Is Laureate Education (LAUR) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Laureate Education's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 59.5, a forward P/E of about 14.4, a price-to-book of about 4.8 — 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 $35.73 (-1.1% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Laureate Education

LAUR · NYSE · Consumer Discretionary · United States

$35.73-1.1%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:33 PM

Snapshot

TickerLAUR

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Discretionary

IndustryEducation & Training Services

CountryUnited States

Employees30,000

HeadquartersMiami, United States

Market cap$5.0B

P/E (TTM)59.5

P/B4.8

Volume434.51K

Websitewww.laureate.net

Filings tracked3

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders9.2%
Institutions90.8%
Public & other0.0%

482 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.14.99%
FMR, LLC13.63%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.03%
CPV Partners, LLC4.07%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.99%
State Street Corporation3.61%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.99%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.68%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

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 $481.6M · EPS 0.45

Est. earnings growth +81.7%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.0B · EPS 2.48

Est. earnings growth +16.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$21.5352-wk range$40.75

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$5.0B

Day change

-1.1%

P/E (TTM)

59.5

Fwd P/E

14.4

P/B

4.8

Beta

0.46

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

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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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
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 — 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

In the news

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