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LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.

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Signs7 gooddetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.70B$1.57B$1.48B$1.24B$1.09B$1.02B
Operating income$431.1M$374.0M$338.8M$270.0M−$4.6M−$329.3M
Net income$281.6M$296.5M$107.6M$69.6M$192.4M−$613.3M
Total assets$2.21B$1.86B$2.13B$1.97B$2.21B$4.97B
Total liabilities$1.02B$903.5M$1.18B$1.20B$1.07B$2.71B
Equity$1.19B$959.5M$950.1M$776.2M$1.14B$2.28B
EPS (diluted)$1.89$1.92$0.68$0.41$1.01$-2.93
Shares out.150.8M157.6M157.0M157.0M180.6M0

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
25.3%
Net margin
16.5%
Return on equity
23.7%
Return on assets
12.8%
Return on capital (ROCE)
24.9%
Liabilities / assets
46.1%
Debt / equity
0.86×
Book value / share
$7.88
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.6%
Net income growth (YoY)
−5.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.70safe
Accruals / assets
3.8%clean
Piotroski F-Score
7/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
78
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

7 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20265.3M4.3+0.1%
Apr 30, 20265.3M4.0-5.5%
Apr 15, 20265.7M4.0-5.7%
Mar 31, 20266.0M1.8+92.9%
Mar 13, 20263.1M1.5+57.6%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • 8-KMay 27, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 3May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • S-8May 21, 2026
  • 10-QApr 30, 2026
  • 8-KApr 30, 2026

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