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Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR

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33.85 USD -1.30 (-3.70%)

Nov 5, 2026, 2:35 PM EST

33.83 Day range 35.89
24.98 52-week range 40.93
YTD
+0.53%
1 year
+10.12%

Financial health

Altman Z-Score

3.80 Safe zone

Bankruptcy-risk model: below 1.81 distress, above 2.99 safe.

Piotroski F-Score

7 / 9 Strong

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency.

FMP rating

A4 / 5 overall

  • DCF 5
  • Return on Equity 5
  • Return on Assets 5
  • Debt / Equity 2
  • P/E 3
  • P/B 2

Valuation

P/E 17.6×
FY 2016: 4.7×FY 2017: -11.3×FY 2018: 8.8×FY 2019: 285×FY 2020: -9.5×FY 2021: -5.2×FY 2022: 26.0×FY 2023: 18.3×FY 2024: 9.5×FY 2025: 17.6×
FY 2016 5y median 17.6× FY 2025
P/S 2.9×
FY 2016: 0.5×FY 2017: 0.7×FY 2018: 2.8×FY 2019: 3.2×FY 2020: 3.0×FY 2021: 2.1×FY 2022: 1.3×FY 2023: 1.5×FY 2024: 1.8×FY 2025: 2.9×
FY 2016 5y median 1.8× FY 2025
P/B 4.2×
FY 2016: 2.7×FY 2017: 1.5×FY 2018: 1.6×FY 2019: 1.4×FY 2020: 1.3×FY 2021: 2.0×FY 2022: 2.1×FY 2023: 2.3×FY 2024: 2.9×FY 2025: 4.2×
FY 2016 5y median 2.3× FY 2025
P/FCF 18.9×
FY 2016: -31.7×FY 2017: -16.3×FY 2018: 20.4×FY 2019: 22.3×FY 2020: 16.5×FY 2021: -11.2×FY 2022: 12.9×FY 2023: 11.1×FY 2024: 17.4×FY 2025: 18.9×
FY 2016 5y median 12.9× FY 2025
EV/EBITDA 10.2×
FY 2016: 5.0×FY 2017: 9.8×FY 2018: 18.0×FY 2019: 17.2×FY 2020: -29.3×FY 2021: 47.5×FY 2022: 6.2×FY 2023: 7.0×FY 2024: 5.8×FY 2025: 10.2×
FY 2016 5y median 7.0× FY 2025
EV/Sales 3.1×
FY 2016: 1.5×FY 2017: 1.5×FY 2018: 4.8×FY 2019: 4.6×FY 2020: 3.6×FY 2021: 2.4×FY 2022: 1.8×FY 2023: 1.8×FY 2024: 2.0×FY 2025: 3.1×
FY 2016 5y median 2.0× FY 2025
FCF Yield 5.3%
FY 2016: -3.2%FY 2017: -6.1%FY 2018: 4.9%FY 2019: 4.5%FY 2020: 6.1%FY 2021: -8.9%FY 2022: 7.8%FY 2023: 9.0%FY 2024: 5.7%FY 2025: 5.3%
FY 2016 5y median 5.7% FY 2025

Profitability

Gross Margin 28.3%
FY 2016: 15.5%FY 2017: 16.7%FY 2018: 21.0%FY 2019: 21.7%FY 2020: 21.7%FY 2021: 25.0%FY 2022: 27.0%FY 2023: 26.6%FY 2024: 26.8%FY 2025: 28.3%
FY 2016 5y median 26.8% FY 2025
Operating Margin 25.3%
FY 2016: 8.8%FY 2017: 7.1%FY 2018: -2.3%FY 2019: 3.0%FY 2020: -32.1%FY 2021: -0.4%FY 2022: 21.7%FY 2023: 22.8%FY 2024: 23.9%FY 2025: 25.3%
FY 2016 5y median 22.8% FY 2025
Net Margin 16.5%
FY 2016: 11.3%FY 2017: 2.7%FY 2018: 32.3%FY 2019: 77.4%FY 2020: -59.8%FY 2021: 17.7%FY 2022: 5.6%FY 2023: 7.2%FY 2024: 18.9%FY 2025: 16.5%
FY 2016 5y median 16.5% FY 2025
ROE 23.7%
FY 2016: 56.0%FY 2017: 5.8%FY 2018: 18.0%FY 2019: 33.3%FY 2020: -26.9%FY 2021: 16.9%FY 2022: 9.0%FY 2023: 11.3%FY 2024: 30.9%FY 2025: 23.7%
FY 2016 5y median 16.9% FY 2025
ROIC 16.5%
FY 2016: 4.3%FY 2017: -0.8%FY 2018: -0.4%FY 2019: 0.6%FY 2020: -5.4%FY 2021: -0.2%FY 2022: 4.0%FY 2023: 8.7%FY 2024: 16.8%FY 2025: 16.5%
FY 2016 5y median 8.7% FY 2025
ROA 12.8%
FY 2016: 5.2%FY 2017: 1.2%FY 2018: 5.5%FY 2019: 14.4%FY 2020: -12.3%FY 2021: 8.7%FY 2022: 3.5%FY 2023: 5.1%FY 2024: 15.9%FY 2025: 12.8%
FY 2016 5y median 8.7% FY 2025

