Laureate Education Financial Ratios
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Laureate Education ratio analysis
Laureate Education earned a net margin of 16.5% in FY 2025, down from 18.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 28.3% compared with a median of 21.7% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 23.7%, meaning Laureate Education generated 0.24 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.11 versus 0.10 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.67. At the end of FY 2025, LAUR traded at 17.6 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 4.2 to 23.5, with a median of 12.1. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Laureate Education financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 17.62 | 9.55 | 20.16 | 23.46 | 12.12 | — | 4.24 | 8.71 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 2.89 | 1.79 | 1.45 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 2.98 | 3.28 | 2.80 | — | — |
| Price / book | 4.15 | 2.93 | 2.27 | 2.08 | 2.04 | 1.34 | 1.41 | 1.55 | — | — |
| Gross margin | 28.3% | 26.8% | 26.6% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 21.7% | 21.7% | 21.0% | 16.7% | 15.5% |
| Operating margin | 25.3% | 23.9% | 22.8% | 21.7% | -0.4% | -32.1% | 3.0% | -2.3% | 7.1% | 8.8% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 18.9% | 7.2% | 5.6% | 17.7% | -59.8% | 77.4% | 32.3% | 2.7% | 11.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.5% | 10.3% | 13.1% | 10.1% | -19.0% | 18.0% | 15.2% | 13.9% | -2.5% | -1.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 23.7% | 30.9% | 11.3% | 9.0% | 16.9% | -26.9% | 33.3% | 18.0% | 5.8% | 58.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 12.8% | 15.9% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 8.7% | -12.3% | 14.4% | 5.5% | 1.2% | 5.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 1.31 | 1.97 | 6.02 |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 1.46 | 1.79 | 0.88 | 1.02 | 0.94 | 0.77 |
| Revenue growth | 8.6% | 5.5% | 19.5% | 14.3% | 6.0% | -15.4% | 5.9% | -65.7% | 0.9% | -23.1% |
| EPS growth | -1.6% | 182.4% | 65.9% | -59.4% | — | -169.3% | 144.5% | — | -143.5% | — |