LAUR
Laureate Education, Inc.
LAUR's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 13x earnings, below its usual 16x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
LAUR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Unavailable |
LAUR's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
LAUR PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 4.8x | $13.02 | -63% |
| Current | 13x | $34.94 | — |
| Forward | 15x | $34.94 | — |
| Fair | 16x | $43.80 | +25% |
| Expensive | 24x | $64.92 | +86% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
LAUR's PE is in its fair range at 13x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 15x.
LAUR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Deteriorating | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect LAUR's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
LAUR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.26 | -16% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.70 | +100% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.20 | +31% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.87 | +0.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.89 | -1.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.35 | -15% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.68 | +33% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.86 | +138% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.92 | +182% |
LAUR's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $2.70 over the past year, against $4.18 in late 2019.
LAUR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $485.1M | +21% |
| Q2 2026 | $615.9M | +17% |
| Q1 2026 | $272.6M | +15% |
| Q4 2025 | $541.4M | +28% |
| Q3 2025 | $400.2M | +8.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $524.2M | +5% |
| Q1 2025 | $236.2M | -14% |
| Q4 2024 | $423.4M | +3.4% |
LAUR's revenue is recovering but still below its 2019 peak: $485M last quarter, up 21% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 25% | +6.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | 36% | -0.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | -10% | -4.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 33% | +3.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 18% | -1.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 37% | +3.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | -5.6% | -9.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 29% | +2.5 points |
LAUR's operating margin was 25% last quarter, up 6.7 points from the same quarter a year ago.
LAUR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $123.8M | +0.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $83.8M | +38% |
| Q1 2026 | $53.6M | +0.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $26.4M | +686% |
| Q3 2025 | $122.8M | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | $60.8M | +106% |
| Q1 2025 | $53.2M | +208% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.4M | -90% |
LAUR generated $288M in free cash flow over the past year, up 20% from the year before.
LAUR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.4% | -2M shares |
| 1 year | -6.9% | -10.2M shares |
| 3 years | -13% | -19.8M shares |
| 5 years | -26% | -47.6M shares |
| Available history | -38% | -84.5M shares |
LAUR has 138M diluted shares, down 6.9% from a year ago, with $402M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $73M |
| Q2 2026 | $77.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $108.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $143.6M |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $32.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $39.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $2M |
LAUR spent $402M buying back its own shares over the past year, about five times what it spent the year before.
LAUR Net Leverage
LAUR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 46.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 11.6 | Oversold |
LAUR's weekly RSI is 47 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 12 (oversold).
LAUR PE vs Consumer Defensive Sector
| Metric | LAUR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 19x | 34% below |
| PE % | 46 | 18 | 28 pts above |
LAUR is trading at 13x earnings, a 34% discount to the Consumer Defensive sector's median of 19x.
LAUR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $36.9 | 5.2% below |
| 20 week MA | $37.3 | 6.4% below |
| 50 week MA | $35.1 | 0.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $29.3 | 19% above |
| 200 week MA | $21.6 | 62% above |
LAUR has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 62% above its 200-week average.
LAUR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $17.8 | $15.0 | -16% |
| 2021 | $15.0 | $12.2 | -19% |
| 2022 | $12.2 | $9.68 | -21% |
| 2023 | $9.68 | $13.7 | +42% |
| 2024 | $13.7 | $18.2 | +33% |
| 2025 | $18.2 | $34.4 | +89% |
| 2026 YTD | $34.4 | $34.9 | +1.7% |
LAUR has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's up 1.7% so far in 2026.