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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) Operating margin
Laureate Education's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 25.8%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −32.1% (fiscal 2020) to 25.3% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 25.3% | 1.46 |
| FY2024 | 23.9% | 1.04 |
| FY2023 | 22.8% | 1.09 |
| FY2022 | 21.7% | 22.17 |
| FY2021 | −0.43% | 31.70 |
| FY2020 | −32.1% | (35.10) |
| FY2019 | 2.97% | 5.31 |
| FY2018 | −2.34% | (9.40) |
| FY2017 | 7.06% | (1.74) |
| FY2016 | 8.80% | 0.95 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 24.6% | (11.72) |
| Jun 2026 | 36.3% | 46.38 |
| Mar 2026 | −10.1% | (43.25) |
| Dec 2025 | 33.2% | 15.29 |
| 39 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare | 27.3% |
| LAUR Laureate Education | 25.8% |
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare | 24.9% |
| CVSA Covista Inc. compare | 19.8% |
| LRN Stride, Inc. compare | 18.4% |
| TAL TAL Education Group compare | 16.2% |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare | 13.4% |
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare | 11.8% |
| XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| Education & Training Services industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.70% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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