Growth Metrics

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

Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 55.74% to 0.09 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09 through Mar 2026, up 55.74% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.06 for FY2025, 7.47% up from the prior year.

Laureate Education filings provide 11 years of Debt Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.09 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio hit 0.09 in Q1 2026 for Laureate Education, up from 0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.13 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.05 in Q3 2025.
  • Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.08, with a median of 0.07 recorded in 2022.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt Ratio tumbled 67.44% in 2022 before it soared 82.83% in 2023.
  • Laureate Education's Debt Ratio stood at 0.12 in 2022, then crashed by 34.02% to 0.08 in 2023, then crashed by 30.65% to 0.05 in 2024, then increased by 7.47% to 0.06 in 2025, then soared by 63.47% to 0.09 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAUR's Debt Ratio are 0.09 (Q1 2026), 0.06 (Q4 2025), and 0.05 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn 0.05
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 0.10
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.09
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn -
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 0.17
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn -
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.15
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - -
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 0.01
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 0.16

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
Mar 31, 2021 0.21
Dec 31, 2020 0.20
Sep 30, 2020 0.25
Jun 30, 2020 0.27
Mar 31, 2020 0.25
Dec 31, 2019 0.18
Sep 30, 2019 0.19
Jun 30, 2019 0.19
Mar 31, 2019 0.29
Dec 31, 2018 0.40
Sep 30, 2018 0.37
Jun 30, 2018 0.03
Mar 31, 2018 0.02
Dec 31, 2017 0.42
Sep 30, 2017 0.03
Jun 30, 2017 0.48
Mar 31, 2017 0.48
Dec 31, 2016 0.54