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

33.21 1.94 −5.52%
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

Laureate Education (LAUR) Free cash flow

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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%)
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Against its own ten years

Low −$72.1M High $1.9B
Ten-year median $263.4M
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow against peers

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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