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    Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)

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    CONSUMER DEFENSIVE • EDUCATION & TRAINING SERVICES • NASDAQ

    $39.04
    -0.41 (-1.04%)

    Market Cap: $5.48B

    Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM ET

    Earnings

    Performance (10Y)

    Beat Rate
    56%(22/39)
    Avg Surprise
    +23.88%
    Streak
    2 Q

    Upcoming Estimates

    Period ending Sep 30, 2026
    EPS Consensus$0.46
    Range$0.44 - $0.48
    3 analysts
    EPS Revisions
    1
    0
    7d
    1
    1
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$0.45+1.1%
    60d ago$0.45+2.9%
    30d ago$0.460.0%
    7d ago$0.460.0%
    Current$0.46
    Revenue Consensus
    $476M
    Range$473M - $481M
    3 analysts
    Period ending Dec 31, 2026
    EPS Consensus$0.91
    Range$0.87 - $0.95
    4 analysts
    Revenue Consensus
    $576M
    Range$557M - $592M
    6 analysts
    PeriodReportedEst.SurpriseB/MYoY
    Dec 26EST
    		-$0.91---
    Sep 26EST
    		-$0.46---
    Jun 26
    Reported Jul 30
    		$1.00$0.96+4.17%Beat+26.6%
    Mar 26
    Reported Apr 30
    		$-0.15$-0.22+31.82%Beat-15.4%
    Dec 25
    Reported Feb 19
    		$0.76$0.78-2.56%Miss+24.6%
    Sep 25
    Reported Oct 30
    		$0.25$0.23+8.70%Beat-55.4%
    Jun 25
    Reported Jul 31
    		$0.79$0.72+9.72%Beat-4.8%
    Mar 25
    Reported May 1
    		$-0.13$-0.19+31.58%Beat-85.7%
    Dec 24
    Reported Feb 20
    		$0.61$0.42+45.26%Beat+134.7%
    Sep 24
    Reported Oct 31
    		$0.56$0.16+250.00%Beat+143.5%
    Jun 24
    Reported Aug 1
    		$0.83$0.63+31.75%Beat+112.8%
    Mar 24
    Reported May 2
    		$-0.07$-0.03-133.33%Miss+58.8%
    Dec 23
    Reported Feb 22
    		$0.26$0.35-25.71%Miss+4.0%
    Sep 23
    Reported Nov 2
    		$0.23$0.19+21.05%Beat+21.1%
    Jun 23
    Reported Aug 3
    		$0.39$0.52-25.00%Miss+62.5%
    Mar 23
    Reported May 4
    		$-0.17$-0.07-142.86%Miss+32.0%
    Dec 22
    Reported Feb 23
    		$0.25$0.27-7.41%Miss+66.7%
    Sep 22
    Reported Nov 3
    		$0.19$0.18+5.56%Beat+850.0%
    Jun 22
    Reported Aug 4
    		$0.24$0.42-42.86%Miss-33.3%
    Mar 22
    Reported May 5
    		$-0.25$-0.10-150.00%Miss+45.7%
    Dec 21
    Reported Feb 24
    		$0.15$0.10+50.00%Beat-91.7%
    Sep 21
    Reported Nov 4
    		$0.02$0.03-33.33%Miss-94.6%
    Jun 21
    Reported Aug 5
    		$0.36$0.13+176.92%Beat-56.1%
    Mar 21
    Reported May 6
    		$-0.46$-0.44-4.55%Miss-161.3%
    Dec 20
    Reported Feb 25
    		$1.81$0.32+465.63%Beat+262.0%
    Sep 20
    Reported Nov 5
    		$0.37$0.24+54.17%Beat+516.7%
    Jun 20
    Reported Aug 6
    		$0.82$0.56+46.43%Beat+41.4%
    Mar 20
    Reported May 7
    		$0.75$-0.48+256.25%Beat+270.5%
    Dec 19
    Reported Feb 27
    		$0.50$0.54-7.41%Miss+61.3%
    Sep 19
    Reported Nov 6
    		$0.06$0.09-33.33%Miss+120.0%
    Jun 19
    Reported Aug 8
    		$0.58$0.60-3.33%Miss-4.9%
    Mar 19
    Reported May 9
    		$-0.44$-0.54+18.52%Beat+33.3%
    Dec 18
    Reported Feb 28
    		$0.31$0.28+10.71%Beat-55.1%
    Sep 18
    Reported Nov 8
    		$-0.30$-0.30+0.00%Beat+45.5%
    Jun 18
    Reported Aug 9
    		$0.61$0.65-6.15%Miss-11.6%
    Mar 18
    Reported May 9
    		$-0.66$-0.58-13.79%Miss+16.5%
    Dec 17
    Reported Mar 20
    		$0.69$0.51+35.29%Beat+155.6%
    Sep 17
    Reported Nov 8
    		$-0.55$-0.45-22.22%Miss-
    Jun 17
    Reported Aug 8
    		$0.69$0.52+32.69%Beat-
    Mar 17
    Reported May 11
    		$-0.79$-0.84+5.95%Beat-
    Dec 16
    Reported Feb 6
    		$0.27$0.29-6.90%Miss-

