Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 26.9%-1.4pp | 28.3%+1.6pp | 26.8%-0.5pp | 27.2%+1.3pp | 25.9%-0.9pp | |
| Operating margin | 24%-1.4pp | 25.3%+1.6pp | 23.7%-0.5pp | 24.2%+1.4pp | 22.9%-1.0pp | |
| Net margin | 16.1%-0.5pp | 16.5%+3.7pp | 12.9%-3.5pp | 16.4%-2.4pp | 18.8%-0.1pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.2%-0.3pp | 15.5%+0.3pp | 15.2%+0.5pp | 14.7%+1.8pp | 12.9%+2.6pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 28.6%+2.3pp | 26.2%+6.0pp | 20.2%-5.7pp | 25.9%-5.4pp | 31.2%+0.2pp | |
| Return on assets | 13.5%-0.3pp | 13.8%+3.8pp | 10.1%-2.4pp | 12.4%-1.8pp | 14.3%-0.6pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 20.5%0.0pp | 20.6%+3.9pp | 16.7%-2.0pp | 18.7%-0.2pp | 18.9%+0.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×-0.2× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Interest coverage | 36.4×-4.0× | 40.4×+7.6× | 32.8×+5.6× | 27.2×+5.1× | 22.1×+1.5× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.97B+0.2% | $4.96B+6.8% | $4.65B+35.5% | $3.43B+11.2% | $3.08B+11.9% | |
| Enterprise value | $5.62B+4.1% | $5.39B+11.3% | $4.85B+29.4% | $3.74B+9.9% | $3.41B+8.5% | |
| Price / earnings | 17.8×+0.2× | 17.6×-5.2× | 22.8×+9.3× | 13.5×+2.8× | 10.7×+1.4× | |
| Price / sales | 2.9×-0.1× | 2.9×0.0× | 2.9×+0.7× | 2.2×+0.2× | 2×+0.3× | |
| Price / book | 4.7×+0.6× | 4.2×0.0× | 4.2×+0.9× | 3.3×-0.1× | 3.4×+0.5× | |
| EV / sales | 3.2×+0.1× | 3.2×+0.1× | 3.1×+0.6× | 2.4×+0.2× | 2.2×+0.2× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.3%0.0pp | 5.3%+0.1pp | 5.2%-1.5pp | 6.6%+0.3pp | 6.4%+0.5pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.6%-0.1pp | 5.7%+1.3pp | 4.4%-3.0pp | 7.4%-1.9pp | 9.3%-1.4pp |
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- What are Laureate Education, Inc.'s profit margins?
- Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) runs a 26.9% gross margin and a 24.0% operating margin, with a 16.1% net margin.
- Where do Laureate Education, Inc.'s ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Laureate Education, Inc.'s SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
