Laureate Education LAUR
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Laureate Education (LAUR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2016 - 2026)

Updated

Laureate Education's Return on Sales [ROS] was 36.28% in Q2 2026, down 0.61 percentage points from 36.89% a year earlier but up 46.38 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Laureate Education (LAUR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Laureate Education's Return on Sales [ROS] was 24.42% through Jun 30, 2026, up 0.17 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 25.33%, up 1.46 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Return on Sales [ROS] has now increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year change of +57.46 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 23.87% in FY2024 (+1.04 pp), 22.83% in FY2023 (+1.09 pp), 21.74% in FY2022 (+22.16 pp) and -0.43% in FY2021 (+31.70 pp).
  • Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has moved between -10.10% (Q1 2026) and 36.89% (Q2 2025) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.42 percentage points.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was Q3 2021 (a gain of 143.79 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 16.65 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, LAUR's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -10.10% (Q1 2026), 33.15% (Q4 2025) and 17.86% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Service Corp International 10.06 Bn 9.12 Bn 272.27 Mn 22.84%
2 New Oriental Education & Technology 8.68 Bn -2.70 Bn 20,000.00 19.99%
3 TAL Education 5.79 Bn -6.69 Bn 594.64 Mn 23.71%
4 Graham Holdings 5.18 Bn 243.01 Mn 392.25 Mn 6.45%
5 Laureate Education 4.67 Bn 4.02 Bn 131.69 Mn 24.56%
6 Valvoline 4.45 Bn 4.16 Bn 214.90 Mn 20.60%
7 Covista 3.73 Bn 2.90 Bn 290.78 Mn 19.16%
8 Onespaworld Holdings 3.16 Bn 3.05 Bn 49.70 Mn 10.83%
9 Stride 3.11 Bn -66.08 Mn 241.12 Mn 13.18%
10 Bright Horizons Family Solutions 2.77 Bn 2.21 Bn 204.83 Mn -22.24%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2026 24.56%
Jun 30, 2026 36.28%
Mar 31, 2026 -10.10%
Dec 31, 2025 33.15%
Sep 30, 2025 17.86%
Jun 30, 2025 36.89%
Mar 31, 2025 -5.59%
Dec 31, 2024 29.34%
Sep 30, 2024 19.54%
Jun 30, 2024 33.37%
Mar 31, 2024 4.04%
Dec 31, 2023 26.87%
Sep 30, 2023 16.24%
Jun 30, 2023 33.43%
Mar 31, 2023 6.22%
Dec 31, 2022 22.53%
Sep 30, 2022 18.71%
Jun 30, 2022 32.86%
Mar 31, 2022 4.31%
Dec 31, 2021 -3.72%
API Access

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