Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) Stock

Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $37.56 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $5.17B and a trailing P/E of 40.3. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Laureate Education, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and other higher education institutions. It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in areas including business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology, delivered through campus-based, online, and hybrid formats in Mexico, Peru, and the United States.

Understand Laureate Education, Inc.: how it makes money

Laureate Education provides higher education degree programs and related student services (undergraduate and graduate, through campus-based, online, and hybrid formats) in Mexico, Peru, and the United States, and it generates revenue from providing these education programs and services to students.

Laureate’s quarterly results are structurally sensitive to intra-year academic calendar timing, and profitability is currently negative (gross margin and operating margin are both below zero).

Business quality (Weak): Business model facts are clear, but the provided data does not include official reportable segment breakdown, and current margins are negative, which raises interpretability risk for investors focused on profitability.

Valuation: At 19× earnings, LAUR trades 17% above the Personal Services average (17×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Multiple delivery formats: The company offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs.
  • Program breadth across fields: It provides programs in business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology.

Bear case

  • Currently negative profitability: Gross margin is -6.0% and operating margin is -10.1% (period ended 2026-03-31).
  • Revenue can be affected by academic calendar timing: The dataset includes an intra-year academic calendar timing impact on revenue, which can create quarter to quarter variability.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$37.56
Market Cap$5.17B
P/E Ratio40.3
EV / EBITDA21.6
Price / Book4.54
Price / Sales3.31
FCF Yield9.3%
DCF Value (model)$39.35
DCF Upside vs Price4.8%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$1.70B
Net Margin16.5%
Revenue Growth (YoY)27.9%
EPS Growth (YoY)-100.0%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score4.75 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score6/9 (moderate)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E40.3
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)20.5
Industry P/E (Personal Services)13.9
vs Sector96.7%
vs Industry190.9%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($730.87M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryPersonal Services
CEOEilif Serck-Hanssen
Employees31,800
CountryUS
IPO Date2017-02-01

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.