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Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR)

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Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) reported revenue of $616 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 17.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $137 million, up 44.2% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.98. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 30 July 2026.

Revenue$616 millionup 17.5%
Net income$137 millionup 44.2%
Diluted EPS$0.98
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Laureate Education (LAUR) in brief

Laureate Education (LAUR) reported revenue of $1.7 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 8.6% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $282 million and diluted earnings per share $1.89. Revenue was $1.6 billion in fiscal 2024, $1.5 billion in fiscal 2023, $1.2 billion in fiscal 2022 and $1.1 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $296 million, $108 million, $70 million and $192 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Laureate Education reported revenue of $1.8 billion and net income of $322 million. Revenue grew 10.7% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Laureate Education had 138 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $165 million of debt and $162 million of cash. At the close of 9 October 2026 the market cap of Laureate Education was $5.4 billion, 17.9 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE28.2%
ROCE34.2%
Operating margin24.4%
Net margin17.6%
FCF margin15.7%
Interest cover35.87
Debt to equity0.14
Cash conversion1.27
Share count, 1 year-6.5%
Sales CAGR, 3 years11.1%
Profit CAGR, 3 years59.4%
EPS, TTM$2.20

At the close of 9 October 2026

Price$39.49
Market cap$5.4 billion
Stock P/E17.95
Price to book4.77
EV / EBITDAn/a
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales2.97
52-week high$40.46
52-week low$28.87
Price, 1 year35.8%
Price CAGR, 3 years39.3%
Price CAGR, 5 years17.8%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Laureate Education, Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
LAURgreeksoup.ai
Daily prices to 9 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on LAUR

Filings13 in twelve months: 5 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 4 regulation FD disclosure; 1 officer or director change; 1 shareholder vote
Planned insider sales11 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $25.0 million; latest 31 August 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.13 by open interest at the 9 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 5.7% move to 16 October 2026
13F holders7 of the followed funds hold it; largest FMR LLC; 4 Schedule 13D or 13G filings in twelve months
Insider trading9 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest3.9 million shares short, 3.61 days to cover at 30 September 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue362409275499369423236524400541273616
Cost of revenue291279254319286288238317317348289378
Gross profit70.513021.418082.7135-2.220783.7194-16.4238
Gross margin19%32%8%36%22%32%-1%39%21%36%-6%39%
Operating income58.711011.116772.0124-13.219371.5179-27.5223
Operating margin16%27%4%33%20%29%-6%37%18%33%-10%36%
Interest expense5.23.74.75.15.03.32.43.12.62.53.14.2
Pre-tax income69.583.7-0.919184.9139-17.316768.8183-27.3219
Tax rate49%43%n/a33%-1%33%n/a42%50%6%n/a37%
Net income36.241.9-10.812885.593.6-19.595.134.5172-21.6137
Net margin10%10%-4%26%23%22%-8%18%9%32%-8%22%
Diluted EPS$0.23$0.26-$0.07$0.83$0.56$0.62-$0.13$0.65$0.23$1.14-$0.15$0.98
Operating cash flow10963.433.240.211940.757.874.114193.461.9111
Capital expenditure11.929.715.910.77.937.34.613.318.267.08.327.2
Free cash flow96.733.717.329.51113.453.260.812326.453.683.8
Buybacks0.00.032.938.528.62.039.532.10.014410877.7
Dividends paid0.0n/a1.60.10.0n/a0.40.10.0n/a0.10.0
Shares outstanding157m158m155m153m151m151m149m147m147m143m140m138m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 11 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue3,4003,3023,3331,1451,2121,0251,0871,2421,4841,5671,7021,830
Cost of revenue2,9462,7892,7759049498028149071,0901,1471,2201,331
Gross profit454513558241263222272335395420482499
Gross margin13.3%15.5%16.7%21.0%21.7%21.7%25.0%27.0%26.6%26.8%28.3%27.3%
Operating income259291235-26.836.0-329-4.6270339374431447
Operating margin7.6%8.8%7.1%-2.3%3.0%-32.1%-0.4%21.7%22.8%23.9%25.3%24.4%
Interest expense36739033518812510146.316.421.018.110.712.5
Pre-tax income-231367-76.8-120-120-451-138246254414401443
Income tax95.434.4-93.071.231.0-130146185138119117121
Effective tax raten/a9.4%n/an/an/an/an/a75.4%54.1%28.7%29.3%27.4%
Net income-31637291.5370938-61319269.6108296282322
Net margin-9.3%11.3%2.7%32.3%77.4%-59.8%17.7%5.6%7.2%18.9%16.5%17.6%
Diluted EPS-$2.44$2.76-$1.20$1.73$4.22-$2.93$1.01$0.41$0.68$1.92$1.89$2.20
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
latest year
Mexico78384187751.6%
Peru70272582448.4%
MexicoPeru
1,484FY20231,566FY20241,702FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the latest 10-K, in the company's own words.
Read moreA year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Revenue by region

