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
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Laureate Education (LAUR) Free cash flow
Laureate Education's free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $263.4M, up 47.3% from $178.8M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $290.0M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$72.1M (fiscal 2017) to $1.9B (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. Laureate Education ranks 5th of 44 Education & Training Services companies by free cash flow.
Free cash flow, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $263.4M | 47.33% |
| FY2024 | $178.8M | (8.12%) |
| FY2023 | $194.6M | 54.53% |
| FY2022 | $125.9M | (93.52%) |
| FY2021 | $1.9B | 125.69% |
| FY2020 | $861.5M | (40.59%) |
| FY2019 | $1.5B | 171.25% |
| FY2018 | $534.6M | — |
| FY2017 | −$72.1M | — |
| FY2016 | $506.4M | 1,560.13% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | $126.2M | 50.55% |
| Jun 2026 | $83.8M | 56.25% |
| Mar 2026 | $53.6M | 102.80% |
| Dec 2025 | $26.4M | (78.48%) |
| 40 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow against peers
| Company | Free cash flow |
|---|---|
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare | $1.0B |
| TAL TAL Education Group compare | $610.9M |
| LRN Stride, Inc. compare | $423.2M |
| CVSA Covista Inc. compare | $354.6M |
| LAUR Laureate Education | $290.0M |
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare | $264.8M |
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare | $256.2M |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare | $83.3M |
| XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare | −$13.9M |
What Free cash flow is
Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.
Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)
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