Laureate Education (LAUR) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. It provides its services in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The compan

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

7.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$163M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Laureate Education is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

-6.0%

Thin — -6.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

-10.1%

Losing money on operations — -10.1%

ROCE

-2.1%

Weak — -2.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+13.8%

Fast-growing sales (13.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

-0.0%

Earnings shrinking (-0.0% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

132%

Turns 132% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

15.2%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (15.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.25

Conservative — low debt load (0.25)

Interest Cover

36.45x

Comfortably covers interest (36.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

21.2x

no trend

Growth-priced — P/E 21.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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