Laureate Education (LAUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026)
Laureate Education (LAUR) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 24.30% for Q2 2026, down 0.56 percentage points from 24.86% a year earlier but up 0.74 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Laureate Education (LAUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Laureate Education posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 27.61%, up 4.61 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year change of +34.29 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 23.00% in FY2024 (+1.77 pp), 21.23% in FY2023 (+5.45 pp), 15.79% in FY2022 (+15.93 pp) and -0.14% in FY2021 (+6.54 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of -0.17% in Q4 2021 and a high of 25.53% in Q4 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.29 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q2 2022 (a gain of 17.93 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2026 (a drop of 0.56 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 23.56% (Q1 2026), 25.53% (Q4 2025) and 23.24% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 10.06 Bn | 9.12 Bn | 272.27 Mn | 5.50% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 8.68 Bn | -2.70 Bn | 20,000.00 | 13.73% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 5.79 Bn | -6.69 Bn | 594.64 Mn | 11.25% |
| 4 | Graham Holdings | 5.18 Bn | 243.01 Mn | 392.25 Mn | 3.99% |
| 5 | Laureate Education | 4.67 Bn | 4.02 Bn | 131.69 Mn | 25.21% |
| 6 | Valvoline | 4.45 Bn | 4.16 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 9.88% |
| 7 | Covista | 3.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 290.78 Mn | 17.32% |
| 8 | Onespaworld Holdings | 3.16 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 49.70 Mn | 14.35% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.11 Bn | -66.08 Mn | 241.12 Mn | 25.93% |
| 10 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 2.77 Bn | 2.21 Bn | 204.83 Mn | 0.12% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 25.21% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 24.30% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.53% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.24% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 24.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 23.88% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.50% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.73% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.94% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.43% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.02% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.70% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 17.01% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.32% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.66% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.94% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.17% |
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Laureate Education Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LAUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "LAUR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LAUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();