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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

33.21 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
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Laureate Education (LAUR) Net margin

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Laureate Education's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.3%, up 3.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.8% (fiscal 2020) to 77.4% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 1.77% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 16.6% (2.37)
FY2024 18.9% 11.67
FY2023 7.25% 1.65
FY2022 5.60% (12.10)
FY2021 17.7% 77.53
FY2020 −59.8% (137.24)
FY2019 77.4% 44.09
FY2018 33.3% 39.53
FY2017 −6.21% (17.43)
FY2016 11.2% 18.73

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 20.9% (1.39)
Jun 2026 22.3% 30.18
Mar 2026 −7.92% (39.61)
Dec 2025 31.7% 23.07
39 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −59.8% High 77.4%
Ten-year median 11.2%
Current reading's percentile 78

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
TAL TAL Education Group compare 22.1%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 21.9%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 21.1%
LAUR Laureate Education 20.3%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 13.2%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 12.8%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 8.44%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 3.55%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare 0.00%
Education & Training Services industry median 1.77%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.92%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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