Laureate Education (LAUR) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Laureate Education (LAUR) reported Debt Ratio of 0.09 for Q1 2026, up 55.74% on a YoY basis from 0.06 in Q1 2025, and up 63.47% quarter-over-quarter from 0.06 in Q4 2025.

Laureate Education (LAUR) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Laureate Education has reported Debt Ratio for 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.09 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 55.74% year-over-year to 0.09; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.09 (up 55.74% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.06, up 7.47% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.09, up from 0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.13 in Q1 2023, with the low at 0.05 in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.08 across 5 years, with a median of 0.07 in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio sank 67.44% — and 2023, when it surged 82.83%.
  • Laureate Education's Debt Ratio stood at 0.12 in 2022, then sank by 34.02% to 0.08 in 2023, then slumped by 30.65% to 0.05 in 2024, then grew by 7.47% to 0.06 in 2025, then surged by 63.47% to 0.09 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.09 (Q1 2026), 0.06 (Q4 2025), and 0.05 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn 0.05
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.09
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 0.10
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 0.18
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 0.17
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn -
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn 0.47
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.15
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn -
10 Strategic Education 1.69 Bn 1.53 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.09
Dec 31, 2025 0.06
Sep 30, 2025 0.05
Jun 30, 2025 0.06
Mar 31, 2025 0.06
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Sep 30, 2024 0.08
Jun 30, 2024 0.11
Mar 31, 2024 0.10
Dec 31, 2023 0.08
Sep 30, 2023 0.06
Jun 30, 2023 0.10
Mar 31, 2023 0.13
Dec 31, 2022 0.12
Sep 30, 2022 0.06
Jun 30, 2022 0.06
Mar 31, 2022 0.07
Dec 31, 2021 0.07
Sep 30, 2021 0.04
Jun 30, 2021 0.05