Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR)

Nasdaq Consumer Discretionary Education Services S&P SmallCap 600
$33.59
+0.30 (+0.90%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: Laureate Education, Inc.'s 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 06, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$3.30B$3.39B$1.14B$1.21B$1.02B$1.09B$1.24B$1.48B$1.57B$1.70B
Cost of revenue$2.79B$2.78B$904.00M$949.47M$802.46M$814.49M$907.37M$1.09B$1.15B$1.22B
Gross profit$513.17M$610.55M$240.57M$262.60M$222.46M$272.21M$334.91M$394.51M$419.76M$482.18M
Operating income$290.68M$235.16M-$26.79M$36.02M-$329.30M-$4.65M$270.01M$338.82M$373.98M$431.10M
Interest expense$390.39M$334.90M$188.43M$125.04M$100.89M$46.27M$16.42M$20.99M$18.10M$10.66M
Pre-tax income$367.09M-$76.77M-$120.12M-$119.66M-$450.84M-$137.51M$245.85M$254.46M$414.48M$400.91M
Income tax$34.44M-$92.99M$71.20M$31.04M-$130.07M$145.57M$185.39M$137.60M$118.98M$117.31M
Net income$371.85M$91.47M$370.07M$938.48M-$613.33M$192.45M$69.57M$107.59M$296.47M$281.63M
EBITDA—————$96.58M$329.14M$408.44M$442.22M$505.60M
EPS (basic)$2.78$-1.20$1.79$4.23$-2.93$1.01$0.42$0.69$1.93$1.91
EPS (diluted)$2.76$-1.20$1.73$4.23$-2.93$1.01$0.41$0.68$1.92$1.89
Diluted shares134.41M172.41M212.77M221.93M209.71M189.69M168.27M157.88M153.90M148.67M
Gross margin15.5%18.0%21.0%21.7%21.7%25.0%27.0%26.6%26.8%28.3%
Operating margin8.8%6.9%-2.3%3.0%-32.1%-0.4%21.7%22.8%23.9%25.3%
Net margin11.3%2.7%32.3%77.4%-59.8%17.7%5.6%7.2%18.9%16.5%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Cash & equivalents$295.79M$319.04M$77.77M$61.58M$750.15M$324.80M$85.17M$89.39M$91.35M$146.70M
Receivables$273.52M$311.06M$225.28M$260.48M——————
Total current assets$1.12B$1.29B$1.22B$916.07M$1.44B$544.32M$226.20M$224.41M$227.31M$318.35M
Goodwill$1.79B$1.83B$578.52M$606.48M$574.83M$546.79M$583.49M$661.48M$563.40M$637.30M
Total assets$7.06B$7.39B$6.77B$6.50B$4.97B$2.21B$1.97B$2.13B$1.86B$2.21B
Total current liabilities$1.44B$1.37B$1.19B$1.05B$804.55M$371.93M$381.39M$453.21M$367.89M$472.91M
Short-term debt$95.97M$121.87M$100.82M$48.14M$95.82M$49.08M$56.18M$52.83M$41.26M$54.59M
Long-term debt$3.36B$2.97B$2.59B$1.10B$899.90M$104.59M$175.93M$112.24M$59.03M$73.12M
Total debt$3.46B$3.10B$2.69B$1.15B$995.72M$153.67M$232.11M$165.07M$100.29M$127.71M
Total liabilities$6.04B$5.39B$4.70B$3.68B$2.71B$1.07B$1.20B$1.18B$903.52M$1.02B
Shareholders' equity$632.21M$1.58B$2.06B$2.82B$2.28B$1.14B$776.23M$950.07M$959.55M$1.19B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow$192.26M$192.16M$396.86M$339.77M$259.56M-$156.08M$178.23M$250.78M$232.73M$366.19M
Capital expenditures$240.26M$274.06M$238.05M$155.64M$74.62M$50.44M$52.76M$56.44M$71.89M$103.04M
Free cash flow-$48.00M-$81.91M$158.81M$184.13M$184.93M-$206.53M$125.47M$194.34M$160.85M$263.15M
Investing cash flow$297.30M-$284.68M$115.49M$1.12B$587.40M$2.04B$30.35M-$51.92M-$57.55M-$102.65M
Financing cash flow-$445.72M$157.57M-$410.13M-$1.67B-$272.72M-$2.68B-$461.57M-$201.89M-$166.94M-$222.47M
Share buybacks—$0$0$264.09M$99.52M$380.50M$282.15M$0$102.07M$215.17M
Stock-based compensation$38.81M$64.79M$10.79M$12.99M$13.30M$10.17M$8.78M$7.11M$7.84M$13.34M
Depreciation & amortization—————$101.23M$59.13M$69.62M$68.24M$74.50M

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.