Growth Metrics

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

Laureate Education's Return on Invested Capital history spans 9 years, with the latest figure at 0.24% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.24%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.24%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.26%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.24% in Q4 2025 per LAUR's latest filing, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.27% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.15% in Q2 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -16bps in 2021, then increased 28bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then surged by 1029bps to 0.07% in 2022, then soared by 112bps to 0.15% in 2023, then surged by 84bps to 0.27% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 0.24% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAUR's Return on Invested Capital are 0.24% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).