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

33.52 0.23 +0.69%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
12.2×
Fwd P/E
15.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.53
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
70/100
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Piotroski F-Score
6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
P/E ratio
4.84 0.00 8.24 4.21 0.00 10.93 21.84 20.67 9.43 17.45
P/S ratio
0.48 0.76 2.83 1.70 2.97 2.14 1.33 1.40 1.79 2.92
Altman Z-Score
— 0.62 0.46 0.91 0.77 1.89 1.82 2.22 3.49 4.53
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
(0.33) 0.11 0.20 0.92 1.16 1.64 1.15 1.27 2.48 2.69
P/FCF ratio
4.06 0.00 6.07 2.60 3.53 1.19 13.09 10.69 15.68 18.89
P/Operating CF
(177.79) (129.52) 80.09 137.22 80.54 (11.05) 69.99 32.84 68.89 53.30
Beneish M-Score
(2.40) (2.63) (2.87) (3.23) (2.49) (2.32) (2.93) (2.71) (2.35) (2.39)
P/B ratio
3.05 1.60 1.58 1.35 1.34 2.04 2.13 2.20 2.93 4.19
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 70
EV/Sales
1.27 1.55 4.72 2.17 3.10 1.96 1.44 1.45 1.79 2.91
EV/EBITDA
3.60 10.35 25.32 10.06 0.00 15.15 4.98 4.86 5.86 9.14
EV/FCF
10.81 (71.76) 10.10 3.33 3.68 1.10 14.19 11.04 15.69 18.80
Current Ratio
0.77 0.94 1.02 0.88 1.79 1.46 0.59 0.50 0.62 0.67
Net Debt/EBITDA
6.06 5.27 10.11 3.00 (1.22) (1.36) 0.39 0.15 0.01 (0.04)
Debt/Equity
4.03 1.59 1.34 0.41 0.44 0.13 0.30 0.17 0.10 0.11
ROE
72.62% (18.39%) 20.96% 38.65% (24.20%) 11.30% 7.27% 12.50% 31.13% 26.27%
ROA
5.11% (2.86%) 5.39% 14.15% (10.69%) 5.36% 3.33% 5.25% 14.87% 13.84%
ROIC
4.16% 3.18% (0.40%) 0.58% (8.60%) (0.31%) 18.49% 20.84% 24.36% 23.17%
Return on Tangible Assets
20.27% (15.99%) 29.28% 183.39% (50.36%) 28.63% 18.89% 32.27% 79.34% 59.41%
Average Days of Receivables
40.27 38.25 77.75 24.66 45.03 61.29 33.19 26.40 23.04 29.45
Earnings Yield
20.66% (8.90%) 12.14% 23.74% (20.05%) 9.15% 4.58% 4.84% 10.61% 5.73%
Free Cash Flow Yield
24.61% (2.84%) 16.49% 38.43% 28.30% 83.74% 7.64% 9.35% 6.38% 5.29%
Free Cash Flow per Share
3.80 (0.42) 2.51 6.53 4.11 10.25 0.75 1.24 1.17 1.78
Book value per Share
7.48 11.53 9.64 12.64 10.80 6.01 4.62 6.03 6.24 8.03
Free Cash Flow
506.44 (72.07) 534.62 1,450.17 861.50 1,944.29 125.94 194.62 178.81 263.44
EV/EBIT
4.37 21.99 0.00 29.44 0.00 0.00 6.62 6.34 7.50 11.49
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026