LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. · Educational Services

LAUR

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The short version

A high-quality, profitable business with growing sales. Institutions are trimming.

Going well

Sales up 18% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable, keeps 17% of sales as profit
Brings in more cash than it spends

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions cut 5.1% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (154 bought, 197 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$38.48-1.3% that day

Company value: $5.3B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 17.4x; You pay about $17 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 2.9x; Company value is 2.9 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 3%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 1%; Debt as a share of company value

From LAUR's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$615.9M+17% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $1.8B, up 18% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 11% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of LAUR. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+18% a yearRecently: +18% a yearProfit margin18%Last 12 months: 17.6%P/E at the end17xToday: 17.4x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-4% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$4.2B

Profit in 5 years$754M

Price these guesses point to$114.07+196% vs $38.48 todayAbout +24% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 18% margin and a 17x P/E, sales could shrink about 5.0% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

5/6Strong

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.26.2%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.06x equity
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.16.5%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$366.2M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-11.6% in 3 years

Revenue: $1.7B; +8.6% vs prior year
5-year growth: +10.7%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $73.1M; 0.06x equity
Current ratio: 0.67x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Reported Jul 30

Revenue: $615.9M; +17.5% YoY
EPS: $0.98; vs $0.65
Op. margin: 36.3%; -0.6 pts
Gross margin: 38.6%; -0.9 pts
Free cash flow: $83.8M
Share count: -4.7%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 0.9
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Distributing-5.1%

Institutions cut 5.1% from their holdings. 154 bought, 197 sold.

Shares held by institutions133.7M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-4.3%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

0.1x · $164.5M debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

138M

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportIn 1 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedJul 30
Results filedApr 30
Results filedFeb 19
Results filedOct 30, 2025
Results filedJul 31, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (active)Aug 11 · View filing ↗Activist 5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 6 · View filing ↗Big holder

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

Stock awardGeorge MunozDirector

556 shares at $38.16 · $21K

+0% of holdings
Now owns 123,119 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Sep 30Form 4 ↗

SoldIan Kendell SnowDirector, 10% owner

521,229 shares at $36.65 avg ($36.26 to $38.43) · $19.1M

-24% of holdings
Now owns 1,646,324 shares
Not a pre-planned sale
Held See footnote
3 transactions
Filed 1 day after trade
Joint filing with 6 others

Sep 2Form 4 ↗

Planned insider saleAug 31 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleAug 31 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleAug 31 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleAug 31 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleAug 31 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleAug 31 · Form 144 ↗5%+ holder update (active)Aug 11 · Form SCHEDULE 13D/A ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 6 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗Earnings resultsJul 30 · Form 8-K ↗Quarterly reportJul 30 · Form 10-Q ↗

Stock awardGeorge MunozDirector

585 shares at $36.32 · $21K

+0% of holdings
Now owns 122,563 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Jun 30Form 4 ↗

Leadership changeMay 27 · Form 8-K ↗

Stock awardAndrew B CohenDirector

7,849 shares

+13% of holdings
Now owns 67,953 shares
Filed 5 days after trade

May 21Form 4 ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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