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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 $4.5B against $3.2B — 1.4× the size. Stride, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.5× against 12.1×. Laureate Education grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.9% against 2.48%. Laureate Education has the higher net margin (20.3% vs 13.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.5% vs 20.7%). 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 12.09 9.51 12.09
P/S 2.38 1.23 0.80
P/B 3.93 1.86 1.39
Price to free cash flow 15.71 7.36 7.31
EV/EBITDA 7.36 4.75 6.36
EV/Sales 2.38 1.12 0.58
Earnings yield 8.27% 10.52% 3.29%
Free cash flow yield 6.37% 13.59% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 28.56% 37.44% 55.03%
Operating margin 25.82% 18.37% 0.00%
Net margin 20.28% 13.18% 1.77%
Free cash flow margin 15.15% 16.68% 0.00%
Return on equity 34.09% 20.90% 0.00%
Return on assets 16.90% 13.75% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 26.46% 20.72% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.90% 2.48% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1.56%) 20.00% 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.68% 10.38% 4.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 36.47% 0.00%

Health

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.31 0.05
Current ratio 0.71 2.56 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA (0.04) (0.84) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.64%
Payout ratio — — 0.26

Size

Metric LAUR LRN Education & Training Services median
Market cap 4.52b 3.15b 59.54m

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