Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) Valuation

Valuation

Model-based estimates, not advice. The DCF is the discounted-cash-flow value per share; compare it with the price, not as a target.

DCF fair value

+55.0%

$53.96

vs $34.81 price

Levered DCF

$93.30

After debt service

Piotroski score

7 / 9

Strong

Altman Z-score

3.78

Safe zone

Rating

Overall 4 / 5

Ratios by fiscal year

Margins and yields are shares of revenue, equity or price; multiples are ×.

Metric	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018
P/E	17.63×	9.48×	18.28×	26×	-5.23×	-9.52×	285.41×	8.76×
P/B	4.19×	2.92×	2.27×	2.08×	2.04×	1.34×	1.39×	1.58×
P/S	2.92×	1.79×	1.45×	1.3×	2.14×	2.98×	3.22×	2.83×
EV / EBITDA	10.23×	5.84×	7×	6.2×	47.5×	-29.32×	17.18×	18×
Gross margin	28.3%	26.8%	26.6%	27.0%	25.0%	21.7%	21.7%	21.0%
Operating margin	25.3%	23.9%	22.8%	21.7%	-0.4%	-32.1%	3.0%	-2.3%
Net margin	16.5%	18.9%	7.2%	5.6%	17.7%	-59.8%	77.4%	32.3%
Current ratio	0.67×	0.62×	0.5×	0.59×	1.46×	1.79×	0.88×	1.78×
Debt / equity	0.43×	0.45×	0.61×	0.84×	0.5×	0.67×	0.61×	1.31×
Interest coverage	40.44×	20.66×	16.15×	16.45×	-0.1×	-3.26×	0.29×	-0.14×
Dividend yield	0.0%	0.1%	5.2%	15.7%	62.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
Payout ratio	0.2%	0.6%	104.5%	363.9%	748.1%	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%

Key metrics by fiscal year

Metric	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018
Return on equity	23.7%	30.9%	11.3%	9.0%	16.9%	-26.9%	33.3%	18.0%
Return on invested capital	16.5%	16.8%	8.7%	4.0%	-0.2%	-5.4%	0.6%	-0.4%
Return on assets	12.8%	15.9%	5.1%	3.5%	8.7%	-12.3%	14.4%	5.5%
Free cash flow yield	5.3%	5.7%	9.0%	7.8%	-8.9%	6.1%	4.5%	4.9%
Earnings yield	5.7%	10.6%	5.0%	4.3%	8.3%	-20.1%	24.0%	11.4%
Enterprise value	$5.3B	$3.1B	$2.6B	$2.2B	$2.6B	$3.7B	$5.5B	$5.5B
Net debt / EBITDA	0.71×	0.62×	1.3×	1.6×	4.52×	-5.13×	5.02×	7.48×
Cash conversion cycle (days)	12	12	15	16	49	26	0	175