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LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.
LAUR
$5.5B
Mkt Cap
$37.00
+1.09%
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a current P/E ratio of 19.6, compared to its historical median P/E of 9.8. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 19.6%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a market capitalization of $5.2B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 5.48%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) appears expensive. The current P/E of 19.6 is 99% above its historical median of 9.8. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -10.4%.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) operates in the Services-Educational Services industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
We operate a portfolio of degree-granting higher education institutions in Mexico and Peru. These institutions, which we collectively refer to as the Laureate International Universities network, are leading brands in their respective markets and offer a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degrees through campus-based, online and hybrid programs. Collectively, we have approximately 497,700 students enrolled at five institutions with over 50 campuses as of December 31, 2025. Our institutions in Mexico and Peru operate within scaled country networks, which provide advantages in terms of shared infrastructure, technology, curricula and operational best practices. Our students are enrolled at traditional, campus-based institutions offering multi-year degrees, with an average program length of four years, similar to leading private and public higher education institutions in developed markets such as the United States and Europe.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.1B |
| Net Income | 280M | 282M | 296M | 108M | 70M | 192M |
| EPS | $1.93 | $1.89 | $1.92 | $0.68 | $0.41 | $1.01 |
| Free Cash Flow | 264M | 263M | 161M | 194M | 125M | -207M |
| ROIC | 27.1% | 24.2% | 23.0% | 17.2% | 14.0% | - |
| Gross Margin | - | 28.3% | 26.8% | 26.6% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.83 | 0.50 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 417M | 431M | 374M | 339M | 270M | - |
| Operating Margin | 24.0% | 25.3% | 23.9% | 22.8% | 21.7% | - |
| ROE | 26.7% | 26.2% | 31.1% | 12.5% | 7.3% | 11.3% |
| Shares Outstanding | 140M | 149M | 154M | 158M | 170M | 191M |
| Metric | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | 4.3B | 3.3B | 3.3B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Gross Margin | 12.4% | 15.5% | 16.7% | 21.0% | 21.7% | 21.7% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 26.6% | 26.8% | 28.3% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 195M | 222M | 315M | 267M | 226M | 200M | 204M | 65M | 53M | 46M | 51M | 51M |
| EBIT | 337M | 291M | 235M | -27M | N/A | -329M | N/A | 270M | 339M | 374M | 431M | 417M |
| Op. Margin | 7.9% | 8.8% | 7.1% | -2.3% | N/A | -32.1% | N/A | 21.7% | 22.8% | 23.9% | 25.3% | 24.0% |
| Net Income | -322M | 370M | -207M | 381M | 938M | -613M | 192M | 70M | 108M | 296M | 282M | 280M |
| Net Margin | -7.5% | 11.2% | -6.2% | 33.3% | 77.4% | -59.8% | 17.7% | 5.6% | 7.2% | 18.9% | 16.5% | 16.1% |
| Non-Recurring | 5.1M | 432M | 5.8M | 292M | 754M | 23M | 683M | 11M | 24M | 139M | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | ||||||||||||
| ROIC | N/A | 11.4% | 5.5% | 8.3% | N/A | -16.9% | N/A | 14.0% | 17.2% | 23.0% | 24.2% | 27.1% |
| ROE | N/A | 75.0% | -18.8% | 21.0% | 38.5% | -24.1% | 11.3% | 7.3% | 12.5% | 31.1% | 26.2% | 26.7% |
| ROA | N/A | 10.5% | -2.9% | 5.4% | 14.1% | -10.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 5.3% | 14.9% | 13.8% | 12.3% |
| Cash Flow | ||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 170M | 192M | 192M | 397M | 340M | 260M | -156M | 178M | 251M | 233M | 366M | 370M |
| Free Cash Flow | -174M | -48M | -82M | 159M | 184M | 185M | -207M | 125M | 194M | 161M | 263M | 264M |
| Owner Earnings | 111M | 142M | 116M | -588M | -173M | 239M | -267M | 110M | 174M | 157M | 278M | 193M |
| CapEx | 344M | 240M | 274M | 238M | 156M | 75M | 50M | 53M | 56M | 72M | 103M | 107M |
| Maint. CapEx | 20M | 11M | 12M | 974M | 499M | 7.6M | 101M | 59M | 70M | 68M | 74M | 164M |
| Growth CapEx | 324M | 229M | 263M | 0 | 0 | 67M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6M | 29M | 0 |
| D&A | 20M | 11M | 12M | 974M | 499M | 7.6M | 101M | 59M | 70M | 68M | 74M | 164M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | 142.6% | 60.0% | 45.8% | 28.8% | N/A | 29.6% | 22.5% | 30.9% | 28.1% | 28.8% |