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
latest year
Mexico78284187751.6%
PE70172582448.4%
United States0.80.20.10.0%
MexicoPEUnited States
1,484FY20231,567FY20241,702FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the latest 10-K, in the company's own words.
Read moreA year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow170192192397340260-156178251233366407
Capital expenditure34424027423815674.650.452.856.471.9103121
Free cash flow-174-48.0-81.9159184185-207125194161263287
Free cash flow margin-5.1%-1.5%-2.5%13.9%15.2%18.0%-19.0%10.1%13.1%10.3%15.5%15.7%
Cash from investing-174297-2851151,1175872,04430.3-51.9-57.5-103-120
Cash from financing34.4-446158-410-1,674-273-2,683-462-202-167-222-271
Depreciation and amortisationn/an/an/an/an/an/a10159.169.668.274.5n/a
Share-based compensation39.038.864.810.813.013.310.28.87.17.813.314.1
Buybacksn/an/a0.00.026499.53812820.0102215329
Diluted shares, weighted133m134m172m213m222m210m190m168m158m154m149m140m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a133m00n/a0181m157m158m151m143m138m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity3556321,5752,0612,8172,2771,1417769509601,1881,141
Non-controlling interestn/a32.212.1-10.1-12.8-12.9-1.3-1.9-2.3-2.4-0.6-0.6
Redeemable equityn/an/an/a14.412.31.71.71.41.41.41.40.7
Debtn/a3,3612,9732,5941,26090010517611259.073.1165
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/a0.0517475377377360279332466
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/a25.847.239.942.050.841.154.1n/a
Other liabilitiesn/a3,0372,8312,1111,8771,284548602653524559651
Total liabilities and equityn/a7,0627,3926,7706,4964,9712,2111,9722,1261,8622,2062,423
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a1,3611,3801,275641578500523562514629647
Goodwill1,9511,7871,825579606575547583661563637648
Intangible assetsn/a1,1991,2031,152562226143152169148166n/a
Cash and equivalents45929631977.861.675032585.289.491.3147162
Receivablesn/a274311225260n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Other assetsn/a2,1462,3533,4614,3652,842697629643545628966
Total assetsn/a7,0627,3926,7706,4964,9712,2111,9722,1261,8622,2062,423
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded-6.7%10.7%11.1%17.9%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/a59.4%26.3%
Return on equity, average18.1%18.4%22.0%23.7%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Laureate Education's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Laureate Education (LAUR) reported revenue of $1.7 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 8.6% on the year before.

How much did Laureate Education earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $282 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $1.89.

What is Laureate Education's P/E ratio?

At the close of 9 October 2026, Laureate Education traded at 17.9 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Laureate Education's market cap?

The market cap of Laureate Education was $5.4 billion at the close of 9 October 2026.

How much debt does Laureate Education have?

At 30 June 2026 Laureate Education carried $165 million of debt and $162 million of cash.

Peers: Personal Services

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR$5.4 billion17.9528.2%24.4%17.9%0.14n/a
H&R Block Inc. HRB$5.4 billion7.70624.4%23.0%4.9%12.693.8%
Graham Holdings Co. GHC$5.1 billion9.4611.4%5.1%4.8%0.190.6%
Unifirst Corp. UNF$4.8 billion41.145.3%5.8%1.4%0.00n/a
Covista Inc. CVSA$4.4 billion18.3817.4%19.6%9.3%0.460.0%
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. LOPE$4.2 billion19.3333.5%24.5%7.0%0.00n/a
Avis Budget Group, Inc. CAR$3.7 billionn/an/a-4.6%0.4%n/a9.5%
Stride, Inc. LRN$3.5 billion11.8720.7%17.9%4.7%0.26n/a
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. BFAM$3.4 billion22.0018.6%10.3%8.5%1.14n/a
Perdoceo Education Corp. PRDO$2.1 billion12.3117.1%24.6%11.7%0.001.7%
Strategic Education, Inc. STRA$1.8 billion13.738.2%14.0%3.5%0.002.9%
Universal Technical Institute Inc. UTI$1.1 billion33.2810.0%5.0%9.1%0.460.0%
All 15 in Personal Services
CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Service Corp. International SCI$10.5 billion20.0835.0%22.4%2.9%3.451.7%
Ryder System Inc. R$9.1 billion19.4117.2%n/a1.1%1.911.4%
Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR$5.4 billion17.9528.2%24.4%17.9%0.14n/a
H&R Block Inc. HRB$5.4 billion7.70624.4%23.0%4.9%12.693.8%
Graham Holdings Co. GHC$5.1 billion9.4611.4%5.1%4.8%0.190.6%
Unifirst Corp. UNF$4.8 billion41.145.3%5.8%1.4%0.00n/a
Covista Inc. CVSA$4.4 billion18.3817.4%19.6%9.3%0.460.0%
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. LOPE$4.2 billion19.3333.5%24.5%7.0%0.00n/a
Avis Budget Group, Inc. CAR$3.7 billionn/an/a-4.6%0.4%n/a9.5%
Stride, Inc. LRN$3.5 billion11.8720.7%17.9%4.7%0.26n/a
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. BFAM$3.4 billion22.0018.6%10.3%8.5%1.14n/a
Perdoceo Education Corp. PRDO$2.1 billion12.3117.1%24.6%11.7%0.001.7%
Strategic Education, Inc. STRA$1.8 billion13.738.2%14.0%3.5%0.002.9%
Universal Technical Institute Inc. UTI$1.1 billion33.2810.0%5.0%9.1%0.460.0%
Yelp Inc. YELP$1.0 billion8.8919.6%11.7%1.5%0.16n/a
7 companies share its SEC industry code (Services-Educational Services); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Personal Services, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 202630 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202630 April 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202519 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202530 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202531 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20251 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202420 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202431 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20241 August 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20242 May 2024EDGAR

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