Laureate Education, Inc.

Laureate Education, Inc.

Consumer Defensive

NASDAQ:LAUR · NASDAQ Global Select

Market Cap $5.17B Beta 0.48 P/E (TTM) 18.8
$36.94 -2.67%

-$1.02 today

52W Low $21.53High $38.28

Vol 1.05M · Avg 1.70M

EPS (TTM)$1.96
Education & Training Services

Management

Put operating results in leadership context

Review returns on capital, executive background, insider transactions, and growth quality to judge whether management is compounding value well.

Return Metrics

ROE, ROIC & ROA over time

Management

ROE

23.7%

avg 7.3%

ROIC

17.3%

avg 4.6%

ROA

12.8%

avg 5.1%

Analysis

ROE is currently the strongest return metric at 23.7% versus its period average of 7.3%. 3 of 3 return metrics are above their quality threshold, which helps indicate how efficiently the company turns capital and assets into profit.

Management

Key executives, compensation & ownership

Management
NameTitleCompensationTenureAgeShares OwnedOwnership %

Eilif Serck-Hanssen

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director$2.63M60$1.23M0.88%

Marcelo Barbalho Cardoso

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer$1.36M54$335,930.000.24%

Richard Buskirk

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$1.12M49$234,186.000.17%

Leslie S. Brush

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary$788,906.0062$49,560.000.04%

Adam Morse

Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance

Adam Smith

Senior Vice President of People & Culture

Alejandro Gallo

Chief Executive Officer of Laureate Mexico

Alvaro Ramos Ramos

Chief Executive Officer of Laureate Peru

Gerard Knauer

Vice President of Accounting & Global Controller49$21,851.000.02%

Martin N. Fienkeng

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer

Sara Schabert

Senior Vice President of Strategy & Transformation

Insider Trading

SEC Form 4 transactions — last 12 months

Management

Buys

0

$0.00

Sells

6

$4.79M

Net Sentiment

$4.79M

Net selling

Most Active

Cardoso Marcelo

3 transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
Mar 17, 2026

Cardoso Marcelo

Direct

Sell7.3K$33.91$247,543.00
Mar 11, 2026

Buskirk Richard M.

Direct

Sell60.8K$33.68$2,048,027.45
Mar 11, 2026

Buskirk Richard M.

Direct

Sell1.0K$34.34$34,341.00
Jan 2, 2026

Cardoso Marcelo

Direct

Sell6.5K$33.54$219,452.22
Dec 8, 2025

RODIN JUDITH

Direct

Sell7.1K$30.30$214,069.50
Nov 4, 2025

Cardoso Marcelo

Direct

Sell70.0K$29.00$2,030,000.00

Analysis

Insiders reported 0 buys worth $0.00 and 6 sells worth $4.79M over the last 12 months. That adds up to net selling of $4.79M. Cardoso Marcelo was the most active insider with 3 transactions.

Growth Analysis

Historical CAGR & forward analyst estimates

Metric 10yr5yr3yr Fwd Est.
EPSN/AN/AN/A
N/A4 analysts
RevenueN/AN/A+6.4%
-5.0% (13yr)5 analysts
Net IncomeN/AN/AN/A
N/A5 analysts
EBITN/AN/A+10.4%
+9.4% (13yr)5 analysts

Analysis

Recent growth has been strongest in EBIT at +10.4% over three years. Forward estimates point to EBIT at +9.4% (13yr), giving you a quick check on whether expectations are accelerating or cooling.

Who manages LAUR?

Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) lists 11 active executives. The top listed executive is Richard Buskirk, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.

Are LAUR insiders buying or selling?

Recent insider activity shows net selling of $90.20M.

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