Growth Metrics

Laureate Education (LAUR) Net Margin (2016 - 2026)

Quarterly Net Margin fell 92.0% to 0.21% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09% through Mar 2026, down 59.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.03% for FY2025, 16.0% down from the prior year.

Laureate Education filings provide 11 years of Net Margin readings, the most recent being 0.21% for Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin hit 0.21% in Q1 2026 for Laureate Education, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 1.75% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.89% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Net Margin over 5 years is 0.54%, with a median of 0.63% recorded in 2024.
  • The largest annual shift saw Net Margin tumbled -14313bps in 2022 before it soared 153bps in 2024.
  • Laureate Education's Net Margin stood at 1.75% in 2022, then tumbled by -151bps to 0.89% in 2023, then surged by 173bps to 0.64% in 2024, then plummeted by -91bps to 0.06% in 2025, then soared by 249bps to 0.21% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAUR's Net Margin are 0.21% (Q1 2026), 0.06% (Q4 2025), and 0.14% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn -17.22%
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 2.49%
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 24.40%
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 14.16%
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 24.33%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.22%
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - 10.72%
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 3.03%
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 10.15%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.21%
Dec 31, 2025 0.06%
Sep 30, 2025 0.14%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 1.13%
Dec 31, 2024 0.64%
Sep 30, 2024 0.63%
Jun 30, 2024 0.52%
Mar 31, 2024 0.86%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.89%
Sep 30, 2023 0.70%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.42%
Mar 31, 2023 0.85%
Dec 31, 2022 1.75%
Sep 30, 2022 0.29%
Jun 30, 2022 1.49%
Mar 31, 2022 1.19%
Dec 31, 2021 10.58%
Sep 30, 2021 143.42%
Jun 30, 2021 30.47%
Mar 31, 2021 6.42%
Dec 31, 2020 132.99%
Sep 30, 2020 -322.12%
Jun 30, 2020 -101.24%
Mar 31, 2020 51.77%
Dec 31, 2019 17.17%
Sep 30, 2019 -34.41%
Jun 30, 2019 210.76%
Mar 31, 2019 90.32%
Dec 31, 2018 7.86%
Sep 30, 2018 -12.14%
Jun 30, 2018 29.27%
Mar 31, 2018 18.15%
Dec 31, 2017 9.41%
Sep 30, 2017 -22.24%
Jun 30, 2017 4.64%
Mar 31, 2017 -26.99%
Dec 31, 2016 3.11%
Sep 30, 2016 9.52%
Jun 30, 2016 28.16%