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

33.50 0.21 +0.63%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Laureate Education (LAUR) trades at a price to free cash flow of 15.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2018) to 1,411× (October 2022); the current reading is higher than 74% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 7.3× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 18.9× 20.51%
FY2024 15.7× 46.66%
FY2023 10.7× (18.31%)
FY2022 13.1× 995.87%
FY2021 1.2× (66.21%)
FY2020 3.5× 35.80%
FY2019 2.6× (57.10%)
FY2018 6.1× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 4.1× 0.00%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 18.0× 2.36%
Jun 2026 17.6× (6.16%)
Mar 2026 18.8× (0.55%)
Dec 2025 18.9× 3.67%
39 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 1,411×
Ten-year median 8.0×
Current reading's percentile 74

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare n/m
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 6.5×
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 7.4×
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 10.8×
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 11.8×
LAUR Laureate Education 15.7×
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 25.8×
TAL TAL Education Group compare 27.3×
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare 82.2×
Education & Training Services industry median 7.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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