Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) Key Metrics
LAUR valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $5.32B
- Enterprise value
- $5.63B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.6 10-yr median 14.9
- Forward P/E
- 15.3
- PEG ratio
- 1.02
- Price / sales
- 2.9 10-yr median 2.1
- Price / book
- 4.4 10-yr median 2.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.7 10-yr median 10.1
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.47
LAUR key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsLAUR valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
LAUR returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
LAUR per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
LAUR financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
LAUR efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
LAUR valuation history
LAUR returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
LAUR debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
LAUR cash returned to shareholders
LAUR price vs earnings per share
LAUR key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $5.01B | $2.81B | $2.16B | $1.62B | $2.32B | $3.05B | $3.91B | $3.24B | $2.34B | — |
| Enterprise value | $5.37B | $3.15B | $2.66B | $2.18B | $2.57B | $3.70B | $5.52B | $5.57B | $5.15B | — |
| P/E ratio | 17.8 | 9.5 | 20.1 | 23.3 | 12.1 | — | 4.2 | 8.8 | 25.6 | — |
| Price / sales | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 | — |
| Price / book | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | — |
| Price / free cash flow | 19.0 | 17.5 | 11.1 | 12.9 | — | 16.5 | 22.3 | 20.4 | — | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 13.7 | 12.1 | 8.6 | 9.1 | — | 11.8 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 17.9 | — |
| EV / sales | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 1.5 | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.3 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 47.5 | — | 17.2 | 18.1 | 9.8 | — |
| EV / free cash flow | 20.4 | 19.6 | 13.7 | 17.4 | — | 20.0 | 31.5 | 35.1 | — | — |
| Earnings yield | 5.6% | 10.5% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 8.3% | −20.1% | 24.0% | 11.4% | 3.9% | — |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.3% | 5.7% | 9.0% | 7.7% | −8.9% | 6.1% | 4.5% | 4.9% | −6.1% | — |
| Dividend yield | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5.2% | 15.6% | 59.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.8% | — |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.3% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 33.1% | 75.6% | 4.1% | 7.1% | 0.4% | 0.8% | — |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $33.67 | $18.29 | $13.71 | $9.62 | $12.24 | $14.56 | $17.61 | $15.24 | $13.56 | — |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $11.45 | $10.18 | $9.40 | $7.38 | $5.73 | $4.89 | $5.46 | $5.38 | $19.33 | $24.76 |
| Earnings per share | $1.89 | $1.93 | $0.68 | $0.41 | $1.01 | −$2.92 | $4.23 | $1.74 | $0.53 | $2.79 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $2.46 | $1.51 | $1.59 | $1.06 | −$0.82 | $1.24 | $1.49 | $1.87 | $0.76 | $1.38 |
| Free cash flow per share | $1.77 | $1.05 | $1.23 | $0.75 | −$1.09 | $0.88 | $0.79 | $0.75 | −$0.83 | −$0.42 |
| Cash per share | $0.99 | $0.59 | $0.57 | $0.51 | $1.71 | $4.14 | $0.44 | $1.83 | $1.86 | $3.49 |
| Book value per share | $7.99 | $6.24 | $6.02 | $4.60 | $6.01 | $10.86 | $12.69 | $9.71 | $9.29 | $5.16 |
| Tangible book value per share | $2.59 | $1.61 | $0.76 | $0.23 | $2.37 | $7.04 | $7.43 | −$3.74 | −$8.31 | −$19.84 |
| Dividends per share | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.71 | $1.50 | $7.25 | $0.12 | $0.06 | $0.05 | $0.11 | $0.01 |
| Capex per share | $0.69 | $0.47 | $0.36 | $0.31 | $0.27 | $0.36 | $0.70 | $1.12 | $1.59 | $1.80 |
| Debt per share | $3.47 | $2.78 | $3.69 | $3.85 | $3.00 | $7.22 | $7.71 | $12.77 | $18.17 | $29.25 |
| Shares outstanding | 148.7M | 153.9M | 157.9M | 168.3M | 189.7M | 209.7M | 221.9M | 212.8M | 172.4M | 133.4M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −3.4% | −2.5% | −6.2% | −11.3% | −9.5% | −5.5% | +4.3% | +23.4% | +29.3% | +0.3% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 26.2% | 31.1% | 12.5% | 7.3% | 11.3% | −24.1% | 38.4% | 20.2% | 8.0% | 67.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 21.4% | 19.5% | 12.2% | 9.9% | −0.2% | −7.1% | 0.6% | −0.5% | 4.4% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 13.8% | 14.9% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 5.4% | −10.7% | 14.1% | 5.2% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Return on tangible assets | 20.1% | 25.8% | 8.3% | 5.6% | 12.6% | −14.7% | 17.6% | 9.5% | 2.1% | 9.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.5% | 10.3% | 13.1% | 10.1% | −19.0% | 18.0% | 14.4% | 13.9% | −4.3% | −1.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.30 | 0.79 | 2.33 | 2.56 | −0.81 | — | 0.35 | 1.07 | 1.43 | 0.50 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $515.5M | $427.4M | $582.7M | $648.0M | $569.0M | $1.51B | $1.71B | $2.72B | $3.13B | $3.90B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $146.7M | $91.3M | $89.4M | $85.2M | $324.8M | $867.3M | $97.8M | $388.5M | $320.6M | $465.0M |
| Net debt | $368.8M | $336.1M | $493.3M | $562.8M | $244.2M | $647.6M | $1.61B | $2.33B | $2.81B | $3.44B |
| Debt / equity | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.84 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 1.32 | 1.96 | 5.67 |
| Debt / assets | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.55 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.71 | 0.62 | 1.30 | 1.60 | 4.52 | — | 5.02 | 7.55 | 5.38 | 3.36 |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 1.46 | 1.79 | 0.88 | 1.78 | 0.94 | 1.16 |
| Quick ratio | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 1.46 | 1.25 | 0.80 | 1.33 | 0.75 | 1.16 |
