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Laureate Education (LAUR) vs Stride, Inc. (LRN)

Laureate Education and Stride, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Laureate Education is the larger, with a market value of $5.4B against $3.5B — 1.6× the size. Stride, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.4× against 17.2×. Laureate Education grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.9% against 4.69%. Laureate Education has the higher net margin (17.6% vs 13.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (23.4% vs 24.5%). Across the 22 metrics below, Stride, Inc. leads on 14 and Laureate Education on 8.

Valuation

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
P/E 17.24 10.43 13.22
P/S 2.94 1.40 0.99
P/B 4.71 2.16 1.62
Price to free cash flow 18.74 9.94 10.06
EV/EBITDA 9.53 5.43 8.56
EV/Sales 2.97 1.25 0.78
Earnings yield 5.80% 9.59% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 5.34% 10.06% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 27.26% 37.75% 54.64%
Operating margin 24.42% 17.90% 0.00%
Net margin 17.57% 13.43% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 15.67% 14.10% 0.00%
Return on equity 29.34% 21.74% 0.00%
Return on assets 14.42% 14.30% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 23.36% 24.52% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.89% 4.69% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1.56%) 20.00% 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.68% 10.38% 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 36.47% 0.00%

Health

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.19 0.29 0.05
Current ratio 0.71 5.94 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (0.04) (0.84) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.84%
Payout ratio — — 0.23

Size

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Market cap 5.38b 3.46b 68.84m

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