    Dividends

    Dividend Metrics

    Forward Yield0.00%
    Forward Annual Dividend$0.00
    Payout Ratio0.00%

    Key Metrics

    Valuation
    P/E Ratio20.99EV/EBITDA9.61x
    Price/FCF18.77xFCF Yield5.33%
    Profitability
    Profit Margin17.60%Operating Margin36.30%
    ROE29.30%ROIC23.06%
    Financial Health
    Debt/Equity0.23xInterest Coverage35.93x
    Current Ratio0.71xQuick Ratio0.71x
    Trading Statistics
    Beta0.47Avg Volume1.17M
    52-Week High$40.9252-Week Low$24.98

    Technical Indicators Dashboard

    Moving Averages

    SMA 10$39.02
    SMA 20$38.16
    SMA 50$37.56
    SMA 200$35.39
    EMA 10$38.96
    EMA 20$38.41
    EMA 50$37.70
    EMA 200$35.01

    MACD

    Line: 0.64Signal: 0.51Hist: 0.12

    ADX

    ADX: 28.2+DI: 25.9-DI: 11.1

    Aroon & PSAR

    Aroon Up92.0
    Aroon DownN/A
    PSAR$40.14

    Bollinger Bands

    Upper Band$40.43
    Lower Band$35.89
    %B Position1189%(Upper)
    Band Width0.69

    RSI (14-Day)

    Neutral
    59.5

    Momentum Oscillators

    Stoch %K75.9
    Stoch %D83.6
    Williams %R-33.5
    ROC (10d)2.7%
    Momentum1.04
    CCI (20d)79.8
    MFI (14d)73.9

    Volatility Measures

    ATR (14d)$0.94(2.4%)
    StdDev (20d)1.13
    Hist Vol20.2%(Moderate)

    Volume Flow

    VWAP$39.35
    OBV28.2M
    AD Line13.0M
    CMF (20d)-0.168

    Volume Metrics

    Avg Vol (20d)1.2M
    Vol Ratio1.1x
    VWMA (20d)$38.13

    Pivot Points

    R3$40.37
    R2$40.03
    R1$39.74
    Pivot Point$39.40
    S1$39.11
    S2$38.77
    S3$38.48

