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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
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Laureate Education (LAUR) Free cash flow margin
Laureate Education's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.2%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.16% (fiscal 2017) to 178.9% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.5% | 4.07 |
| FY2024 | 11.4% | (1.70) |
| FY2023 | 13.1% | 2.97 |
| FY2022 | 10.1% | (168.78) |
| FY2021 | 178.9% | 94.86 |
| FY2020 | 84.1% | (35.58) |
| FY2019 | 119.6% | 72.93 |
| FY2018 | 46.7% | 48.87 |
| FY2017 | −2.16% | (17.50) |
| FY2016 | 15.3% | 14.63 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare | 29.7% |
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare | 23.1% |
| TAL TAL Education Group compare | 18.4% |
| CVSA Covista Inc. compare | 17.7% |
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare | 17.1% |
| LRN Stride, Inc. compare | 16.7% |
| LAUR Laureate Education | 15.2% |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare | 4.00% |
| XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| Education & Training Services industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.51% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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