Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$3.86B
Market Cap
$5.24B
Margin of Safety
-35.6%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.74

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

3.07B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

4.84B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

3.68B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

3.86B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

3.86B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

5.24B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.74×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -35.6% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 3.07B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)3.34B USD
−②Net Debt Today572.89M USD
+③Growth Value306.88M USD
=Value3.07B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

3.34B USD

Net debt today

-572.89M USD

Growth Value

+306.88M USD

Value

3.07B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

3.34B USD

②Net Debt Today

572.89M USD

③Growth Value

306.88M USD

Market value

Market Cap5.24B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-70.7%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 4.84B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE3.35B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today1.49B USD
=Value4.84B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

3.35B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

1.49B USD

Market value

Market Cap5.24B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-8.2%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 3.68B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF2.75B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today1.50B USD
−③Net Debt Today572.89M USD
=Value3.68B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

2.75B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

1.50B USD

③Net Debt Today

572.89M USD

Market value

Market Cap5.24B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-42.6%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 6.38%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.44×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 7.13%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 117.43M USDPretax Income 401.31M USD= 29.26%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 411.98M USD−Pretax Income 401.31M USD= 10.67M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 10.67M USDTotal Debt 734.73M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 29.26%)= 1.03%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 734.73M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 5.24B USD + 734.73M USD= 12.30%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 87.70%×Cost of Equity 7.13%+Debt Weight 12.30%×Cost of Debt 1.03%= 6.38%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 2.43B USD − Total Liabilities 1.28B USD = Book Value Today 1.14B USD

Total Debt 734.73M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 161.84M USD = Net Debt Today 572.89M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-12.6%at most 5%passes137,749,360 / 157,586,000
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets3.5%at least -10.0%passes(366.56M USD − 281.91M USD) ÷ 2.43B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today4.59×at most 3×does not pass5.24B USD ÷ 1.14B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue25.3%above 10.0%passes431.53M USD ÷ 1.70B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 18.6%above 10.0%does not pass1.70B USD / 1.57B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-10.9%above -30%passes(161.84M USD − 734.73M USD) ÷ 5.24B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit89.4%above 25.0%passes431.53M USD ÷ 482.66M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

38 USD

Enterprise value

5.81B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

10.89×

Price / book

4.59×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

17.19×

Return on equity

29.3%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

17.6%

Revenue growth

17.5%

Analyst target, mean

41 USD

Analysts

7

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

1.24B1.49B1.57B1.70B

Gross profit

335.24M394.90M420.18M482.66M

Operating income

270.43M342.24M374.36M431.53M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

351.15M378.68M538.33M522.88M

Pretax income

246.10M254.72M414.90M401.31M

Net income

69.64M107.70M296.77M281.91M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

74.20M176.94M260.92M306.41M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

1.97B2.13B1.86B2.21B

Total liabilities

1.20B1.18B904.42M1.02B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

777.00M951.02M960.51M1.19B

Total debt

648.65M583.29M427.84M515.99M

Cash and equivalents

85.25M89.48M91.44M146.85M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

913.88M934.77M807.45M965.21M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

-155.34M-229.04M-140.72M-154.71M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

178.41M251.03M232.97M366.56M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-52.81M-56.49M-71.96M-103.15M

Depreciation and amortisation

88.61M102.96M105.32M110.90M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

125.60M194.54M161.01M263.41M