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 — — — — — — — — —
Price to Tangible BV
12.97 11.40 17.77 42.03 5.16 2.08 2.31 0.00 0.00 0.00
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/Operating CF
13.53 12.06 8.57 10.02 (13.65) 12.22 14.21 13.60 26.92 29.21
EV/FCF
18.80 15.69 11.04 14.19 1.10 3.68 3.33 10.10 (71.76) 10.81
Quick Ratio
0.61 0.53 0.45 0.54 1.42 1.24 0.17 0.70 0.64 0.71
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/Assets
5.79% 5.39% 7.77% 11.77% 6.95% 20.03% 17.74% 40.46% 42.85% 56.91%
Debt/Equity
0.11 0.10 0.17 0.30 0.13 0.44 0.41 1.34 1.59 4.03
Asset Turnover
0.84 0.79 0.72 0.59 0.30 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.46 0.46
Operating CF/Net income
1.30 0.79 2.33 2.56 (0.81) (0.42) 0.36 1.04 (0.93) 0.52
Capex/Depreciation
(0.93) (0.51) (0.55) (0.59) 14.46 2.69 3.51 0.57 (1.00) 1.19
Interest Coverage
40.44 20.66 16.15 16.45 (0.10) (3.26) 0.29 (0.14) 0.70 0.74
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
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
3.00% 2.92% 3.54% 5.21% 18.81% 19.49% 18.67% 23.36% 9.46% 6.74%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.36 0.38 0.39 0.37 0.31 0.16 0.18 0.42 0.41 0.47
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.78% 0.50% 0.48% 0.71% 0.94% 1.30% 1.07% 0.94% 1.94% 1.18%
Graham Net Nets
(0.14) (0.24) (0.46) (0.59) (0.23) (0.41) (0.74) (1.08) (1.62) (2.44)
Graham Number
18.68 16.51 9.32 6.84 12.30 0.00 35.08 20.03 0.00 16.36
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%
Revenue per Share
11.51 10.22 9.44 7.41 5.73 4.89 5.46 5.38 19.33 24.77
Operating CF per Share
2.48 1.52 1.59 1.06 (0.82) 1.24 1.53 1.87 1.11 1.44
Capex per Share
(0.70) (0.35) (0.36) (0.31) 11.07 2.87 5.00 0.65 (1.53) 2.36
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
Cash per Share
1.03 0.64 0.62 0.56 1.82 4.14 0.44 2.74 3.09 4.91
Shareholders Equity per Share
8.03 6.24 6.03 4.62 6.01 10.80 12.64 9.64 11.53 7.48
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Working Capital
(154.56) (140.58) (228.81) (155.19) 172.39 639.23 (128.99) 27.05 (85.89) (324.43)
Capital Expenditures
(102.75) (53.92) (56.16) (52.29) 2,100.38 601.94 1,110.40 137.76 (264.23) 314.18
Net Current Asset Value
(700.64) (677.60) (953.47) (971.68) (527.43) (1,263.17) (2,776.21) (3,501.56) (4,115.03) (4,949.32)
EV/EBIT
11.49 7.50 6.34 6.62 0.00 0.00 29.44 0.00 21.99 4.37
Capex to Sales
0.06 0.03 0.04 0.04 (1.93) (0.59) (0.92) (0.12) 0.08 (0.10)
Price to Operating Income
11.55 7.50 6.14 6.10 0.00 0.00 23.01 0.00 10.79 1.64
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.18 0.20 0.18 0.17 0.29 0.39 0.49 0.19 0.19 0.12
Cash ROIC
17.96% 15.48% 16.09% 11.45% 118.64% 20.88% 35.77% 9.95% (1.27%) 8.93%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
14.41 15.19 13.47 8.41 7.04 9.84 7.44 3.86 9.34 9.33
Accounts Payable Turnover
26.38 29.19 25.32 26.03 23.98 15.36 14.75 13.34 35.39 28.11
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
17.09 11.25 14.48 17.23 12.04 18.68 24.38 26.39 9.22 11.35
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
118.10 103.11 110.15 147.72 154.45 104.17 162.85 296.55 356.79 353.75
Average Payables
46.23 39.29 43.04 34.86 33.97 52.25 64.39 67.75 78.42 99.22
Average Assets
2,034.21 1,993.84 2,048.93 2,091.77 3,591.10 5,733.66 6,633.03 7,080.46 7,226.88 7,250.79
Average Common Equity
1,072.25 952.44 861.05 956.96 1,701.75 2,534.04 2,427.55 1,819.11 1,125.84 509.91

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