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.
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Laureate Education (LAUR) EV/Sales
As of 16 October 2026, Laureate Education (LAUR) trades at a EV/Sales of 3.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (November 2021) to 8.2× (December 2019); the current reading is higher than 79% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.8× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.
EV/Sales, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.9× | 62.49% |
| FY2024 | 1.8× | 23.72% |
| FY2023 | 1.4× | 0.66% |
| FY2022 | 1.4× | (26.63%) |
| FY2021 | 2.0× | (36.69%) |
| FY2020 | 3.1× | 42.50% |
| FY2019 | 2.2× | (53.94%) |
| FY2018 | 4.7× | 203.94% |
| FY2017 | 1.6× | 22.15% |
| FY2016 | 1.3× | 0.00% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 2.8× | (3.11%) |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9× | (0.96%) |
| Dec 2025 | 2.9× | 2.38% |
| Sep 2025 | 2.8× | 30.21% |
| 38 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare | 0.8× |
| GHC Graham Holdings Company compare | 0.9× |
| LRN Stride, Inc. compare | 1.2× |
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare | 1.6× |
| TAL TAL Education Group compare | 1.8× |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare | 2.4× |
| CVSA Covista Inc. compare | 2.4× |
| LAUR Laureate Education | 3.0× |
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare | 3.5× |
| Education & Training Services industry median | 0.8× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.0× |
| Market median | 2.1× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)