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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 17.5%, EPS grew 50.8%, free cash flow grew 37.7% and total debt rose 93.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

38.61 0.43 −1.10%
Market cap
$5.4B
P/E
17.2×
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) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Laureate Education (LAUR) trades at a P/E ratio of 17.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2021) to 166× (July 2017); the current reading is higher than 69% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 13.2× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 17.4× 85.04%
FY2024 9.4× (54.39%)
FY2023 20.7× (5.37%)
FY2022 21.8× 99.88%
FY2021 10.9× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 4.2× (48.86%)
FY2018 8.2× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 4.8× 0.00%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 16.2× (11.11%)
Mar 2026 18.2× 4.56%
Dec 2025 17.4× (24.22%)
Sep 2025 23.0× 67.40%
38 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 166×
Ten-year median 9.9×
Current reading's percentile 62

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
TAL TAL Education Group compare 7.3×
GHC Graham Holdings Company compare 9.6×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 10.4×
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 12.0×
LAUR Laureate Education 17.2×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.7×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 19.4×
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 20.2×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 27.7×
Education & Training Services industry median 13.2×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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