Is the price fair?
What LAUR's price assumes
Laureate Education, Inc. trades at 20.6× earnings against 18.1× for the median Education & Training Services name, more expensive than its own group.
20.6
Trailing P/E · Education & Training Services median 18.1 · 1.14× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 2.85
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 5.2%
Free cash flow yield · Education & Training Services median 10.0%
- Growth the price implies
- +5.2%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +5.2% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +41% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 4.73
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 11.9
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 2.85
- Consumer Defensive median P/E115 names
- 21.5
- Education & Training Services median P/E16 names
- 18.1
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $264M
- Market capitalisation
- $5.10B
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +41%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $22.18 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $29.07 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $35.46 |
| 52-week range | $25.03 – $40.45 |
| Today | $38.68 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Education & Training Services
Ranks #3 of 16 by Smart Score