Laureate Education (LAUR)

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
$38.25 -0.68% on the day Market cap $5.4B 52-week range $24.98 to $40.92 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
5% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $5.4B, Laureate Education's free cash flow of $263M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 5% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 7 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Laureate Education's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price5.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 7 years7.5% a year
Revenue, same period-7.1% a year
Price to free cash flow20.5x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from LAUR's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability8
Growth8
Financial health2
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)20.6x
P/E (forward)19.5x
Price / free cash flow20.5x
EV / EBITDA9.94x
Price / sales2.95x
Price / book5.14x
Revenue growth+17.5%
Operating margin24.4%
Net margin17.6%
Return on equity28.2%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity1.12x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Laureate Education's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.1B$1.2B$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B
Net income$192M$70M$108M$296M$282M
Free cash flow-$207M$125M$194M$161M$263M
EPS (diluted)$1.01$0.41$0.68$1.92$1.89
Operating margin-0.43%21.7%22.8%23.9%25.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Mexico$877M52%
Peru$824M48%

Superinvestors who own LAUR

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Jay Petschek
Corsair Capital Management
Trimmed $46M5.8%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $18M0.01%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Added $987,9040.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Laureate Education's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of LAUR in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Questions

What growth does Laureate Education's stock price imply?

At a market value of $5.4B, Laureate Education would need its free cash flow to grow about 5% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 7 years its free cash flow grew 7% a year.

Are Laureate Education insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of LAUR in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Laureate Education?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold LAUR in their latest 13F, including Jay Petschek, Cliff Asness, Dodge & Cox.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.