Growth Metrics

Laureate Education (LAUR) Debt to Equity (2016 - 2026)

Quarterly Debt to Equity rose 65.28% to $0.21 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $0.21 through Mar 2026, up 65.28% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $0.11 for FY2025, 2.65% up from the prior year.

Laureate Education filings provide 11 years of Debt to Equity readings, the most recent being $0.21 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt to Equity hit $0.21 in Q1 2026 for Laureate Education, up from $0.11 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.32 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at $0.09 in Q3 2025.
  • Average Debt to Equity over 5 years is $0.18, with a median of $0.15 recorded in 2022.
  • Peak annual rise in Debt to Equity hit 122.28% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 70.91% in 2022.
  • Laureate Education's Debt to Equity stood at $0.3 in 2022, then crashed by 41.89% to $0.17 in 2023, then plummeted by 39.84% to $0.1 in 2024, then grew by 2.65% to $0.11 in 2025, then surged by 91.48% to $0.21 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAUR's Debt to Equity are $0.21 (Q1 2026), $0.11 (Q4 2025), and $0.09 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn -0.11
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 0.17
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.21
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn -
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 0.25
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 0.38
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - -
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 0.03
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 0.29

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.21
Dec 31, 2025 0.11
Sep 30, 2025 0.09
Jun 30, 2025 0.11
Mar 31, 2025 0.12
Dec 31, 2024 0.10
Sep 30, 2024 0.17
Jun 30, 2024 0.25
Mar 31, 2024 0.24
Dec 31, 2023 0.17
Sep 30, 2023 0.14
Jun 30, 2023 0.22
Mar 31, 2023 0.32
Dec 31, 2022 0.30
Sep 30, 2022 0.14
Jun 30, 2022 0.13
Mar 31, 2022 0.15
Dec 31, 2021 0.13
Sep 30, 2021 0.13
Jun 30, 2021 0.08
Mar 31, 2021 0.50
Dec 31, 2020 0.44
Sep 30, 2020 0.72
Jun 30, 2020 0.70
Mar 31, 2020 0.62
Dec 31, 2019 0.41
Sep 30, 2019 0.45
Jun 30, 2019 0.44
Mar 31, 2019 0.96
Dec 31, 2018 1.31
Sep 30, 2018 1.32
Jun 30, 2018 0.09
Mar 31, 2018 0.10
Dec 31, 2017 1.95
Sep 30, 2017 0.15
Jun 30, 2017 2.48
Mar 31, 2017 2.81
Dec 31, 2016 5.73