profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Laureate Education
$35.61+1.86% today
+14.4% in 1 year
1-year low $29.691-year high $40.46
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $17.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Laureate Education sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.24 billion in 2022 to $1.70 billion in 2025, with $282 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Laureate Education handed back 82% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $215M
Free cash flow 2025$263M
Bought back its own shares$215M
Paid as dividends$455,000
Cash vs. debt$147M vs. $515M
Laureate Education vs. similar companies
Laureate Education grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laureate Education | 17.2× · Fair price | ||
 New Oriental Education & Technology Group | 22.0× · Fair price | ||
 TAL Education Group | 66.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Graham | 17.4× · Fair price | ||
 Physicswallah | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Laureate Education's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,025 | 1,087 | 1,242 | 1,484 | 1,567 | 1,702 | |
| 222 | 272 | 335 | 395 | 420 | 482 | |
| -329 | -5 | 270 | 342 | 374 | 431 | |
| – | – | 351 | 378 | 538 | 522 | |
| -613 | 192 | 70 | 108 | 296 | 282 | |
| -2.93 | 1.01 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 1.92 | 1.89 | |
| 21.7% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 26.6% | 26.8% | 28.3% | |
| -32.1% | -0.4% | 21.7% | 23.0% | 23.9% | 25.3% | |
| -59.8% | 17.7% | 5.6% | 7.2% | 18.9% | 16.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,971 | 2,211 | 1,972 | 2,126 | 1,862 | 2,206 |
| Cash | 750 | 325 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 147 |
| Total debt | 1,515 | 569 | 648 | 583 | 427 | 515 |
| Total liabilities | 2,705 | 1,070 | 1,196 | 1,176 | 904 | 1,018 |
| 2,277 | 1,141 | 776 | 950 | 960 | 1,188 | |
| 210 | 190 | 168 | 158 | 154 | 149 | |
| -7.3% | -4.2% | 14.5% | 14.2% | 24.6% | 19.1% | |
| -26.9% | 16.9% | 9.0% | 11.3% | 30.9% | 23.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | -156 | 178 | 251 | 233 | 366 | |
| 75 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 72 | 103 | |
| 185 | -207 | 125 | 194 | 161 | 263 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 253 | 112 | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | 381 | 282 | 0 | 102 | 215 | |
| 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
Valuation
- 17.2×
- 16.8×
- –
- 4.0×
- 2.8×
- 18.4×
- 10.0×
- 5.4%
- 5.8%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 28.3%
- 25.3%
- 16.5%
- 29.8%
- 19.6%
- 18.6%
- 25.4%
- 12.3%
- 23.1%
- –
Growth
- +10.7%
- –
- +63.6%
- –
- −4.0%
Financial health
- 0.7×
- 0.43
- 31.7%
- 38.6×
- 0.67
- 0.57
- 0.76
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 14%of 670
Top 9%of 674
Top 45%of 624
Top 24%of 673
Top 44%of 668
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $39.00
- Range
- $36.50 – $43.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | -0.17 | -0.22 | +21.3% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 0.76 | 0.76 | +0.0% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 0.25 | 0.79 | −68.4% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.79 | 0.23 | +243.5% |
| May 1, 2025 | -0.11 | -0.33 | +66.7% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.62 | 0.42 | +47.6% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.56 | 0.16 | +250.0% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.83 | 0.63 | +31.7% |
News
Laureate Education, Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call SummaryYahoo Finance · Oct 29, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
80Pass
Benjamin Graham
57No pass
Philip Fisher
71Pass
Peter Lynch
75Pass
Joel Greenblatt
56No pass
Charlie Munger
76Pass
Terry Smith
65Pass
Questions about Laureate Education
Is Laureate Education a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Laureate Education AI analysis
What does Laureate Education do?
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. It is in Education & Training Services, based in Miami, FL, United States, with 30,000 employees.
Does Laureate Education pay a dividend?
Yes. In 2025 it paid out $455,000 in dividends.
Is Laureate Education stock halal?
Yes. Laureate Education passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Laureate Education stock done over the past year?
Up 14.4% over the past twelve months, to $35.61. It traded between $29.69 and $40.46 and is 12.0% below its high.
Who are Laureate Education's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are New Oriental Education & Technology Group, TAL Education Group, Graham and Physicswallah. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Laureate Education's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.