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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 invested capital
Laureate Education's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 26.5%, up 3.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.60% (fiscal 2020) to 24.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 23.2% | (1.19) |
| FY2024 | 24.4% | 3.52 |
| FY2023 | 20.8% | 2.35 |
| FY2022 | 18.5% | 18.80 |
| FY2021 | −0.31% | 8.29 |
| FY2020 | −8.60% | (9.18) |
| FY2019 | 0.58% | 0.98 |
| FY2018 | −0.40% | (3.58) |
| FY2017 | 3.18% | (0.98) |
| FY2016 | 4.16% | (0.59) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare | 49.9% |
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare | 41.0% |
| TAL TAL Education Group compare | 27.3% |
| LAUR Laureate Education | 26.5% |
| LRN Stride, Inc. compare | 20.7% |
| CVSA Covista Inc. compare | 14.6% |
| MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare | 5.51% |
| EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare | −0.86% |
| Education & Training Services industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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