Growth Metrics

Laureate Education (LAUR) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Laureate Education's Return on Capital Employed history spans 9 years, with the latest figure at 0.26% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.26%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.26%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.28%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.26% in Q4 2025 per LAUR's latest filing, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.09% in Q2 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.14%, with a median of 0.18% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: fell -9bps in 2021, then rose 18bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.0% in 2021, then soared by 9552bps to 0.16% in 2022, then grew by 25bps to 0.2% in 2023, then grew by 20bps to 0.24% in 2024, then grew by 4bps to 0.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAUR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.26% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.25% (Q2 2025).