| Interest coverage | 40.4 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 16.4 | -0.1 | -3.3 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Working capital | −$154.6M | −$140.6M | −$228.8M | −$155.2M | $172.4M | $639.2M | −$129.0M | $532.7M | −$85.9M | $167.7M |
| Invested capital | $1.56B | $1.30B | $1.44B | $1.34B | $1.38B | $2.92B | $4.43B | $4.39B | $4.41B | $4.12B |
| Tangible asset value | $385.3M | $247.2M | $118.5M | $40.7M | $451.7M | $1.47B | $1.65B | −$795.0M | −$1.43B | −$2.65B |
| Net current asset value | −$699.2M | −$676.2M | −$952.1M | −$970.2M | −$525.7M | −$1.26B | −$2.76B | −$3.49B | −$4.50B | −$5.19B |
| Graham number | $18.45 | $16.44 | $9.61 | $6.54 | $11.71 | — | $34.75 | $19.49 | $10.53 | $17.99 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$5.17 | −$4.80 | −$6.35 | −$6.10 | −$3.21 | −$7.27 | −$15.68 | −$18.68 | −$29.45 | −$42.73 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $455,000 | $1.7M | $112.5M | $253.2M | $1.37B | $25.7M | $14.0M | $11.1M | $19.4M | $1.5M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $215.2M | $102.1M | $623,000 | $282.2M | $380.5M | $99.5M | $264.1M | $2.5M | $0 | $1.7M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 0.2% | 0.6% | 104.5% | 363.9% | 714.4% | — | 1.5% | 3.0% | 21.2% | 0.4% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 81.9% | 64.5% | 58.2% | 427.0% | — | 67.7% | 158.9% | 8.6% | — | — |
| Capex / revenue | 6.1% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 7.3% | 12.8% | 20.8% | 8.2% | 7.3% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 28.1% | 30.9% | 22.5% | 29.6% | — | 28.8% | 47.1% | 60.0% | 209.6% | 130.2% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.93 | 0.68 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.49 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.91 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 5.2% | 23.7% | 23.9% | 18.7% | 23.4% | 9.5% | 6.7% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 25.3 | 24.0 | 27.1 | 43.4 | 51.9 | 37.1 | 49.9 | 95.4 | 37.5 | 37.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | 2.8 | — | 97.5 | 118.0 | 75.0 | 114.2 | 34.1 | — |
| Days payables outstanding | 13.8 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 23.8 | 106.6 | 113.3 | 50.3 | 52.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 11.5 | 11.5 | 15.5 | 29.4 | 134.1 | 131.3 | 18.2 | 96.3 | 21.2 | -15.3 |
| Receivables turnover | 14.41 | 15.19 | 13.47 | 8.41 | 7.04 | 9.84 | 7.32 | 3.82 | 9.74 | 9.74 |
| Payables turnover | 26.38 | 29.19 | 25.32 | 26.03 | 23.98 | 15.36 | 3.42 | 3.22 | 7.25 | 6.91 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | 129.83 | — | 3.74 | 3.09 | 4.87 | 3.20 | 10.71 | — |
| Asset turnover | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.45 |
| Average receivables | $118.1M | $103.1M | $110.2M | $147.7M | $154.5M | $104.2M | $165.6M | $299.3M | $342.0M | $339.0M |
| Average payables | $46.2M | $39.3M | $43.0M | $34.9M | $34.0M | $52.2M | $277.4M | $280.7M | $382.7M | $403.5M |
| Average inventory | — | — | $8.4M | — | $217.5M | $259.4M | $195.1M | $282.8M | $259.1M | — |
| Intangibles / total assets | 36.4% | 38.2% | 39.1% | 37.3% | 31.2% | 16.1% | 18.0% | 42.3% | 41.0% | 46.9% |
Computed from LAUR's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 19, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
LAUR valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Laureate Education traded at 17.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 14.9. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 17.6 and the forward P/E is 15.3. Laureate Education earned a return on equity of 26.2% and a return on invested capital of 21.4% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $515.5 million of debt and $146.7 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $368.8 million. It returned $215.6 million to shareholders: $0.5 million in dividends and $215.2 million in share buybacks, 82% of free cash flow. The share count rose 11.5% from 133.4M to 148.7M over 9 years.
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LAUR key metrics FAQ
What is Laureate Education's P/E ratio?
Laureate Education's trailing P/E ratio is 17.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 15.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 17.8, compared with a 10-year median of 14.9.
What is Laureate Education's EV/EBITDA?
Laureate Education's enterprise value was 10.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $5.4 billion, EBITDA $522.6 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.7.
What is Laureate Education's return on equity?
Laureate Education's return on equity (ROE) was 26.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $281.6 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.1 billion.
What is Laureate Education's ROIC?
Laureate Education's return on invested capital was 21.4% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Laureate Education have?
Laureate Education had total debt of $515.5 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43 and $368.8 million of net debt (0.71 times EBITDA).
What is Laureate Education's dividend yield?
Laureate Education paid $0.5 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.00 per share), a payout ratio of 0.2%.
Does Laureate Education buy back its shares?
Yes. Laureate Education spent $215.2 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −3.4% over the year, to 148.7M..
What is Laureate Education's free cash flow yield?
Laureate Education generated $263.1 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 5.3% on its market value at year-end ($5.0 billion).
What is Laureate Education's current ratio?
Laureate Education's current ratio was 0.67 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.67 times current liabilities.