 12.82% (12.11%) 15.31%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 0.48 Actual 0.52

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 0.76 0.76 Met by 0.00
Q1 FY26 −0.17 −0.17 Met by 0.00
Q2 FY26 0.96 1.00 Beat by 0.04
Q3 FY26 0.48 0.52 Beat by 0.04
Q4 FY26 0.80 — Reports 18 February 2027

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.15) 0.98 0.73 — —
’25 (0.13) 0.65 0.23 1.17 1.89
’24 (0.07) 0.83 0.56 0.62 1.92
’23 (0.17) 0.32 0.23 0.26 0.68
’22 (0.25) 0.25 0.19 0.25 0.41
’21 (0.82) (0.15) 1.94 0.15 1.01
’20 0.47 (1.47) (3.73) 1.81 (2.93)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 273 616 485 — —
’25 236 524 400 541 1,702
’24 275 499 369 423 1,567
’23 251 462 362 409 1,484
’22 210 385 301 346 1,242
’21 195 328 268 297 1,087
’20 192 304 244 285 1,025
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 62 111 152 — —
’25 58 74 141 93 366
’24 33 40 119 41 233
’23 26 52 109 63 251
’22 54 (8) 109 24 178
’21 11 7 36 (210) (156)
’20 (4) 65 160 38 260
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 54 84 126 — —
’25 53 61 123 26 263
’24 17 33 111 18 179
’23 21 43 97 34 195
’22 62 (14) 174 (95) 126
’21 30 692 1,442 (220) 1,944
’20 (24) 59 165 662 862
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,302 3,333 1,145 1,212 1,025 1,087 1,242 1,484 1,567 1,702 1,915 (7.1%) 1,922 2,053 2,213 +9.1%
Gross margin, % 15.54 16.73 21.02 21.67 21.71 25.05 26.96 26.58 26.79 28.33 28.56 +12.8 pt
EBT 367 (77) (120) (120) (451) (138) 246 254 414 401 495 +1.0%
EBT margin, % 11.12 (2.30) (10.49) (9.87) (43.99) (12.65) 19.79 17.14 26.46 23.56 25.86 +12.4 pt
Net income 366 94 371 938 (619) 204 69 107 296 284 388 (2.8%)
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 24.77 19.33 5.38 5.46 4.89 5.73 7.41 9.44 10.22 11.51 13.96 (8.2%)
Earnings 2.78 (1.20) 1.79 4.23 (2.93) 1.01 0.42 0.69 1.93 1.91 2.75 (4.1%)
Cash flow 1.44 1.11 1.87 1.53 1.24 (0.82) 1.06 1.59 1.52 2.48 3.05 +6.2%
Capex 2.36 (1.53) 0.65 5.00 2.87 11.07 (0.31) (0.36) (0.35) (0.70) (0.93) n/m
Free cash flow 3.80 (0.42) 2.51 6.53 4.11 10.25 0.75 1.24 1.17 1.78 2.11 (8.1%)
Book value 7.48 11.53 9.64 12.64 10.80 6.01 4.62 6.03 6.24 8.03 8.45 +0.8%
Shares, m 133 172 213 222 210 190 168 157 153 148 142 +1.2%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 4.84 0.00 8.24 4.21 0.00 10.93 21.84 20.67 9.43 17.45 12.09 9.8
P/S 0.48 0.76 2.83 1.70 2.97 2.14 1.33 1.40 1.79 2.92 2.38 1.8
P/B 3.05 1.60 1.58 1.35 1.34 2.04 2.13 2.20 2.93 4.19 3.93 2.2
EV/Sales 1.27 1.55 4.72 2.17 3.10 1.96 1.44 1.45 1.79 2.91 2.38 2.2
EV/FCF 10.81 (71.76) 10.10 3.33 3.68 1.10 14.19 11.04 15.69 18.80 15.74 1.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 192 192 397 340 260 (156) 178 251 233 366 418 +7.4%
Capex 314 (264) 138 1,110 602 2,100 (52) (56) (54) (103) (128) n/m
Free cash flow 506 (72) 535 1,450 862 1,944 126 195 179 263 290 (7.0%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (324) (86) 27 (129) 639 172 (155) (229) (141) (155) (142) (7.9%)
Net debt 3,365 2,634 2,156 1,055 128 (192) 138 68 2 (24) 9 n/m
Shareholders’ equity 997 1,988 2,051 2,804 2,264 1,140 774 948 957 1,187 1,160 +2.0%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.11 (2.86) 5.39 14.15 (10.69) 5.36 3.33 5.25 14.87 13.84 16.90 +8.7 pt
ROIC 4.16 3.18 (0.40) 0.58 (8.60) (0.31) 18.49 20.84 24.36 23.17 26.46 +19.0 pt
ROE 72.62 (18.39) 20.96 38.65 (24.20) 11.30 7.27 12.50 31.13 26.27 34.09 (46.3) pt
People
People Employees 65,000 65,000 60,000 50,000 37,000 24,000 35,000 28,900 31,800 33,900 — (7.0%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 — (0.1%)
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026

Laureate Education vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. $8.4B 16.3× 12.7× +23.08% (above 0%: growing) +20.20% (above 0%: growing) +1.60% (above 0%: growing) 56.42% 19.99% Compare
LAUR Laureate Education $4.5B 12.1× 15.8× +21.20% (above 0%: growing) +220.83% (above 0%: growing) +2.65% (above 0%: growing) 27.15% 24.56%
CVSA Covista Inc. $3.8B 15.2× 14.6× +10.65% (above 0%: growing) +16.14% (above 0%: growing) −33.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.84% 19.16% Compare
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. $3.5B — (loss-making) — — n/m −7,925,300.00% (below 0%: shrinking) — 0.00% Compare
TAL TAL Education Group $3.4B 7.6× 9.5× +15.48% (above 0%: growing) n/m −208.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.78% 23.71% Compare
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $3.2B 13.0× 16.3× +2.38% (above 0%: growing) +183.05% (above 0%: growing) +38.23% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 19.25% Compare
LRN Stride, Inc. $3.2B 9.5× 9.7× +2.98% (above 0%: growing) −1.26% (below 0%: shrinking) +31.36% (above 0%: growing) 37.71% 13.18% Compare
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. $2.2B 29.6× 13.6× −5.53% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.05% (below 0%: shrinking) −56.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 79.16% 22.31% Compare
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation $1.7B 9.2× 10.1× +1.88% (above 0%: growing) +14.52% (above 0%: growing) +97.05% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 25.52% Compare
Median of peers $3.3B 13.0× 12.7× +2.98% +15.33% −15.82% 56.42% 19.62%

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.50%
FMR LLC 14.00%
The Vanguard Group 10.10%
Wengen Alberta, Limited Partnership 8.90%
BlackRock, Inc. 7.00%
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