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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 4.79
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 1 1 — 2 — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 15.10%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,380.00
Revenue 1,830.09
Net Income 321.42
Free Cash Flow 286.78
Net Debt 54.68
Current Ratio 0.71 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.19 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 17.24
Fwd P/E 15.80
P/S ratio 2.94
P/B ratio 4.71
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 23.11% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 15.70% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 13.05% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 18.74% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 62.37%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 85.70%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 98.61%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 79.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 85.54%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 Powerpack
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 0.00
0.70
2022 0.00
0.83
0.68
2021 0.00
7.01
0.58
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 97 98 152 167
Receivables 107 99 137 163
Inventory — — — —
Other 1 1 — 44
224 227 318 365
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 43 35 57 57
ST’ Debt 53 41 55 58
Other 24 24 27 33
453 368 473 513

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (8.83%) 10.68% 11.06%
Cash Flow 7.94% 7.13% 27.13%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 59.37%
Book Value 12.82% (12.11%) 15.31%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 273 616 — — —
’25 236 524 400 541 1,702
’24 275 499 369 423 1,567
’23 251 462 362 409 1,484
’22 210 385 301 346 1,242
’21 195 328 268 297 1,087
’20 192 304 244 285 1,025
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 62 111 — — —
’25 58 74 141 93 366
’24 33 40 119 41 233
’23 26 52 109 63 251
’22 54 (8) 109 24 178
’21 11 7 36 (210) (156)
’20 (4) 65 160 38 260
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 54 84 — — —
’25 53 61 123 26 263
’24 17 33 111 18 179
’23 21 43 97 34 195
’22 62 (14) 174 (95) 126
’21 30 692 1,442 (220) 1,944
’20 (24) 59 165 662 862
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.15) 0.98 — — —
’25 (0.13) 0.65 0.23 1.17 1.89
’24 (0.07) 0.83 0.56 0.62 1.92
’23 (0.17) 0.32 0.23 0.26 0.68
’22 (0.25) 0.25 0.19 0.25 0.41
’21 (0.82) (0.15) 1.94 0.15 1.01
’20 0.47 (1.47) (3.73) 1.81 (2.93)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — 10.46 12.70 14.32 7.30 9.41 9.24 9.56 12.45 17.82

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — 18.96 17.15 18.57 21.66 19.02 13.35 14.81 19.98 34.37
People
People Employees 65,000 65,000 60,000 50,000 37,000 24,000 35,000 28,900 31,800 33,900
Revenue/emp, $m 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,302 3,333 1,145 1,212 1,025 1,087 1,242 1,484 1,567 1,702
Gross margin, % 15.54 16.73 21.02 21.67 21.71 25.05 26.96 26.58 26.79 28.33
EBT 367 (77) (120) (120) (451) (138) 246 254 414 401
EBT margin, % 11.12 (2.30) (10.49) (9.87) (43.99) (12.65) 19.79 17.14 26.46 23.56
Net income 366 94 371 938 (619) 204 69 107 296 284
Depreciation 265 265 240 316 224 145 89 103 105 111
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 24.77 19.33 5.38 5.46 4.89 5.73 7.41 9.44 10.22 11.51
Earnings 2.78 (1.20) 1.79 4.23 (2.93) 1.01 0.42 0.69 1.93 1.91
Cash flow 1.44 1.11 1.87 1.53 1.24 (0.82) 1.06 1.59 1.52 2.48
Capex 2.36 (1.53) 0.65 5.00 2.87 11.07 (0.31) (0.36) (0.35) (0.70)
Free cash flow 3.80 (0.42) 2.51 6.53 4.11 10.25 0.75 1.24 1.17 1.78
Book value 7.48 11.53 9.64 12.64 10.80 6.01 4.62 6.03 6.24 8.03
Shares, m 133 172 213 222 210 190 168 157 153 148
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 4.84 0.00 8.24 4.21 0.00 10.93 21.84 20.67 9.43 17.45
P/S 0.48 0.76 2.83 1.70 2.97 2.14 1.33 1.40 1.79 2.92
P/B 3.05 1.60 1.58 1.35 1.34 2.04 2.13 2.20 2.93 4.19
EV/Sales 1.27 1.55 4.72 2.17 3.10 1.96 1.44 1.45 1.79 2.91
EV/FCF 10.81 (71.76) 10.10 3.33 3.68 1.10 14.19 11.04 15.69 18.80
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 192 192 397 340 260 (156) 178 251 233 366
Capex 314 (264) 138 1,110 602 2,100 (52) (56) (54) (103)
Free cash flow 506 (72) 535 1,450 862 1,944 126 195 179 263
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (324) (86) 27 (129) 639 172 (155) (229) (141) (155)
Total debt 4,019 3,167 2,739 1,153 996 154 232 165 100 128
Net debt 3,365 2,634 2,156 1,055 128 (192) 138 68 2 (24)
Shareholders’ equity 997 1,988 2,051 2,804 2,264 1,140 774 948 957 1,187
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.11 (2.86) 5.39 14.15 (10.69) 5.36 3.33 5.25 14.87 13.84
ROIC 4.16 3.18 (0.40) 0.58 (8.60) (0.31) 18.49 20.84 24.36 23.17
ROE 72.62 (18.39) 20.96 38.65 (24.20) 11.30 7.27 12.50 31.13 26.27
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Laureate Education vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. $8.4B 20.2× 11.4× +23.04% (above 0%: growing) +900.00% (above 0%: growing) +72.87% (above 0%: growing) 53.10% 5.61% Compare
LAUR Laureate Education $5.4B 17.2× 15.8× +17.50% (above 0%: growing) +50.77% (above 0%: growing) +37.68% (above 0%: growing) 38.59% 36.28%
GHC Graham Holdings Company $5.1B 9.6× 15.5× +7.13% (above 0%: growing) +677.34% (above 0%: growing) −58.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.10% 6.42% Compare
CVSA Covista Inc. $4.3B 17.7× 15.0× +9.69% (above 0%: growing) +40.67% (above 0%: growing) +102.24% (above 0%: growing) 56.77% 19.04% Compare
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $4.2B 19.4× 16.3× +6.69% (above 0%: growing) +18.24% (above 0%: growing) −15.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 49.36% 22.02% Compare
TAL TAL Education Group $4.2B 7.3× 12.0× +31.89% (above 0%: growing) +1,380.00% (above 0%: growing) +37.51% (above 0%: growing) 57.78% 18.09% Compare
LRN Stride, Inc. $3.5B 10.4× 13.4× −2.69% (below 0%: shrinking) +62.18% (above 0%: growing) +3.70% (above 0%: growing) 34.16% 16.64% Compare
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. $2.7B 27.7× 15.6× +2.65% (above 0%: growing) +9,900.00% (above 0%: growing) +57.50% (above 0%: growing) 79.87% 20.78% Compare
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation $2.1B 12.0× 11.7× +1.80% (above 0%: growing) +22.22% (above 0%: growing) −3.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.15% 25.72% Compare
Median of peers $4.2B 14.8× 14.2× +6.91% +369.76% +20.60% 54.94% 18.57%

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Laureate Education (LAUR) key facts

  • Strength: Laureate Education’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.7 billion, up 8.64% from fiscal 2024.
  • Laureate Education (LAUR) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LAUR traded at $38.61, a market capitalization of $5.4 billion.
  • Return on equity was 26.3% and debt-to-equity 0.19.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.53 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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