| Capital Allocation | ||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264M | 100M | 381M | 282M | 0 | 102M | 215M | 284M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14.4% | 6.8% | 20.1% | 18.1% | N/A | 3.6% | 4.2% | 5.5% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 39M | 39M | 65M | 11M | 13M | 13M | 10M | 8.8M | 7.1M | 7.8M | 13M | 13M |
| Debt Repayment | 528M | 1.4B | 3.0B | 868M | 2.5B | 705M | 942M | 434M | 243M | 216M | 129M | 129M |
| Balance Sheet | ||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 170M | 3.5B | 2.8B | 2.6B | 1.8B | 765M | 244M | 563M | 493M | 336M | 369M | 58M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 459M | 296M | 319M | 78M | 62M | 750M | 325M | 85M | 89M | 91M | 147M | 157M |
| Long-Term Debt | 629M | 3.6B | 3.0B | 2.6B | 1.3B | 900M | 105M | 176M | 112M | 59M | 73M | 161M |
| Debt/Equity | N/A | 6.02 | 1.97 | 1.31 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.83 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.21 |
| Interest Coverage | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | -0.1 | N/A | -3.3 | N/A | 16.4 | 16.1 | 20.7 | 80.1 | 67.7 |
| Equity | N/A | 632M | 1.6B | 2.1B | 2.8B | 2.3B | 1.1B | 776M | 950M | 960M | 1.2B | 1.0B |
| Total Assets | N/A | 7.1B | 7.4B | 6.8B | 6.5B | 5.0B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 15M | 6.0B | 5.4B | 4.7B | 3.7B | 2.7B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 904M | 1.0B | 1.2B |
| Intangibles | N/A | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 562M | 226M | 143M | 152M | 169M | 148M | 166M | 165M |
| Retained Earnings | 1.2M | -1.0B | -946M | -531M | 437M | -177M | 16M | 39M | 42M | 292M | 417M | 313M |
| Working Capital | N/A | -324M | -86M | 27M | -129M | 639M | 172M | -155M | -229M | -141M | -155M | -204M |
| Current Assets | N/A | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 916M | 1.4B | 544M | 226M | 224M | 227M | 318M | 271M |
| Current Liabilities | N/A | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 805M | 372M | 381M | 453M | 368M | 473M | 475M |
| Per Share Data | ||||||||||||
| EPS | -2.44 | 2.76 | -1.20 | 1.73 | 4.23 | -2.93 | 1.01 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 1.92 | 1.89 | 1.93 |
| Owner EPS | 0.84 | 1.06 | 0.67 | -2.67 | -0.78 | 1.14 | -1.40 | 0.65 | 1.10 | 1.01 | 1.87 | 1.38 |
| Book Value | N/A | 4.71 | 9.13 | 9.35 | 12.70 | 10.88 | 5.99 | 4.57 | 6.00 | 6.21 | 7.97 | 7.49 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 1.29 | 1.43 | 1.11 | 1.80 | 1.53 | 1.24 | -0.82 | 1.05 | 1.59 | 1.51 | 2.46 | 3.17 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.14 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 132.1M | 134.2M | 172.5M | 220.4M | 221.8M | 209.3M | 190.5M | 169.7M | 158.2M | 154.4M | 149.0M | 140.0M |
| Valuation | ||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.0 | 2.0 | N/A | 9.8 | 22.4 | 20.0 | 9.5 | 18.2 | 19.2 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9.6 | 10.0 | 7.9 | N/A | 12.4 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 19.6 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | 15.2 | 12.5 | 2.7 | N/A | 3.8 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 11.6 | 12.6 |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | N/A | -7.5% | 10.4% | 10.0% | 12.6% | -10.9% | 8.1% | 9.0% | 5.7% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
| Market Cap | N/A | N/A | 1.1B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 1.6B | 2.2B | 2.8B | 5.1B | 5.2B |
| Avg. Price | N/A | N/A | 6.78 | 6.88 | 7.48 | 6.18 | 7.22 | 9.83 | 11.95 | 15.25 | 24.40 | 37.00 |
| Year-End Price | N/A | N/A | 6.32 | 6.89 | 8.27 | 7.01 | 9.91 | 9.18 | 13.63 | 18.21 | 34.35 | 37.00 |
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. trades at 19.6x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 9.8x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 20.1x vs a median of 11.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 19.6% with a gross margin of 26.7%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 5.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +13.4%.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) reported annual revenue of $1.7 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a net profit margin of 16.5%. This is a healthy margin.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) generated $263 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.89 in its most recent fiscal year.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a return on equity (ROE) of 26.2%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a 5-year average gross margin of 26.7%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 11 years of financial data for LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. (LAUR) has a book value per share of $7.97, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.