Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 26.9%+1.0pp | 28.3%+1.5pp | 26.8%+0.1pp | 27.2%+1.2pp | 25.9%+0.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 24%+1.1pp | 25.3%+1.5pp | 23.7%+0.6pp | 24.2%+1.8pp | 22.9%+0.7pp | |
| Net margin | 16.1%-2.8pp | 16.5%-2.4pp | 12.9%-2.9pp | 16.4%+3.8pp | 18.8%+10.7pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.2%+2.3pp | 15.5%+5.2pp | 15.2%+2.8pp | 14.7%— | 12.9%— | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 28.6%-2.7pp | 26.2%-4.8pp | 20.2%-6.1pp | 25.9%+5.2pp | 31.2%+17.2pp | |
| Return on assets | 13.5%-0.8pp | 13.8%-1.0pp | 10.1%-2.1pp | 12.4%+3.2pp | 14.3%+8.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 20.5%+1.7pp | 20.6%+1.8pp | 16.7%-2.4pp | 18.7%+4.6pp | 18.9%+7.0pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.8×+0.2× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.8×+0.2× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.4×-0.2× | 0.4×-0.2× | 0.5×-0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | |
| Interest coverage | 36.4×+14.3× | 40.4×+19.8× | 32.8×+13.4× | 27.2×+8.7× | 22.1×+5.1× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.97B+61.3% | $4.96B+80.0% | $4.65B+81.9% | $3.43B+46.2% | $3.08B+34.8% | |
| Enterprise value | $5.62B+64.8% | $5.39B+71.8% | $4.85B+65.9% | $3.74B+32.8% | $3.41B+22.2% | |
| Price / earnings | 17.8×+7.1× | 17.6×+8.3× | 22.8×+12.4× | 13.5×+1.5× | 10.7×-7.8× | |
| Price / sales | 2.9×+0.8× | 2.9×+1.2× | 2.9×+1.3× | 2.2×+0.7× | 2×+0.5× | |
| Price / book | 4.7×+1.3× | 4.2×+1.3× | 4.2×+1.3× | 3.3×+0.7× | 3.4×+0.9× | |
| EV / sales | 3.2×+1.0× | 3.2×+1.2× | 3.1×+1.2× | 2.4×+0.6× | 2.2×+0.4× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.3%-1.1pp | 5.3%-0.5pp | 5.2%-2.3pp | 6.6%— | 6.4%— | |
| Earnings yield | 5.6%-3.7pp | 5.7%-5.1pp | 4.4%-5.2pp | 7.4%-0.9pp | 9.3%+3.9pp |
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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.
