Is Laureate Education (LAUR) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Laureate Education's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 22.8, a forward P/E of about 16.2, a price-to-book of about 4.7 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Laureate Education's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.24×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Laureate Education's revenue?

Laureate Education reported revenue of $1.7B for FY2025, with net profit of $281.6M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Laureate Education (LAUR)?

Laureate Education last traded at $38.96 (-0.9% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Laureate Education

LAUR · NYSE · Consumer Discretionary · United States

Snapshot

TickerLAUR

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Discretionary

IndustryEducation & Training Services

CountryUnited States

CEOMr. Alejandro Gallo

Employees33,900

HeadquartersMiami, United States

Websitewww.laureate.net

Filings tracked11

About Laureate Education

Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a portfolio of higher education institutions in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company offers a range of undergraduate, graduate, and specialized degree programs in the areas of medicine and health sciences, engineering and information technology, and business and management through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. It also operates universities and technical-vocational institutions, as well as provides high school education services. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. Laureate Education, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Who owns it

Insiders8.8%
Institutions91.2%
Public & other0.0%

478 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

FMR, LLC14.78%
Blackrock Inc.14.74%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.91%
CPV Partners, LLC4.13%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.96%
State Street Corporation3.72%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3.05%
Ninety One UK Ltd2.79%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.24×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend7.2% → 16.5%

Margin has expanded by about 9.3 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity23.7%

Latest ROE of 23.7% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 7% · PAT 62%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $566.0M · EPS 0.83

Est. earnings growth -28.1%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.1B · EPS 2.43

Est. earnings growth +14.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.7B

Net margin

16.5%

ROE

23.7%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+7.1%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+61.8%

EPS (FY2025)

1.89

Net profit (FY2025)

$281.6M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.7B	$281.6M	1.89	16.5%	23.7%
FY2024	$1.6B	$296.5M	1.92	18.9%	30.9%
FY2023	$1.5B	$107.6M	0.68	7.2%	11.3%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$615.9M	$137.1M	0.98	22.3%
2026Q1	$272.6M	$-21.6M	-0.15	-7.9%
2025Q3	$400.2M	$34.5M	0.23	8.6%
2025Q2	$524.2M	$95.1M	0.65	18.1%
2025Q1	$236.2M	$-19.5M	-0.13	-8.3%
2024Q3	$368.6M	$85.5M	0.56	23.2%
2024Q2	$499.2M	$128.1M	0.83	25.7%
2024Q1	$275.4M	$-10.8M	-0.07	-3.9%
2023Q3	$361.5M	$36.2M	0.23	10.0%
2023Q2	$462.1M	$56.2M	0.35	12.2%
2023Q1	$251.3M	$-26.6M	-0.17	-10.6%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC5/27/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/30/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/30/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/19/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/19/2026

2025

10-Q filing
SEC10/30/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/30/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/31/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2025

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