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.

Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR Ratios & Valuation

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	TTM Q1 '26	TTM Q4 '25	TTM Q3 '25	TTM Q2 '25	TTM 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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Questions, answered.

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.