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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

33.55 0.26 +0.78%
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
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Laureate Education (LAUR) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Laureate Education (LAUR) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 7.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (November 2021) to 26.1× (January 2019); the current reading is higher than 56% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 6.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 9.1× 56.10%
FY2024 5.9× 20.36%
FY2023 4.9× (2.37%)
FY2022 5.0× (67.11%)
FY2021 15.1× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 10.1× (60.27%)
FY2018 25.3× 144.72%
FY2017 10.3× 187.43%
FY2016 3.6× 0.00%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 8.5× (5.72%)
Jun 2026 9.0× (4.24%)
Mar 2026 9.4× 2.46%
Dec 2025 9.1× (2.56%)
39 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 26.1×
Ten-year median 6.6×
Current reading's percentile 56

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare n/m
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 3.5×
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 4.5×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 4.7×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 5.8×
LAUR Laureate Education 7.4×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 8.5×
TAL TAL Education Group compare 9.2×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 9.4×
Education & Training Services industry median 6.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.5×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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