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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 17.5%, EPS grew 50.8%, free cash flow grew 37.7% and total debt rose 93.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

38.61 0.43 −1.10%
Market cap
$5.4B
P/E
17.2×
Fwd P/E
15.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.53
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
70/100
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
Piotroski F-Score
7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
P/E ratio
17.45 9.43 20.67 21.84 10.93 0.00 4.21 8.24 0.00 4.84
P/S ratio
2.92 1.79 1.40 1.33 2.14 2.97 1.70 2.83 0.76 0.48
Altman Z-Score
4.53 3.49 2.22 1.82 1.89 0.77 0.91 0.46 0.62 —
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.69 2.48 1.27 1.15 1.64 1.16 0.92 0.20 0.11 (0.33)
P/FCF ratio
18.89 15.68 10.69 13.09 1.19 3.53 2.60 6.07 0.00 4.06
P/Operating CF
53.30 68.89 32.84 69.99 (11.05) 80.54 137.22 80.09 (129.52) (177.79)
Beneish M-Score
(2.39) (2.35) (2.71) (2.93) (2.32) (2.49) (3.23) (2.87) (2.63) (2.40)
P/B ratio
4.19 2.93 2.20 2.13 2.04 1.34 1.35 1.58 1.60 3.05
Dividend Safety Score
70 — — — — — — — — —
EV/Sales
2.91 1.79 1.45 1.44 1.96 3.10 2.17 4.72 1.55 1.27
EV/EBITDA
9.14 5.86 4.86 4.98 15.15 0.00 10.06 25.32 10.35 3.60
EV/FCF
18.80 15.69 11.04 14.19 1.10 3.68 3.33 10.10 (71.76) 10.81
Current Ratio
0.67 0.62 0.50 0.59 1.46 1.79 0.88 1.02 0.94 0.77
Net Debt/EBITDA
(0.04) 0.01 0.15 0.39 (1.36) (1.22) 3.00 10.11 5.27 6.06
Debt/Equity
0.11 0.10 0.17 0.30 0.13 0.44 0.41 1.34 1.59 4.03
ROE
26.27% 31.13% 12.50% 7.27% 11.30% (24.20%) 38.65% 20.96% (18.39%) 72.62%
ROA
13.84% 14.87% 5.25% 3.33% 5.36% (10.69%) 14.15% 5.39% (2.86%) 5.11%
ROIC
23.17% 24.36% 20.84% 18.49% (0.31%) (8.60%) 0.58% (0.40%) 3.18% 4.16%
Return on Tangible Assets
59.41% 79.34% 32.27% 18.89% 28.63% (50.36%) 183.39% 29.28% (15.99%) 20.27%
Average Days of Receivables
29.45 23.04 26.40 33.19 61.29 45.03 24.66 77.75 38.25 40.27
Earnings Yield
5.73% 10.61% 4.84% 4.58% 9.15% (20.05%) 23.74% 12.14% (8.90%) 20.66%
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.29% 6.38% 9.35% 7.64% 83.74% 28.30% 38.43% 16.49% (2.84%) 24.61%
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.78 1.17 1.24 0.75 10.25 4.11 6.53 2.51 (0.42) 3.80
Book value per Share
8.03 6.24 6.03 4.62 6.01 10.80 12.64 9.64 11.53 7.48
Free Cash Flow
263.44 178.81 194.62 125.94 1,944.29 861.50 1,450.17 534.62 (72.07) 506.44
EV/EBIT
11.49 7.50 6.34 6.62 0.00 0.00 29.44 0.00 21.99 4.37
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