Laureate Education PE ratio LAUR

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.5×
8-year median: 17.5×
Against its 8-year history: 50th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 8.4× to 49.2×
Peer median: 19.2×

Laureate Education's PE ratio is 17.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $39.03 against $2.23 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its 8-year median of 17.5×, close to the middle of its last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.4× in Dec 2018 to 49.2× in Jun 2018.

The median for 8 education and Training Services stocks of a similar size is 19.2×.

PE ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.5×	16.1×	25.9×
2025	25.1×	9.7×	25.1×
2024	11.5×	10.7×	22.1×
2023	21.1×	20.3×	34.1×
2022	29.2×	28.8×	37.0×
2021	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	9.2×	8.8×	10.8×
2018	9.0×	8.4×	49.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Education & Training Services nearest Laureate Education's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
LAURLaureate Education	17.5×
CVSACovista	18.7×
LOPEGrand Canyon Education	19.7×
LRNStride	11.0×
PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION	12.4×
STRAStrategic Education	13.6×
UTIUniversal Technical Institute	35.2×
APEIAmerican Public Education	20.1×
LINCLincoln Educational Services	30.1×
Peer median	19.2×

Where Laureate Education ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.