    Advanced Oscillators

    TSI22.76
    Ultimate Osc41.3
    KST52.91

    Financial Data

    QuarterJun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sep 2025Jun 2025Mar 2025Dec 2024Sep 2024Jun 2024Mar 2024Dec 2023Sep 2023
    Total Revenue$615.86M$272.61M$541.39M$400.22M$524.16M$236.16M$423.39M$368.63M$499.25M$275.37M$409.43M$361.53M
    Cost of Revenue$378.20M$289.00M$347.50M$316.54M$317.35M$238.36M$287.95M$285.96M$319.00M$253.98M$279.42M$291.05M
    Gross Profit$237.67M$-16,393,000$193.89M$83.69M$206.81M$-2,201,000$135.44M$82.67M$180.25M$21.39M$130.01M$70.48M
    Operating Expenses$14.24M$11.13M$14.40M$12.22M$13.47M$10.99M$11.22M$10.63M$13.65M$10.27M$20.02M$11.77M
    R&D$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
    SG&A$14.24M$11.13M$14.40M$12.22M$13.47M$10.99M$11.22M$10.63M$13.65M$10.27M$18.57M$11.77M
    Operating Income$223.42M$-27,527,000$179.49M$71.47M$193.34M$-13,191,000$124.22M$72.04M$166.59M$11.13M$110.00M$58.71M
    Interest Income$1.53M$1.91M$2.08M$2.14M$1.37M$1.52M$1.79M$2.36M$2.00M$1.91M$2.15M$2.83M
    Interest Expense$4.17M$3.14M$2.54M$2.60M$3.15M$2.37M$3.36M$4.98M$5.13M$4.66M$3.73M$5.17M
    Income Before Tax$218.77M$-27,305,000$182.55M$68.82M$166.79M$-17,252,000$139.45M$84.86M$191.03M$-862,000$83.74M$69.45M
    Income Tax Expense$81.67M$-5,711,000$10.98M$34.45M$69.36M$2.52M$46.45M$-468,000$63.07M$9.92M$36.22M$33.72M
    Net Income$137.10M$-21,594,000$171.53M$34.38M$97.43M$-19,553,000$93.57M$85.33M$128.35M$-10,848,000$41.73M$35.98M
    EBITDA$252.76M$5.60M$214.00M$98.38M$195.08M$7.80M$165.39M$113.11M$221.56M$29.70M$112.10M$98.63M
    EBIT$221.41M$-26,072,000$183.01M$69.29M$168.56M$-16,405,000$141.03M$87.49M$194.15M$1.89M$85.32M$71.79M
    * Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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    Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Morgan Stanley Analyst Says

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    Laureate Education surges 79% after Fair Value signal identified opportunity

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    LAUR Valuation and Fair Value

    P/E
    21.0x
    Forward P/E
    15.3x
    EV/EBITDA
    9.6x
    P/FCF
    18.8x
    PEG
    1.0x
    P/B
    4.7x
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    LAUR Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

    Gross margin
    27.3%
    Operating margin
    36.3%
    Net margin
    17.6%
    ROIC
    23.1%
    ROE
    29.3%
    FCF margin
    15.7%
    FCF yield
    5.3%

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    Sector: Consumer Defensive

    LAUR Analyst Ratings

    Consensus
    Buy
    Analysts
    7
    Strong Buy
    2
    Buy
    3
    Hold
    1
    Sell
    1
    Strong Sell
    0

    LAUR Bull Case vs Bear Case

    Bull case

    • LAUR earns a 23.1% return on invested capital.
    • LAUR converts 15.7% of revenue into free cash flow.
    • LAUR beat EPS estimates in 87.5% of its last 8 reported quarters.

    LAUR Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

    Beat rate
    7 of 8 quarters (87.5%)
    Average surprise
    47.3%
    EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    $0.46
    Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    1 up, 1 down

    LAUR Dividend

    Forward yield
    0.0%
    Payout ratio
    0.0%

    Frequently Asked Questions About LAUR

    Does LAUR pay dividends?

    Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) has a dividend payment track record. See the LAUR dividend history page for its current payment status, TTM yield, and recorded payments.

    What is LAUR's P/E ratio?

    Laureate Education Inc has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.99.

    What is LAUR's market cap?

    Laureate Education Inc (LAUR) has a market capitalization of $5.48B with a current stock price of $39.04.

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