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

Laureate Education (LAUR) has 11 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 36.28% in Q2 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Margin fell 61.0% year-over-year to 36.28% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 24.42% (up 17.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 25.33%, up 146.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin advanced to 36.28% in Q2 2026, from 10.1% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 36.89% in Q2 2025 to a low of 10.1% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 19.78% and a median of 21.04% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 4868 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 963 bps.
• Tracing LAUR's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 22.53% in 2022, then gained by 19 bps to 26.87% in 2023, then increased by 9 bps to 29.34% in 2024, then advanced by 13 bps to 33.15% in 2025, then increased by 9 bps to 36.28% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 36.28% (Q2 2026), 10.1% (Q1 2026), and 33.15% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.