Who are Laureate Education's main competitors?

Named competitors: Local public/private universities (fragmented) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes TAL Education Group Sponsored ADR (TAL), ADT (ADT), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), McGraw Hill (MH).

How has Laureate Education stock performed?

Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +2.4% against -8.4% for the median peer; over one year +9.3%.

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Laureate Education, Inc.LAURCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Miscellaneous Commercial Services

Operates for-profit universities primarily in Latin America (Mexico, Peru), offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

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Mkt cap

$4.56B

US dollars, full cap

Free float

86%

of shares outstanding

$/day

$50.0M

20-day average traded

Fwd P/E

14.5×

forward earnings

ROIC−WACC

+15.2 pp

WACC 7.1%

Hurdle

-17 pp

Req g minus delivered

Next earnings

111 days

25 Feb 2027

Close · USD$33.59

1D+0.9%

1W+1.1%

1M-14.3%

3M-9.8%

6M+2.4%

YTD-0.2%

1Y+9.3%

ATR %4.0%

Beta0.51

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What Laureate Education does

Operates for-profit universities primarily in Latin America (Mexico, Peru), offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Earns tuition from students enrolled in its universities, so income is enrolment multiplied by what each pays, with fees mostly collected per term. After selling its other universities around the world, it now operates only in Mexico and Peru.

Products and services

Undergraduate degree programs
Graduate degree programs
Online/hybrid learning

Customers

University students in Mexico and Peru

Where it sits in the supply chain

Consumer/Education
For-profit higher education
University degree programs

What could go right

Latin American higher-education enrollment growth
Tuition pricing power in a consolidating market

What could go wrong

Latin American regulatory/political risk (tuition caps, licensing)
Currency (MXN/PEN) translation risk

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, brand, scale). Accredited university licenses and established local brands are difficult and slow for new entrants to replicate.

Headquarters: Miami, Florida, USA · Founded: 1998 · Employees: 33,900

Named competitors

Local public/private universities (fragmented) private or unlisted

Laureate Education at a glance

Size Laureate Education (LAUR) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $4.56B, the 1246th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $33.59 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.4%, against -8.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 6 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.7%); the operating margin is 25.8% (peer median 16.4%).

Valuation It trades at 14.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.8× (most expensive of 6).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.2 points above its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 2.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

Six months, rebased to 100: Laureate Education against the median of its 5 peers (local-currency closes).

Laureate Education financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
	TTM	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Revenue	$1.91B	$1.70B	$1.57B	$1.48B	$1.24B
Revenue growth	—	+9%	+6%	+19%	—
Gross profit	$547M	$482M	$420M	$395M	$336M
EBITDA	$620M	$542M	$479M	$445M	$359M
Net income	$388M	$282M	$296M	$117M	$61.8M
Free cash flow	$288M	$263M	$161M	$194M	$125M
Capital expenditure	$130M	$103M	$71.9M	$56.5M	$53.1M
Total debt	$783M	$515M	$427M	$583M	$648M

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Laureate Education competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Laureate Education is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Laureate Education is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Laureate Education is the large dot.

Laureate Education competitors and peer comparison

How Laureate Education compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Laureate Education against its 5 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure	LAUR	Peer median	Rank in peer set
1-month return	-14.3%	-18.8%	2nd highest of 6
6-month return	+2.4%	-8.4%	2nd highest of 6
Distance from 52-week high	-17.9%	-35.4%	2nd highest of 6
Revenue growth (TTM)	+20.9%	+6.7%	2nd highest of 6
Operating margin	25.8%	16.4%	2nd highest of 6
Forward P/E	14.5×	9.8×	most expensive of 6
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)	-6.7%	-4.2%	2nd least demanding of 5
Growth delivered (Del g)	+10.7%	+4.1%	2nd highest of 5
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)	-17.4 pp	-8.6 pp	least demanding of 5
ROIC minus cost of capital	+15.2 pp	+2.6 pp	3rd highest of 6
EV / EBITDA	8.3×	6.9×	2nd most expensive of 5
Net debt / EBITDA	0.9×	2.9×	2nd least indebted of 5

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Company	Market	Market cap	6M return	Revenue growth	Op. margin	Forward P/E	Req g	Delivered g
Laureate Education LAUR	United States	$4.56B	+2%	+21%	26%	14.5×	-6.7%	+10.7%
TAL Education Group Sponsored ADR TAL	United States	$4.77B	-8%	+26%	16%	9.8×	n/a	n/a
ADT ADT	United States	$6.66B	+44%	+2%	25%	10.3×	-2.9%	-0.7%
Grand Canyon Education LOPE	United States	$3.07B	-29%	+7%	28%	11.1×	-7.3%	+5.6%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions BFAM	United States	$2.57B	-24%	+7%	10%	9.8×	5.0%	+14.1%
McGraw Hill MH	United States	$2.08B	-8%	0%	16%	5.6×	-5.6%	+2.6%

Questions

Who are Laureate Education's main competitors?: Named competitors: Local public/private universities (fragmented) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes TAL Education Group Sponsored ADR (TAL), ADT (ADT), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), McGraw Hill (MH).
Is Laureate Education expensive compared with its peers?: On forward p/e it trades at 14.5× against a peer median of 9.8×, most expensive of 6 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Laureate Education stock performed?: Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +2.4% against -8.4% for the median peer; over one year +9.3%.