Laureate Education vs Strategic Education
LAUR and STRA side by side, both in services-educational services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LAUR and STRA compare
Laureate Education is the larger company, worth 4.0 times as much as Strategic Education ($4.8B against $1.2B).
On earnings, Laureate Education is cheaper: it trades at 13.0× trailing earnings, against 319× for Strategic Education.
Laureate Education grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.9% versus 2.8% for Strategic Education).
Laureate Education keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 20.3% compared with 0.74% at Strategic Education.
Strategic Education pays a dividend yielding 4.4%; Laureate Education does not pay one.
Strategic Education scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 16 for Laureate Education), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LAUR | STRA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.8B | $1.2B |
| Share price | $35.61 | $54.30 |
| Change, 1 year | 14.3% | −30.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 224% | −5.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.57 | 0.88 |
| Employees | 34K | 3,683 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.0× (better) | 319× |
| P/S | 2.5× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 4.2× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.8× (better) | 10.5× |
| P/FCF | 16.8× | 7.4× (better) |
| PEG | 0.20 (better) | 7.84 |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 13.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $34.75 | $66.50 |
| Margin of safety | −2.5% | 18.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.9% (better) | 2.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.7% (better) | 4.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 90.6% (better) | −91.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 99.3% (better) | −96.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 7.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.6% | – |
| Operating margin | 25.8% (better) | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 20.3% (better) | 0.74% |
| FCF margin | 15.0% (better) | 12.7% |
| Return on equity | 34.1% (better) | 0.60% |
| Return on invested capital | 36.1% (better) | 1.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.17 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.03 | – |
| Interest coverage | 33.7× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.71 | 1.08 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.81 (better) | 2.50 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.4% |
| Payout ratio | – | 567% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | 8.3% | 12.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 8.3% | 16.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.5% | 99.2% |
| Held by insiders | 27.1% | 3.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$21.9M | −$4.9M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | 7.6% |
Go deeper
- LAUR stock overview
- LAUR income statement
- LAUR valuation and score
- STRA stock overview
- STRA income statement
- STRA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.