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 3.9 times as much as Strategic Education ($4.7B against $1.2B).
On earnings, Laureate Education is cheaper: it trades at 12.8× trailing earnings, against 324× 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.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LAUR | STRA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.7B | $1.2B |
| Share price | $34.94 | $55.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 12.2% | −31.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 218% | −4.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.57 | 0.88 |
| Employees | 34K | 3,683 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 16 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.8× (better) | 324× |
| P/S | 2.5× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 4.1× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.6× (better) | 10.6× |
| P/FCF | 16.5× | 7.5× (better) |
| PEG | 0.19 (better) | 7.95 |
| FCF yield | 6.1% | 13.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $34.44 | $66.06 |
| Margin of safety | −1.5% | 16.6% (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 | 3.77 (better) | 2.52 |
| 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 | 8.5% | 11.9% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 8.5% | 16.3% (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.