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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) Return on equity
Laureate Education's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 34.1%, up 7.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (26.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.7% (fiscal 2015) to 72.6% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 26.3% | (4.86) |
| FY2024 | 31.1% | 18.63 |
| FY2023 | 12.5% | 5.23 |
| FY2022 | 7.27% | (4.03) |
| FY2021 | 11.3% | 35.50 |
| FY2020 | −24.2% | (62.85) |
| FY2019 | 38.7% | 17.69 |
| FY2018 | 21.0% | 39.35 |
| FY2017 | −18.4% | (91.01) |
| FY2016 | 72.6% | 118.29 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare | 35.9% |
| LAUR Laureate Education | 34.1% |
| LRN Stride, Inc. compare | 20.9% |
| TAL TAL Education Group compare | 19.4% |
| CVSA Covista Inc. compare | 17.9% |
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare | 17.8% |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare | 8.83% |
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare | −137.1% |
| Education & Training Services industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.42% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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