Growth (YoY)

Revenue 8.6%
FY 2016: -23.1%FY 2017: 0.9%FY 2018: -65.7%FY 2019: 5.9%FY 2020: -15.4%FY 2021: 6.0%FY 2022: 14.3%FY 2023: 19.5%FY 2024: 5.5%FY 2025: 8.6%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Operating Income 15.3%
FY 2016: -13.7%FY 2017: -19.1%FY 2018: -111.4%FY 2019: 234.4%FY 2020: -1014.2%FY 2021: 98.6%FY 2022: 5910.5%FY 2023: 25.5%FY 2024: 10.4%FY 2025: 15.3%
FY 2016 FY 2025
EPS (diluted) -1.6%
FY 2016: 217.2%FY 2017: -143.0%FY 2018: 245.0%FY 2019: -96.5%FY 2020: -2579.7%FY 2021: -52.9%FY 2022: 115.8%FY 2023: 100.0%FY 2024: 159.5%FY 2025: -1.6%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Free Cash Flow 63.6%
FY 2016: 67.9%FY 2017: -157.3%FY 2018: 210.9%FY 2019: 10.2%FY 2020: 5.7%FY 2021: -211.7%FY 2022: 160.7%FY 2023: 55.0%FY 2024: -17.2%FY 2025: 63.6%
FY 2016 FY 2025

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.7×
FY 2016: 1.1×FY 2017: 0.9×FY 2018: 1.8×FY 2019: 0.9×FY 2020: 1.8×FY 2021: 1.5×FY 2022: 0.6×FY 2023: 0.5×FY 2024: 0.6×FY 2025: 0.7×
FY 2016 5y median 0.6× FY 2025
Quick Ratio 0.7×
FY 2016: 1.1×FY 2017: 0.7×FY 2018: 1.3×FY 2019: 0.9×FY 2020: 1.8×FY 2021: 1.5×FY 2022: 0.6×FY 2023: 0.5×FY 2024: 0.6×FY 2025: 0.7×
FY 2016 5y median 0.6× FY 2025
Debt / Equity 0.4×
FY 2016: 5.7×FY 2017: 2.0×FY 2018: 1.3×FY 2019: 0.6×FY 2020: 0.7×FY 2021: 0.5×FY 2022: 0.8×FY 2023: 0.6×FY 2024: 0.4×FY 2025: 0.4×
FY 2016 5y median 0.5× FY 2025
Net Debt / EBITDA 0.7×
FY 2016: 3.3×FY 2017: 5.3×FY 2018: 7.5×FY 2019: 5.0×FY 2020: -5.1×FY 2021: 4.5×FY 2022: 1.6×FY 2023: 1.3×FY 2024: 0.6×FY 2025: 0.7×
FY 2016 5y median 1.3× FY 2025
Interest Coverage 40.4×
FY 2016: 0.7×FY 2017: 0.7×FY 2018: -0.1×FY 2019: 0.3×FY 2020: -3.3×FY 2021: -0.1×FY 2022: 16.4×FY 2023: 16.1×FY 2024: 20.7×FY 2025: 40.4×
FY 2016 5y median 16.4× FY 2025

Dividends

Dividend Yield 0.0%
FY 2016: 0.1%FY 2017: 0.8%FY 2018: 0.3%FY 2019: 0.0%FY 2020: 0.0%FY 2021: 62.0%FY 2022: 15.7%FY 2023: 5.2%FY 2024: 0.1%FY 2025: 0.0%
FY 2016 5y median 5.2% FY 2025
Payout Ratio 0.2%
FY 2016: 0.4%FY 2017: 21.2%FY 2018: 3.0%FY 2019: 0.0%FY 2020: 0.0%FY 2021: 748.1%FY 2022: 363.9%FY 2023: 104.5%FY 2024: 0.6%FY 2025: 0.2%
FY 2016 5y median 104.5% FY 2025

Annual · latest fiscal year ends 2025-12-31